Quote from: whitey on September 25, 2018, 01:04:01 PMQuote from: sid waddell on September 25, 2018, 12:34:54 PMQuote from: whitey on September 25, 2018, 12:21:00 PMOr maybe they have a neanderthal attitude to sexual assault from being force fed a diet of right-wing misogynism their whole lives, and employ psychological defence and justification techniques to "dig in" when confronted with things that would blow their whole worldview apart if they didn't employ these psychological techniques.Quote from: sid waddell on September 25, 2018, 12:02:24 PMQuote from: seafoid on September 25, 2018, 11:12:37 AMSupport for Kavanaw among Republican-supporting women went up after Christime Blasey Ford's allegation went public.Quote from: sid waddell on September 25, 2018, 09:55:28 AMThe wider picture is very interesting. Trump is a signed up misogynist and a liability among female voters. The GOP may have to sacrifice Kavanaugh in the interest of the midterms.Quote from: J70 on September 24, 2018, 02:42:28 PMThis isn't (at least currently) a criminal trial.
Personally, I would lean towards the allegations being true, in that I cannot for the life of me imagine why someone would put themselves through the trauma of being such as accuser if they weren't true.
But... that is not the same as proof.
The key question is whether any of the allegations are credible or not.
The very distinct impression one gets it that they are.
There is no more masochistic bunch than Republican-supporting women.
Or maybe they've live their whole lives here and have seen the Democratic smear machine in action before
Denial, in other words.
It's a very, very common thing for supporters of right-wing nut jobbery.
In fact it's the sort of thing on which the popularity of the Republican party and right-wing extremism in general depends.
Or maybe the Republicans focus on issues that are important to them land their families unlike the Democrats who have become a party for just those with grievances with little if any room for dissenting voices