Because I'm also swayed by @asymmetricinfo's argument that this is why we seal juvenile records. (I totally reject any equivalence between one night at 17 and accusations against Clarence Thomas as an adult pattern, but that's a different argument.) /2
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But there's one aspect to all this that would bring me to the side of disqualification: if this happened as the accuser describes it, and BK has since lied about it or refused to accept it even privately, then it *does* say something about SCOTUS character. /3
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This means that we need to know if her version of it is as she stated it. And if he was ever asked about it. But I still think when this is over we have to ask ourselves if our actions as minors in high school are the last word on our lives 35 years later. /4x
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But at what age are we responsible for sexually assaulting someone?
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Dude, you don't fucking get it, do ya? If you have forced yourself onto anyone during any fucking part of your life, you are a piece of shit who has no place in our government. How is this so difficult to comprehend?
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The “slippery slope,” is a bad argument in and of itself, but what about the idea that maybe we should hold the nine most important judges in America to an impeccably high standard?
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Good Lord Tom, do you even realize what you’re saying? Once again, I ask you what if it was your son who had done this? More so, what if your daughter had been assaulted by this nominee? You have no moral compass.
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He'd be worried that some day his son couldn't become a Supreme Court justice (I'm not even kidding, look at his TL)
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That's a bit of a dodge. It's not his going to high school that's being criticised, it's alleged attempted rape. You're worried alleged attempted rape as a minor will be disqualifying for everything else later on. Be clear and people won't rag on you.
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I mean, that’s pretty objectionable in and of itself. Going to go out on limb that it’s the underlying thought process people are reacting to, and not the fig leaves over it.
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