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ButterflyEffect  ·  2035 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The 17 Most Striking Moments From the Kavanaugh Hearing

    Again, I think she’s telling the truth and I even think that it’s likely he is knowingly lying. But his tears were real and had to do with the pain his actions are having on his family and people he cares about. Not beer.

And you know what, if you think she's telling the truth, and you think he's knowingly lying, then I DON'T CARE ABOUT HIS PAIN AND EFFECTS ON HIS FAMILY. He has, if this is true, caused long-term damage to a woman (probably more than one) - and his succession to the court, if it happens, and if this is true, speaks volumes on our societies valuation of women as a whole. He can, and should, suffer. There are ways to act, and his methods are those of a sociopath and that's me being generous.





thenewgreen  ·  2035 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I DON'T CARE ABOUT HIS PAIN AND EFFECTS ON HIS FAMILY
I do. Why? Cause his family had nothing to do with this and I'm not a sociopath.

My point is that this is all VERY sad and should be treated as such, not as some spectator, let's see who can come up with the best meme/joke event. He didn't cry about beer. This sucks. On so many levels.

ButterflyEffect  ·  2035 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Because none of this needed to happen. If he did what is claimed, don't lie about it, and even better, don't assault a woman in the first place. That's why.

thenewgreen  ·  2035 days ago  ·  link  ·  

To be clear, I don't care about Kavanaugh's pain. But I feel heartbroken for his family. His kids are forever the children of Brett Kavenaugh. That's a scarlet letter. You are right though, it didn't have to happen. While I am sure he will forever point the finger to the left, he should point the finger at himself. His family are also victims of his.

On a separate note. I find it very hard to believe that someone with this much animosity towards the democrats could ever be an impartial judge. Even if some exonerating evidence was presented showing that someone else was the assailant, he would be unfit for the position based on his behavior yesterday.

I think the point I was poorly making in my original comment is that I am not a fan of the social media circus surrounding this. This is such a shitty event that it doesn't require bombast.

ButterflyEffect  ·  2035 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I think the point I was poorly making in my original comment is that I am not a fan of the social media circus surrounding this.

Ah, I'm sorry, I did not get that out of your original comment, hence my response. I agree with you on the kids, they are collateral damage in a man's pursuit of...whatever it is he's ultimately after. Power, I guess.

thenewgreen  ·  2035 days ago  ·  link  ·  

His wife is collateral damage too. It's very likely that she has no idea that he was (may still be) a sexual predator. Did you see the look on her face at the hearing? Wow.

Quite the image:

https://imgur.com/a/rQ7NIDT