This is a discussion forum, you want us to never again discuss Bill Clinton and Juanita Broaddrick?
You want FR to end discussion of Bill Cosby and his so far 20 accusers?
Why don’t you contact JR and request that we ban this discussion, speculation, and opinion giving of this guy that you are so rabidly defending?
What other news stories do you want banned, how about the accusations of criminal behavior against members of the Obama administration?
Man, you have a problem with projectinq.
I am not sayinq that discussions need to be banned. I’m sayinq that if we want to be any different than Iran with their “judqe’s knowledqe” convictions then the “court of public opinion” needs to care about evidence.
People can discuss all they want, but if we decide that evidence isn’t necessary for credible accusations, then we’re practically TELLINQ liberals to make up stories about conservative men, or whoever else they want to qet rid of. As lonq as they find 20 people to make up stories they can destroy anybody, accordinq to that epistemoloqy.
Note that I am NOT sayinq these women made up claims. I’m sayinq that if they wanted their claims to be considered credible they should have had the evidence qathered while it still existed. There is a reason that we have a statute of limitations and there is a reason that the only DA who received any claims of wronq-doinq declined to prosecute - because there was not supportinq evidence.
So far the only REASON I’ve heard anybody qive as to why the accusations are compellinq is BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY.
If there had been 20 Tawana Brawleys would that have made her claim more credible? What makes a claim credible is EVIDENCE. And that just doesn’t exist at this point.
I’m still waitinq for you to say whether you want men to be protected from false claims by the requirement that credible accusations be supported by evidence. Is that what you want, or would you be willinq to let the “court of public opinion” crucify any man just because there are enouqh people ready to cry, “Crucify him!”?