There seems to be a misconception going on here.
I see pretty much everyone states (some with reservations) that they think Ford is being honest. No one thinks she is outright lying, even RR and Wooters, right? And I think pretty much everyone else also realizes there is a chance that she is mistaken. What odds they give that chance may vary, but there is a chance, right?
The difference is not in who we believe so much as what we do next. Some of us say that this deserves a thorough investigation to find the truth as best we can, and others seem disinterested in the truth, or think that regardless of the truth he should be confirmed. That is the main difference in opinion in this thread, far more than who we believe.
Jor posted the demographics on how conservatives tend to be more invested in authority and liberals tend to be more invested in fairness. I think that's what we are seeing here.
Personally I think he's such a clearly partisan person (ranting about how this is a smear campaign by the liberal left on behalf of the Clintons) and he perjured himself so many times already that he seems unfit for this office regardless of anything else. I'm sure they can easily find another conservative judge who isn't an accused sexual assaulter who will be equally happy to strip away women's rights.
I see pretty much everyone states (some with reservations) that they think Ford is being honest. No one thinks she is outright lying, even RR and Wooters, right? And I think pretty much everyone else also realizes there is a chance that she is mistaken. What odds they give that chance may vary, but there is a chance, right?
The difference is not in who we believe so much as what we do next. Some of us say that this deserves a thorough investigation to find the truth as best we can, and others seem disinterested in the truth, or think that regardless of the truth he should be confirmed. That is the main difference in opinion in this thread, far more than who we believe.
Jor posted the demographics on how conservatives tend to be more invested in authority and liberals tend to be more invested in fairness. I think that's what we are seeing here.
Personally I think he's such a clearly partisan person (ranting about how this is a smear campaign by the liberal left on behalf of the Clintons) and he perjured himself so many times already that he seems unfit for this office regardless of anything else. I'm sure they can easily find another conservative judge who isn't an accused sexual assaulter who will be equally happy to strip away women's rights.
“Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
