When I first started reading your message, I had the strong impression you were lecturing me, but with the rest of your message, I'm... not sure what your point is? Do we agree or disagree?
Regardless, there is indeed such a thing as standards, and so people will prioritize according to those standards. It's just a disgrace that, for seemingly so many people on the democrat/liberal side, rape allegations - knowing what we know now thanks to #MeToo - don't even clear the bar for dropping a candidate. Even with the coronavirus-induced chaos going on, I find it really hard to justify the so-called 'pragmatic' angle. This should be the point for anyone who actually believes in the "believe women" mantra to seriously question Biden, and not simply go "oh but see, she might be a Russian agent" or "let due process determine his guilt". Like, if the guy wasn't a powerful politician, didn't have a history of creepy behavior and multiple women backing up that notion, then I
might understand
some caution. But his record doesn't add up. He hasn't earned the goodwill or caution. It's way too believable in his case. Honestly, is anyone surprised by the allegations in any way?
The more cautious/safer assumption here is not "innocent until proven guilty", it's "guilty until proven innocent". Yeah, I know, the US legal system doesn't work like that yadda yadda yadda, and in an ideal world the justice system would have no bias, the process would be perfect and always judge cases accurately and swiftly, and money and power would be of no help if you're guilty... But, the legal system is anything but that. Again, #MeToo provides us with plenty of evidence of the system's sorry state when it comes to rape victims.
dabig2 : thanks for the link. Gotta say I'm not surprised. The more I think about it, the more this denying/downplaying of the allegations sounds like just another manifestation of the Democrats and liberals being so afraid to lose to Republicans (as opposed to having strong principles and being on the right side of history) that they'll defend their fave to the death. Much like when they immediately try and compromise with Republicans because they think that's the way to win. It's spineless at best.
