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Smyth's statement that he has no knowledge of the party is not saying that the party didn't occur.  That doesn't follow.

Yes, it follows 100%. You can choose not to believe him if you want, but his statement directly contradicts Ford's claim.

That's ridiculous. I have no knowledge of a party on my eighteenth birthday. That doesn't mean I didn't have a party on my eighteenth birthday. At the very least it doesn't follow 100%. You don't believe Ms. Blasey Ford has correctly identified her assailant, because memory is unreliable and shit, yet you apparently believe that Smyth would necessarily have remembered a party which happened 36 years ago... because memory is unreliable and shit? Well at least you're consistent. And you still haven't brought us these additional witnesses beyond Smyth. So we have Smyth, who doesn't remember. Judge, a frequent drinker and friend of Kavanaugh, who doesn't remember. And unnamed persons, who may or may not remember something relevant. It's well known that inability to remember something is far more common than misremembering something. And that the events wouldn't stick out in Judge's mind given his attitude towards women is hardly remarkable.

What exactly are you saying I don't believe him regarding when you suggest that I can choose not to believe him? I fully believe he may not have any knowledge of the party. What exactly is it that you think I am choosing not to believe?

(In order for a statement to directly contradict another statement, the two statements would have to be necessarily inconsistent. Since not remembering a party is not necessarily inconsistent with a party actually having happened, you are simply wrong on this. You're effectively saying that it's impossible for Smyth to have forgotten a party 36 years ago, which is absurd on the face of it.)