28th April 2020, 2:16 PM
Quote:Just hold him to the same standard we hold the right, because right now it feels like the entire left has decided to abandon "Me Too" and it's... maddening, depressing... humiliating...
100% this, right here, though I agree with ABF that inappropriate touching isn't in the same league as sexual assault. 2 years ago, we didn't stand for Al Franken purportedly putting his hand on a woman's ass while taking a photo, writing a stage script to have an excuse to kiss a fellow actress, and taking a lewd picture where he pretends to grope her breasts.
The problem is, the bar has been lowered significantly. Too much is at stake here to hold ourselves to the same high standard as we normally would. Trump is literally on tape bragging about sexually assaulting women, with 20 or more (I can never keep track) women accusing him of sexual assault. It's maddening and disheartening that one side is either proudly immoral, willfully ignorant, or quietly excuses this kind of pathological behavior, while our side is ready to turn on our own in a flash. It puts us at a massive disadvantage.
Not this time. Too much is at stake here. This country cannot withstand another 4 years of Trump. We're already basically fucked anyway. I'm willing to be a hypocrite, just this once, and overlook an allegation to pull the lever for Biden. If so much weren't hanging in the balance, I'd be vocally criticizing him as I would anyone else. Everyone's got their breaking point.