@admcrlsn Oh fuck off. The other "red flags" were non-issues. Whatever weirdo self-flagellation this is doesn't help anything & pretending those attacks were valid plays into more bad faith attacks.
@neeratanden How is this the substantive problem? I thought you were mad he was accused of rape and this didn't have to do with you hating his politics.
@matthewstoller Because no one wants to be hit with not believing women. So everyone does this little ritual regardless of what they actually think & bad faith actors use it to whatever ends they want.
@neeratanden To the extent anyone is Frankenstein in this scenario it’s the dem establishment. People are yearning for anything but Dem party hacks & how you are handling this scandal just reenforces how much you hate voters.
@neeratanden Agree with you this is a bad hit. You are craven and a propagandist for your cause but you aren’t dumb. Using AOC as part of a sexist hit on Zaid is truly next level trolling.
I think a lot of people don’t get that HR is not designed to defend employees. It’s designed to defend the corporation. And Haley Stevens and AIPAC accusing Abdul of being sexist with no basis is defending the elite.
@fawfulfan Look the standard for media outlets reporting serious allegations that sink a Senate campaign can’t possibly be that it is okay to omit pertinent known facts. That isn’t victim blaming. It’s not even questioning a victim. It’s reporting something that came out in investigation.
@neeratanden@eburst87 Hillary explicitly boosted Trump so he would win the Republican nomination. You worked on the campaign. Do you think Hillary made a mistake or not?
@neeratanden The fact that the party cares more about using this to install a corporate friendly candidate than ensuring a democratic process shows they care about power more than rape. (Am I doing your bad faith style logical fallacy hit properly?)
@JillFilipovic Oh fuck off. Rape isn’t a working class problem. It’s a male problem across classes and using it to fight an anti working class agenda is disgusting.
@Amy_Siskind Whatever you think of this moment the idea this is "Bernie and the far-left folks" fault is weird. The idea that this serious accusation is like the other stuff that came out is equally silly and belittling of a credible rape accusation.