Ya, I don't know too much about Kavanaugh in his own right and what kind of judge he would be. I just think your opinion on that should default to whatever it was without the rape allegation.

Because there's no shortage of people who would be willing to allege something here, when the stakes are this large.

So believing he's a rapist without evidence or corroboration is basically just asking to be lied to, and it's what fuels this whole circus and causes it to happen.

The worst part is that it affects people who are real rape victims.

Ya, I'm sure the whole thing is horrific.

Like, you can't at the end of the day base something on hearsay from something three decades ago. (Because then every nominee can always be taken down at the snap of a finger.) So the more people get invested in "he's a rapist, Kavanaugh must be stopped".. it's just gonna end badly, and end up sending the message that a rapist got away with it and is in a big position.

Which has to be just awful, for anyone who believes it.

And then real victims may feel less likely to speak (like what's the point, it's gonna turn into a circus).

But really, it would be nothing like that. If it isn't in the middle of a political thing and a 36 year old allegation with nothing to it, it isn't the same and won't be like that.

Really.. the fact that it got this big to the point of delaying and apparently almost stopping a big political thing -- on what's nothing more than someone claiming this happened -- shows how hungry people are to believe women.

Let's say I didn't like some politician or judge nominee or something.. I doubt I could call up the newspaper and be like "hey, he attacked me with a hammer and broke my arm 20 years ago" and then it goes that far where I'm on TV and delaying the proceedings and a national headline and set to write books about it etc.

People want to believe rape victims.

You just can't reasonably expect allegation alone to determine who gets to have major political posts.