Kavanaugh Can Join Thomas.

[Angrboda]

Here are my exact words: “I don't know if Anita Hill's story was true or not…That said, her testimony was exploited to slander Thomas.”  And the general statement “Democrats consistently try to use last minute unfounded slander to ruin reputations”

You paraphrased that as…

You consider Anita Hill's testimony unfounded slander?  

Either you’re trying to goad me into saying something I might regret, reading in your own assumptions, or intentionally twisting my words. I try to give you the benefit of the doubt, Jor, but you are making it increasingly difficult for me to do so.

How is repeating the term "unfounded slander" back to you a paraphrase? In what way did I distort that, in the case of Kavanaugh, Hill, and Bork, you claimed that Democrats were using "unfounded slander" ?

You're just trying to deny what you said so that you can weasel out of it. If I'm distorting what you said, then rephrase it so it isn't distorted. And do so either without using the words "unfounded slander," "slander," or "exploitation," or, if you do, justifying their use.

(And I'll point out that you explicitly referred to the Kavanaugh, Thomas, and Bork nominations. That's a critical omission in your restatement above. If you weren't suggesting the charges in the Thomas and Kavanaugh case were unfounded slander, then what the fuck did you mean? You seem to want to paint me the bad guy for simply attributing the plain meaning to your words. Yet I've given you the opportunity to explain yourself or retract your earlier claim and you have done neither.)