Current Affairs Joe Biden POTUS #46

[LinekersLegs]

The accusations against Trump are numerous and pertain to serious sexual assault.
The accusations against Biden are
1. Not actual accusations
2. At their very worst, inappropriate and highly unlikely to be underpinned by anything sinister

Lolling at how on-brand your takes have been tbh

Tara Reid’s accusations were serious.

Just because I much prefer Biden to Trump doesn’t mean I think those claims should be ignored.

The agonizing story of Tara Reade

I started reporting on Tara Reade’s story a year ago. Here’s what I found, and where I’m stuck.

www.vox.com

 

[Prevenger17]

Tara Reid’s accusations were serious.

Just because I much prefer Biden to Trump doesn’t mean I think those claims should be ignored.

The agonizing story of Tara Reade

I started reporting on Tara Reade’s story a year ago. Here’s what I found, and where I’m stuck.

www.vox.com

Aye, I got so wrapped up in the hair-sniffing argument that I forgot about that. Yeah, I thought she was pretty credible myself.

 

[LinekersLegs]

Aye, I got so wrapped up in the hair-sniffing argument that I forgot about that. Yeah, I thought she was pretty credible myself.

That Vox piece gave one of the best summaries of the evidence and the difficulties with proving the accusation
“If Reade had told a consistent story and shared all of her corroborating sources with reporters, if those sources had told a consistent story, if the Union piece had shaken loose other cases like hers, or if there were “smoking gun” evidence in Biden’s papers, her account might have been reported on differently in mainstream media a year ago. It is not fair to an individual survivor that their claims require an extraordinary level of confirmation, but it’s what reporters have found is necessary for their stories to hold up to public scrutiny and successfully hold powerful men accountable. So we are here.”

 

[LinekersLegs]

Good

 

[SteveSC]

Difficult decision, but Trump. At least he has a preference for women, who at the very least, have a better chance of fighting him off.

We shouldn't even be discussing this. Is the previous or current POTUS the least likely to touch females inappropriately...? How sad that this question should be asked! Politics and political parties shouldn't come into this. Keep your hands to yourself. Simple.

My boss is female. For example, If I was to stand next to her, to take a photo with her for our monthly business newsletter, and rubbed her shoulders, grabbed her arm, sniffed her hair and tried to kiss her, I'd be sacked before the day was over.

Trump walked into the changing area where the Miss world junior girls were getting changed. All of those girls were under 18.

Why you ask?

Because he could and the chance of seeing many beautiful "women" was too much to pass up.

Those were his words back when he was filmed doing it.

This is such a stupid argument anyway. But given you have chosen to put your weight behind the scumest of all of them shows who you are. Pretending to be self righteous calling out Biden while defending Trump. Jaysus.

Both men should be called out for previous behavior but arguing who is worse is fecking sad. But lets not pretend Trump is a saint and biden is evil.

 

[davek]

Good

I think this underlines your view.

 

[TN Toffee]

Trump walked into the changing area where the Miss world junior girls were getting changed. All of those girls were under 18.

Why you ask?

Because he could and the chance of seeing many beautiful "women" was too much to pass up.

Those were his words back when he was filmed doing it.

This is such a stupid argument anyway. But given you have chosen to put your weight behind the scumest of all of them shows who you are. Pretending to be self righteous calling out Biden while defending Trump. Jaysus.

Both men should be called out for previous behavior but arguing who is worse is fecking sad. But lets not pretend Trump is a saint and biden is evil.

And then of course there’s this...

 

[verreauxi]

Difficult decision, but Trump.

Un-effing-believable.

 

[verreauxi]

Tara Reid’s accusations were serious.

Just because I much prefer Biden to Trump doesn’t mean I think those claims should be ignored.

The agonizing story of Tara Reade

I started reporting on Tara Reade’s story a year ago. Here’s what I found, and where I’m stuck.

www.vox.com

Yeah, very serious allegations that were swept aside. Ignored. It was gross.

The Attacks on Tara Reade are Unbelievable Bullshit

No, you’re not “asking questions,” you’re using rape apologist arguments.

www.currentaffairs.org

 

[verreauxi]

We shouldn't be having this debate. Whoever POTUS is, he or she should be squeaky clean.

....checks lengthy trump thread again for Mr Wronguns calls for squeaky clean presidents

 

[BlueTX]

Un-effing-believable.

Right. It's not believable.

 

[carolinablue232]

You mean like words where you openly brag about “grabbing women by the *****” the way the last guy did?

Can we not make everything a battle of who’s doing the less bad thing? Let’s decide objectively what’s wrong and right regardless of the last guy. Fortunately he’s gone.

Disclaimer: I haven’t even watched the video. I’m just really tired of people justifying things by saying they’re less wrong than what someone else did, this particular debate aside. Right wing extremists justify the capital attack by putting up videos of storefronts being broken into. It’s a stupid argument. Wrong is wrong and we shouldn’t have political affiliation or the fact that someone else did something bad be a reason to justify other bad actions.

 

[carolinablue232]

I mean, we should be concerned about the deficit, but I’m convinced stimulus can’t wait in this instance. Hopefully we see some sort of fiscal responsibility once we’re past crisis mode.

 

[carolinablue232]

That Vox piece gave one of the best summaries of the evidence and the difficulties with proving the accusation
“If Reade had told a consistent story and shared all of her corroborating sources with reporters, if those sources had told a consistent story, if the Union piece had shaken loose other cases like hers, or if there were “smoking gun” evidence in Biden’s papers, her account might have been reported on differently in mainstream media a year ago. It is not fair to an individual survivor that their claims require an extraordinary level of confirmation, but it’s what reporters have found is necessary for their stories to hold up to public scrutiny and successfully hold powerful men accountable. So we are here.”

You’re much more educated on this than I am. How does it compare to the Kavanaugh situation?

 

[Deleted member 48881]

What a letdown