PhDeac
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You're constructing a straw man argument here. Nobody here is suggesting that she needs to be uncritically believed. "Believe women" in its 21st century meaning refers specifically to using institutional levers such as the media and the legal system to make sure that serial rapists like Harvey Weinstein aren't allowed to use those levers to bully women into silence. Nobody is advocating for uncritically believing women and even that suggestion just fucking sucks. The Emmitt Till comment is true, but bringing it up in this instance is shameful, man. Joe Biden is arguably the second most powerful white man in the country. He's in the position to become the most powerful white man in the country. Invoking lynching rhetoric is Trump apologist-level mental gymnastics.
So if you're not advocating for uncritically believing Reade, we don't disagree. What are you arguing about? What do you think should happen next? Should Biden drop out?