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Memory’s frailty may be playing role in Kavanaugh matter (More excuses for Blasey-Ford)
The Seattle Times ^ | Malcolm Ritter, The Associated Press

Posted on 09/22/2018 5:35:50 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

She says he sexually assaulted her; he denies it. Is somebody deliberately lying?

Not necessarily.

Experts say that because of how memory works, it’s possible that both Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford — the woman who says a drunken Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed and groped her at a party when they were teenagers in the early 1980s — believe what they say.

And which one of them believes his or her version more strongly is no tipoff to what really happened.

“Confidence is not a good guide to whether or not someone is telling the truth,” said Nora Newcombe, a psychology professor at Temple University in Philadelphia. “If they think they’re telling the truth, they could plausibly both be confident about it.”(continued)

(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.com ...


TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: fakebutaccurate; kavanaugh; memory; nekkiddrunk; scotus; supremecourt
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Even if the party doesn't fit, you must not acquit. I too have a hard time with keeping straight the details of events that never occurred.
1 posted on 09/22/2018 5:35:50 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Did Kavanaugh know Blasey-Ford before the “party?” Or was this the first and only time they ever met one another (supposedly)?
3 posted on 09/22/2018 5:38:48 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Woke up thinking this a.m, how many stupid things I did when i was a teenager. Things with a sow in a barn, when I was in kindergarten taking the panties off of my friend cause I wanted to see. Seems that any girl going to a party where teen age boys were getting drunk would set off some alarms for ladies who wanted to keep their privates, private. IF Christine is such a GREAT Pyschologist, WHY is she so FEARFUL to get on a plane, or can;t be in closed quarters. Maybe she needs the psychologist. This gal has a LOT of reason to go back into her classroom and tell the world to go ahead and vote for their Supreme Court Justice.


4 posted on 09/22/2018 5:39:51 AM PDT by rovenstinez
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Chances are there’s many, many similar incidents party girl Ford’s enjoyed.....her on a bed surrounded by boozed-up boys.

Looks to me like she’s got a great memory.....she’s stringing together one bit here and one bit there.

The overall effect she hopes will be that she’s “hazy” with the details b/c it was so “traumatic.”

Truth is most of us would NEVER forget when and where a sexual attack occurred.


5 posted on 09/22/2018 5:41:44 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: caww

Please tell me that pic isn’t real.


6 posted on 09/22/2018 5:42:14 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: bgill

Check it out and see....appears to be real from what I’ve seen.....


7 posted on 09/22/2018 5:43:53 AM PDT by caww
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To: Cowboy Bob

It’s never been established to my knowledge that they knew each other plus Kavanaugh had a classmate who is a dead ringer for him. Their own classmates had trouble knowing which was which.


8 posted on 09/22/2018 5:44:25 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: caww; Ann Archy
A Holton Arms student getting the best education money can buy.


9 posted on 09/22/2018 5:45:15 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Release the letter so the lies in it can be debunked I mean fact checked.

Even DiFi said it wasn’t all legit


10 posted on 09/22/2018 5:46:40 AM PDT by a fool in paradise
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To: Liz

Is that REALLY Blasey-Ford??? Seriously?? Where did you find this picture?


11 posted on 09/22/2018 5:47:14 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: rovenstinez

She saw that video if how United Airlines staff abuse passengers...


12 posted on 09/22/2018 5:47:58 AM PDT by a fool in paradise
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To: caww

I thought this photo has floated on the interntz for decades


13 posted on 09/22/2018 5:48:56 AM PDT by a fool in paradise
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Memories certainly can be unreliable. That’s why a 30 something year old accusation is completely meaningless without physical proof, and it seems a bit late to get that.


14 posted on 09/22/2018 5:49:16 AM PDT by MRadtke (Light a candle or curse the darkness?)
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To: Ann Archy

Just been posted on FR.


15 posted on 09/22/2018 5:50:11 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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She said she had on a one piece bathing suit that day or night, which means it was a POOL PARTY....so WHOSE HOUSE had a POOL??


16 posted on 09/22/2018 5:50:22 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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No - I’ve seen that picture LONG ago - it is a famous one on the interwebs.


17 posted on 09/22/2018 5:51:08 AM PDT by An.American.Expatriate (Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
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To: Liz
Truth is most of us would NEVER forget when and where a sexual assault occurred

That's true. But not every "remembered" sexual assault did occur. Back in those days, a lot of teens in "enlightened" environments were quite free to experiment with sex, drugs, booze.

Many girls made decisions that they regretted after the fact. Rather than take responsibility, in their minds they reframed the incident so it wasn't their fault. That skewed narrative became reality over time.

In this case, even on FB, a substantial number of women aren't believing this woman. There's something about the way she is all blame and no accountability that doesn't ring true. The other thing, if it's real memories about something she's lived with her whole life, she wouldn't need time to prepare.

I wish DC pubs weren't so dumb or complacent. More time is giving FemNazis an opportunity to put together obnoxious protests in hopes of swaying Flake and Collins.

18 posted on 09/22/2018 5:51:21 AM PDT by grania
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The poor thing is so confused......cant remember details b/c she’s been traumatized. (smirk)


19 posted on 09/22/2018 5:52:17 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Liz

20 posted on 09/22/2018 5:52:42 AM PDT by caww
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