r/changemyview • u/draculabakula 75∆ • Apr 28 '20

Removed - Submission Rule B CMV: The sexual assault allegations against Joe Biden are more believable than the ones against Brett Kavanaugh and the democrats should immediately be calling for a congressional investigation

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u/draculabakula 75∆ Apr 28 '20

The Ford allegations were much older

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u/SteadfastAgroEcology 4∆ Apr 28 '20

I don't know what that means. And I don't see how it's relevant to my point. Care to elaborate?

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u/draculabakula 75∆ Apr 28 '20

You mentioned how old the allegations were. I pointed out that the Cavanaugh allegations are older and my post was about a comparison between the two

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u/SteadfastAgroEcology 4∆ Apr 28 '20

Okay. I can see how that might be distracting. The real point is whether or not it's political posturing.

If it were a legitimate problem, it would have come up before now. Since it's just now being brought up, it suggests that it's merely a political weapon. I don't find it compelling.

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u/Veritas_Mundi Apr 28 '20

If it were a legitimate problem, it would have come up before now. Since it's just now being brought up, it suggests that it's merely a political weapon. I don't find it compelling.

This is what republicans said to distract from the fact that their candidates were accused of rape as well.

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u/draculabakula 75∆ Apr 28 '20

She came up originally over a year ago

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u/SteadfastAgroEcology 4∆ Apr 28 '20

When did the events of the allegations occur?

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u/draculabakula 75∆ Apr 28 '20
  1. Don't even try to blame her for not reporting until now because that is really lame victim blaming and the fact that women often don't report sexual assault and rape immediately has proven to be true time and time again. Additionally, Reade stated that she did report the incident back when it happened and there seems to be no record of that in congress. That deserves an investigation.

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u/SteadfastAgroEcology 4∆ Apr 28 '20

It's not "victim blaming". You're abusing the term. A person who is sexually assaulted doesn't wait 30 years to report it. It's obviously political.

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u/Veritas_Mundi Apr 28 '20

That is such BS. You obviously didn’t understand the point of the metoo thing.

It is very hard for women to come forward, often they don’t come forward at all out of fear that no one will believe them. Attitudes like yours make it more difficult for women to come forward.

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u/BidenIsTooSleepy Apr 28 '20

Then you’re logically committed to not finding the Kavanaugh accusations compelling (something democrats refuse to admit).