re: #11 Charles Johnson

Kellyanne Conway says she was sexually assaulted, and she deserves the same presumption of honesty as any other woman who comes forward.

But then, she should also be asked why she’s made a career out of dishonestly defending powerful men who assault other women.

I daresay it’s the only thing on which I’d ever grant that inventor of the term “alternative facts” the benefit of the doubt.

But another thing I’ve noticed, and she proved it yet again - GOPer women are the ones who weaponize sexual assault. Even when they’re victims themselves, you’ll see them display the classic conservative lack of empathy for anyone not a member of their own tribe. They’ll also indulge in victim-blaming, shaming, and ranking:

“You were only groped by your date, not raped by a stranger like me, so your assault doesn’t count.”

“You were drunk and I wasn’t.”

“I remember details that you don’t, therefore my rape actually happened and yours didn’t.”

“You’re not acting/feeling/thinking the way I did, therefore you must be lying.”

You can see plenty of examples of the last two from the GOPer callers quoted in this article.

Once again, it’s a perfect example of how right-wing extremism and partisanship poisons people’s minds. It’s also the same grotesque hypocrisy portrayed in The Only Moral Abortion is My Abortion - in other words, “The only true sexual assault is my sexual assault.”