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CMV: It's ridiculous to "believe" or "stand by" either Ford OR Kavanaugh.

The way I've seen every crime ever handled is that you treat both sides with credibility until one side is proven correct. My opinion is that Ford should absolutely be treated with that same credibility, and the claim should be investigated as such. However, it seems completely unreasonable in my eyes to "believe" or to "stand with" her, as many of my liberal friends have claimed to do.

It seems very unlikely for an accuser to make something like this up, but on the other hand humans do shitty things all the time. I don't see why this is being handled differently than any other crime. Yet from the \*day\* her accusations came out, I've had my left-leaning friends posting things online saying that they "stand with Ford," and in my opinion frankly that just makes you look stupid (especially to say that so soon after the accusation). On the other hand, my right wing friends say that it didn't happen at all or it's a complete lie. I think that's just as moronic. Were you there? Do you have proof it didn't happen? No? Then why don't all of you shut up and just let the justice system do its work?

I think that unless you have inside knowledge of the situation, which most people do not, it is showing nothing but idiotic bias either:

A) against a political party you dislike, or 

B) against Ford for saying there's a chance that a person you like did a bad thing

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I understand that the recent media coverage of sexual assault and the #MeToo movement probably contribute to this, but I still don't see why people should be choosing sides yet. People on both sides of the political spectrum act like I'm a terrible person and a complete idiot when I tell them this, so Reddit, change my view.
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Dr Ford’s accusation is not a criminal prosecution.  Even if this happened, statute of limitations ran out decades ago.  He’s not going to jail.  

Kavanaugh is applying for a job.  A Very Important Job.  He is not the only qualified candidate.  There is no rush to fill the seat.  There are other candidates with zero sexual assault claims against them.  Hell, most people go through their entire lives (public figures as well) without ever being accused of sex crimes.  If it were that easy to make a quick buck, or pushing a personal agenda, accusing a public figure of a sex crime, wouldn’t all of or most of us do it?  Easy money! 15 min of fame!

You can believe that Dr Ford’s story has merit, given how prevalent sexual assault is, you can stay neutral until you see ‘hard’ evidence, you can ignore the whole thing, or can assume that women lie like they breathe, you can believe her story but dismiss it as “ boys will be boys” horseplay, or take any one of a whole range of stances on this.  And that’s not even taking politics into it.