Dems Are Accessories In Political Hit Job On Al Franken
It now appears Sen. Al Franken will resign tomorrow, marking one of the most successful "dirty trick" jobs the Repukes have ever pulled using trained pawns. This time, getting Dem Senators to act as accessories after the fact, piling on Franken after a 7th accuser has come forward about "forced kissing", for god's sake. Thereby putting kisses, a mock grope and some butt pinches (MAYBE- we have no evidence only claims) on the same level as the child molestations of Roy Moore. This followed a coordinated Senate gang up, compliments of female Dem Senators led by Kirsten Gillibrand - who I used to respect. Not any more, not when she can so easily be manipulated and used as a tool to destroy a fellow Senator's career - merely out of unproven, unsubstantiated claims. And NO -I do not believe them just because a woman or women said them. As Bari Weiss wrote in a recent NY Times piece:
"We don’t owe anyone our unthinking belief. “Trust but verify” may not have the same ring as “believe all women.” But it’s a far better policy."-
Damned straight!
As I wrote in a previous blog post:
What is needed instead of "zero tolerance" absolutism is to arrive at a weighing or interpolation of actions based on critical thinking combined with the exercise of ethical provisionalism. Just as provisional ethics provides a reasonable middle ground between absolute and relative systems, it also provides a middle ground for sanctions imposed on a scale of actions or infractions. Thus, while one may rightly demand a capital punishment (say lethal injection) for a mass murderer of infants in their cribs, one may not do so for a jaywalker.
The scale of infraction is vastly different, hence it is madness to apply the same sanction to both violations. By the same token, provisional ethics bids us withhold the hand of punitive extremism, say for infractions like Al Franken's, compared to those of Roy Moore (sexually assaulting children). Hence it is also madness to demand the expulsion of Al Franken for his alleged violations, which are nowhere in the same league as Moore's. It is also nonsense to demand Franken's resignation if you don't also demand Donnie Dotard's for his much more malicious "grabbing pussies".
Former GOP Rep. (FL) Dave Jolly put it well in his appearance on Lawrence O''Donnell's show on Wednesday, that "we have to take care to distinguish fallibility from criminality". This is especially as Mr. Jolly expects many more allegations to erupt in the coming weeks. As these further accusations pile up one must bear in mind that Roy Moore's advances on underage girls amount to the criminality (pedophilia), but Al Franken's mock grope of Leeann Tweeden does not. Neither do his "inappropriate touches" - construed as such by assorted women who posed with him in takes at the MN state fair.
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And let us pause here to note again that not all allegations made by women are true, especially if there is no clear evidence of such. While we desire to give women's claims of sexual harassment validation, we cannot ignore the possibility that there may also be ulterior motives in play- and bad actors. These motives (and strategies) didn't just originate recently but have been around for decades under the guise of "dirty tricks" - e.g. since the Nixon campaign's tactics against Dems in 1968 and 1972..
Let us note the first to come out and level accusations at Franken was Leeann Tweeden . She was clever- perhaps too clever by half - in also producing a photo. This she likely saved since the transgression occurred to use as a conservative payback, as she looked forward to a career as a conservative talk host. Franken wasn't a Senator yet but Tweeden perhaps had an instinct, or maybe intuition, he might have a future political career. If and when the time came she could then pull out her evidence and lower the boom, in the right circumstances.
Indeed, it also appears Nixon- era dirty trickster Roger Stone might have put Tweeden up to it, and yeah, you can call me conspiracy -minded if you want, see:
We know also Tweeden's background has indeed been exposed as "a Conservative talk show host, conservative commentator on many shows, Trump supporter, model.:" Left blogger Amanda Marcotte, in a recent salon.com piece, suspected a Reepo dirty trick or political stunt after Tweeden came out with her claims. However, Amanda perversely invoked that to insist Franken resign -which was total bollocks - on the fear the Reeptards might employ it later.. According to Marcotte "if this is a political stunt then the people behind it surely want Franken to stay".
Of course! And Tweeden and her conservo allies can now point to a victory enabled by Dem weaklings acting as accomplices because they insist on a stupid, conflationary, "zero tolerance" policy.
Sadly, the moral scolds appear to have won. Wifey conjectures the Dem Senate women were emboldened by TIME's selection of the #MeToo movement as "Person of the Year". Who knows? . I hope they are all satisfied in their exultation after tomorrow, but are also aware of the can of worms they've opened with their hyper piety.
That is, that now anyone's past from years ago- including any minor sexual indiscretions - can be dredged up and re-litigated by the pseudo-moral scolds to destroy their current careers.
Way to go, Sens. Schumer, Gillebrand and company! You stupid, effing dupes!
See also:
http://ift.tt/2AC7fGg
"We don’t owe anyone our unthinking belief. “Trust but verify” may not have the same ring as “believe all women.” But it’s a far better policy."-
Damned straight!
Baca Juga
As I wrote in a previous blog post:
What is needed instead of "zero tolerance" absolutism is to arrive at a weighing or interpolation of actions based on critical thinking combined with the exercise of ethical provisionalism. Just as provisional ethics provides a reasonable middle ground between absolute and relative systems, it also provides a middle ground for sanctions imposed on a scale of actions or infractions. Thus, while one may rightly demand a capital punishment (say lethal injection) for a mass murderer of infants in their cribs, one may not do so for a jaywalker.
The scale of infraction is vastly different, hence it is madness to apply the same sanction to both violations. By the same token, provisional ethics bids us withhold the hand of punitive extremism, say for infractions like Al Franken's, compared to those of Roy Moore (sexually assaulting children). Hence it is also madness to demand the expulsion of Al Franken for his alleged violations, which are nowhere in the same league as Moore's. It is also nonsense to demand Franken's resignation if you don't also demand Donnie Dotard's for his much more malicious "grabbing pussies".
Former GOP Rep. (FL) Dave Jolly put it well in his appearance on Lawrence O''Donnell's show on Wednesday, that "we have to take care to distinguish fallibility from criminality". This is especially as Mr. Jolly expects many more allegations to erupt in the coming weeks. As these further accusations pile up one must bear in mind that Roy Moore's advances on underage girls amount to the criminality (pedophilia), but Al Franken's mock grope of Leeann Tweeden does not. Neither do his "inappropriate touches" - construed as such by assorted women who posed with him in takes at the MN state fair.
-----
And let us pause here to note again that not all allegations made by women are true, especially if there is no clear evidence of such. While we desire to give women's claims of sexual harassment validation, we cannot ignore the possibility that there may also be ulterior motives in play- and bad actors. These motives (and strategies) didn't just originate recently but have been around for decades under the guise of "dirty tricks" - e.g. since the Nixon campaign's tactics against Dems in 1968 and 1972..
Let us note the first to come out and level accusations at Franken was Leeann Tweeden . She was clever- perhaps too clever by half - in also producing a photo. This she likely saved since the transgression occurred to use as a conservative payback, as she looked forward to a career as a conservative talk host. Franken wasn't a Senator yet but Tweeden perhaps had an instinct, or maybe intuition, he might have a future political career. If and when the time came she could then pull out her evidence and lower the boom, in the right circumstances.
Indeed, it also appears Nixon- era dirty trickster Roger Stone might have put Tweeden up to it, and yeah, you can call me conspiracy -minded if you want, see:
We know also Tweeden's background has indeed been exposed as "a Conservative talk show host, conservative commentator on many shows, Trump supporter, model.:" Left blogger Amanda Marcotte, in a recent salon.com piece, suspected a Reepo dirty trick or political stunt after Tweeden came out with her claims. However, Amanda perversely invoked that to insist Franken resign -which was total bollocks - on the fear the Reeptards might employ it later.. According to Marcotte "if this is a political stunt then the people behind it surely want Franken to stay".
Of course! And Tweeden and her conservo allies can now point to a victory enabled by Dem weaklings acting as accomplices because they insist on a stupid, conflationary, "zero tolerance" policy.
Sadly, the moral scolds appear to have won. Wifey conjectures the Dem Senate women were emboldened by TIME's selection of the #MeToo movement as "Person of the Year". Who knows? . I hope they are all satisfied in their exultation after tomorrow, but are also aware of the can of worms they've opened with their hyper piety.
That is, that now anyone's past from years ago- including any minor sexual indiscretions - can be dredged up and re-litigated by the pseudo-moral scolds to destroy their current careers.
Way to go, Sens. Schumer, Gillebrand and company! You stupid, effing dupes!
See also:
http://ift.tt/2AC7fGg
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