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Originally Posted by Adder
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I see a bit too much reliance on Tweeden's bias in the
New Yorker article. But I see the same hackish behavior in this incredibly weak Salon article you've cited.
Take all of the allegations listed in the Salon article, in context of: (1) when they occurred; (2) how frequently they occurred; and, (3) their severity, and ask yourself: Are these worthy of forced resignation? Are these not of a nature and infrequency over an extended timeline that cries out for due process? Should Franken not be allowed to defend himself, even if his defense is, "I've made mistakes in the past, but I vow not to do so in the future?
Does it not strike you at all that there is significant evidence that crime and the punishment here are disproportionate?
The comparison to Biden seems apt to the extent that, had Franken's transgressions appeared today, where MeToo has matured from a moral panic/media fixation into a more circumspect societal phenomenon, he'd have been able to hold his seat.
But alas, Franken had the misfortune to be targeted by Tweeden, a right wing operative, at exactly the wrong moment, when MeToo was very much a cathartic and raw movement that didn't care much about facts. And Gillibrand was operating under the supreme delusion a stuffed suit like her could become a power player in the Senate, and perhaps even President.
(The
New Yorker article delights me because it's the sort of story that reflects badly on Gillibrand and will keep repeating, with her every attempt to run for higher office [and she will]. She stuck the knife in herself when she stuck it in Al. And I suspect she knows it, and it pisses her off to no end, which is perfect karma.)
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