re: #41 Charles Johnson

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And if we let them force Franken out of the Senate, it is over.

It will be open season on every Democrat in congress. If they can pick off their Fox News bete noir, nobody is safe. (Think how steamed they are that O’Reilly, one of Franken’s earliest targets, is gone—and think of the glee in their dark hearts if they can make Franken go away.)

Fuck. That. Shit.

Sorry/not sorry, but I’m going to say it—what Franken did (IF, in fact, he did what she says he did) is gross and idiotic, but it does not rise to a level, in my mind anyway, to make him leave the Senate.

My formative years were spent in a time when “date rape” was not a recognized thing. Back then, if you got “date raped,” it was because you exercised poor judgement/got too drunk. Yeah, I still remember being pinned down in some asshole’s bed and waiting for him to pass out so I could climb out the window and walk home barefoot. Do I want to go back to that. HELL TO THE NO. But there are still degrees of awfulness, and all things are not equal.

I think “Believe Women” should be changed to “Listen to Women.” Don’t get me wrong—I’m glad that people are feeling confident and able to share their stories and receive understanding and support. But I don’t want it be swept up in an “All Lives Matter” bullshit storm. And if the troglodytes on the right see an opening—if the Dems decide that we have to be purer than the driven snow—they (the right wingers) will unleash a hellstorm of accusations against every fucking Dem—and if we insist that we’re going to hold our side to a standard that is unattainable and unrealistic, we are fucked.

OK—bring on the downdings and criticisms. I can take it (I’ve been through worse.)