Just when you thought things couldn't get any loopier, the Democrats reached into their bag of tricks and brought out the Anita Hill defense to the vote on confirming Judge Brett Kavanaugh to be the next SCOTUS Justice. Some woman who's now a (very liberal) professor has come forth (to Senator Diane Feinstein, six weeks ago, who held onto the letter until after the Judiciary Committee hearings were over) claiming that in the late 80's, when Kavanaugh was seventeen and she was fifteen, he engaged in something that she was convinced could have been rape. That there are myriad questions about this story isn't surprising: Why did she wait so long? Why did no one else bring this up? Hasn't the statute of limitations run on this? Can she remember where it happened? Was she too drunk to remember things accurately? Etc., etc., etc.
I'm not going to dissect the allegations or the denial. This has to play out in the normal course, with hearings and testimony. Perhaps the woman's telling the truth and Kavanaugh is a closet rapist masquerading as a jurist. Or perhaps this is another tactic to derail Kavanaugh's candidacy, or at least slow it down, until after the midterms, when the Left believes it will retake the Senate and make nominating judges to serve on the SCOTUS dicier for President Trump. I tend to think this is nothing more than a political tactic -- let's see how this woman is lionized by the #MeToo movement after this plays out -- but I could be wrong.
Even so, today's dose of insanity comes from one of the avowed opponents of Judge Kavanaugh's nomination: Senator Mazie Hirono of Hawaii. She declared today
But really, guess who is perpetuating all of these kinds of actions? It’s the men in this country. And I just want to say to the men in this country: just shut up and step up, do the right thing for a change...
Not only do women, like Dr. Ford, who bravely comes forward, need to be heard, but they need to be believed, Hirono added. We cannot continue the victimization and the smearing of someone like Dr. Ford
Well, I'm not sure where she found such a broad brush to issue this call to arms. Sure, after what Harvey Weinstein, Charlie Rose, Louis C.K. and others did, it's open season on male boorishness, not to mention sexual crimes against women. I'm all in favor of this. For years, I complained that women would make any excuse for a guy as long as he was good looking, had a lot of money or a lot of power, because those were the three things I lacked (OK, Karen, good eyewear too....). These guys would do all manner of things to women in whom I had an interest but their misdeeds were always excused. Meanwhile, guys like me, who treated women with gentlemanly manners, were derided as effeminate, gay even, and watched our dreams walk off with others.
But I digress.
What's loathsome about the Senator's comments is the ridiculous stupidity of it. Men in this country. True, men are committing these crimes. So are women, usually with school-aged boys, but that's another matter. The trouble with this comment is that it suggests that all men are capable of doing these things, which is ludicrous. Not all men were raised to be rapists, no matter what Jodie Foster thinks, and many, many men detest these crimes as much as anyone.
But it's the second part that is most irksome. These women need to be believed. Well, when they're telling the truth, sure. But how do we know that they're telling the truth and just don't have an axe to grind? What about due process and equal protection? Don't men deserve the same civil liberties? If a man's guilty of sexual crimes, lock him up. I have no truck with that. But this rush to judgment based on accusations coming from one side is dangerous.
Why do I say that? Well, I wonder if the senator from Hawaii ever heard of the Duke lacrosse rape case. If not, she can read about it here:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-investigates-the-duke-rape-case/
Or how about the University of Virginia frat/Rolling Stone rape case:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/business/media/rape-uva-rolling-stone-frat.html
And even if drugs and alcohol aren't involved, women can conjure up rape for other reasons:
https://abc7ny.com/ex-college-student-sentenced-for-false-rape-accusation/4039403/
Senator Hirono, what do you have to say to these young men who were falsely accused of rape? Should they be tainted by false accusations simply because they're men? Should everyone have simply believed the liars in these three cases and put the young men in jail?
This political stunt has far-ranging consequences. The Left, deranged as ever, doesn't care what collateral damage there is as long as Judge Kavanaugh doesn't get confirmed. For them, the end justifies the means. And assuming another spot on the Court opens up during President Trump's administration, what other sordid tactics will the Left employ? Will they drag out Anita Hill III?
Hiding behind this platitudinous excrement is unbecoming a U.S. Senator. Unfortunately, it's become part of the playbook.
(c) 2018 The Truxton Spangler Chronicles
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