Kavanaugh Can Join Thomas.

[Angrboda]

You consider Anita Hill's testimony unfounded slander?  I guess the more things change, the more they stay the same.  Or maybe that's just you.

I don't know if Anita Hill's story was true or not. I don't automatically assume that people are innocent or guilty particularly when there are potential political motivations on both sides to fudge and exaggerate reported events. And I would think you would be the very first to admit the fallibility of human memory. That said, her testimony was exploited to slander Thomas.

Here is the report transcript by NPR: NPR

So here we have 3 things: 1) Hill's own testimony, 2) confirmation to NPR by an anonymous source, and 3) the FBI report stating that there were no contradictions in Hill's testimony.

The question is whether the last two support Hill's testimony, (1). (2) appears to do so but the source is not identified so that doesn't really count. (3) doesn't really count as supporting either. Just because there is no evidence that something isn't true doesn't mean that it is actually true.

I haven't read the NPR article you quote, other than to note that it says the Anita Hill accusations against Thomas were brought to the committee a month before Republicans, who, at the last minute, decided to investigate them. A key difference between that and the Blasey Ford allegations. If I missed something in your article, I apologize in advance, but I'm busy and felt this deserved a response even though I am somewhat unprepared.

My first reaction is utter disgust. This past week, Don Jr. tweeted a derisive satire of Blasey Ford's letter, apparently designed to undermine her. Then today, Don Jr. has seen fit to retweet a post about corroborating evidence that Democratic AG candidate Keith Ellison abused a former partner. In that I see much the same story I see in every aspect of the Republican response, both to Ms. Hill's allegations and to Christine Blasey Ford and her allegations, and that is a rather obvious intention to set aside concerns for the truth and interest in handling the allegations appropriately in the favor of pursuing narrowly defined self interest. Your latest volley falls right squarely under that heading. Lacking any actual knowledge about Ms. Hill's allegations, or those of Ms. Blasey Ford, you chose to attack the victim and accuse both of "unfounded slander." Having looked at the Oxford English Dictionary this afternoon, I have been made aware that the only definitions of slander without an allegation of falsehood are obsolete or historical. But you eliminated all doubt by including the claim that Ms. Hill and Ms. Blasey Ford's accusations were unfounded, implying they were false. Your obvious intent was nothing but a propagandistic undermining of the credibility of both Ms. Hill and Ms. Blasey Ford. And despite some moderation of your tone now, that remains your basic attitude. Obviously, these allegations mean nothing to you if they interfere with your narrowly defined self interest. And you wonder why my impression of you is that you are a person lacking in character, morals, and integrity?

Perhaps I will find something to ameliorate my concern in your NPR article, but for the moment, disgust appears to be the mood of the day.