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Found on the internet: Tara Reade, serial accuser. (Original Post) Lunabell May 2020 OP
It Is True Enough For Agit-Prop Work, Ma'am The Magistrate May 2020 #1
Didn't she also accuse a former employer of anti-white discrimination? RandySF May 2020 #2
Yes, it's around here someplace. Cha May 2020 #3
Evidently Reade sued the YWCA for racial discrimination... Cha May 2020 #5
Seems correct, but the photo does not look like her, or it's a REALLY old photo. nt SunSeeker May 2020 #4
A more recent photo UpInArms May 2020 #15
And what a slutty outfit for her interview WhiteTara May 2020 #18
Don't judge people by what they wear peasant one May 2020 #20
Sorry, but those cut out sleeves WhiteTara May 2020 #21
Expose the sham. K and R oasis May 2020 #6
I wish I could K &R your message but yuiyoshida May 2020 #8
For a woman to come forward in the glaring lights of focus... TomVilmer May 2020 #7
So are you saying canetoad May 2020 #10
Just quoting Joe Biden's word... TomVilmer May 2020 #12
She is a victim of her own stupidity and some Bernie supporters DenverJared May 2020 #17
I agree with what you've posted in the abstract BUT this "woman" has added to the most recent, The_REAL_Ecumenist May 2020 #11
Thank you UpInArms May 2020 #16
Not in Tara Reade's case.. she is her own worst enemy. Cha May 2020 #13
That Line Is Over, Sir --- Dashed, Diddled, And Done The Magistrate May 2020 #19
Here ya go, all the truth UTUSN May 2020 #9
Is "I found this on the internet" the new gold standard for accuracy? mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author Lunabell May 2020 #22

The Magistrate

(95,241 posts)
1. It Is True Enough For Agit-Prop Work, Ma'am
Sun May 3, 2020, 03:10 AM
May 2020

Much of this has been in circulation almost from the start. One of the theft accusations is new, but well backed up. This omits the bankruptcies, which may have contained elements of fraud. Not all of the assault accusations are sexual.

peasant one

(150 posts)
20. Don't judge people by what they wear
Sun May 3, 2020, 09:51 AM
May 2020

Women are always judged by their appearance and their clothes. It is wrong and it should stop. Please stop.

WhiteTara

(29,692 posts)
21. Sorry, but those cut out sleeves
Sun May 3, 2020, 01:41 PM
May 2020

are so inappropriate for a major news interview when you are accusing someone of assaulting you 20 something years ago.

TomVilmer

(1,832 posts)
7. For a woman to come forward in the glaring lights of focus...
Sun May 3, 2020, 04:47 AM
May 2020
... you’ve got to start off with the presumption that at least the essence of what she’s talking about is real, whether or not she forgets facts, whether or not it’s been made worse or better over time.

canetoad

(17,135 posts)
10. So are you saying
Sun May 3, 2020, 05:06 AM
May 2020

There is truth in her allegations?

My impression is she would be called, 'an unreliable witness.'

TomVilmer

(1,832 posts)
12. Just quoting Joe Biden's word...
Sun May 3, 2020, 05:24 AM
May 2020

... since this woman is a victim... of something, and such pain should not be made into memes.

 

DenverJared

(457 posts)
17. She is a victim of her own stupidity and some Bernie supporters
Sun May 3, 2020, 06:52 AM
May 2020

like Katie Halper, Cenk Uygur and Brihana Joy Grey among them.

The_REAL_Ecumenist

(715 posts)
11. I agree with what you've posted in the abstract BUT this "woman" has added to the most recent,
Sun May 3, 2020, 05:17 AM
May 2020

(hint: her accusations evolve), she can't "find" the reports where she accused him of the fuckery she claims, admitted that she DIDN'T accuse him of what she's accusing him of NOW in 1993 & can't seem to explain why; the archives in the federal government where such an accusation would be located have NOTHING, NADA & NONE of her claims at all: she had fifty eleven aliases & seems to have made a habit of accusing everybody & their brother of everything she can think of; she has a problem with
1) telling the unvarnished truth
2) Sanity, as she claims that she both idolises pootie-poo & says that he's in love with her...I guess?
3) scheming, stealing money & services from folks
4) setting up gofundme accts left, right & centre & claiming that some shambling stranger did this on her behalf when called on it.
5) Oh & did I mention that she cancelled her grand interview with fauxspews Yesterday? I would NEVER have

As a survivor of child rape, ( I was 5 YEARS OLD & endured full penetration of an ADULT man for a year EVERY SINGLE DAY for a YEAR except THE WEEKENDS! I had another assault when I was 19 by a Iranian creep who I mistakenly thought was a friend) & funnily enough, I've NEVER changed my testimony...EVER. Imagine that
She's proven herself unbelievable by her changing what she original claim was every chance she got...So do I think that shes believable?

Uh, NOPE!! I've had friends who were sexually assaulted & kept it themselves because of the fear of being labelled & shamed, as I did until I was 17 years old, when what I laughingly refer to as "my father" was in the middle of calling me a whore, (I didn't even have my first date until I was 20 YEARS OLD). So, there's WAY TOO MUCH SMOKE around her while she screams that there's no fire at all.

Cha

(296,780 posts)
13. Not in Tara Reade's case.. she is her own worst enemy.
Sun May 3, 2020, 05:27 AM
May 2020

But you have to have read all the history to know what you're talking about.

The Magistrate

(95,241 posts)
19. That Line Is Over, Sir --- Dashed, Diddled, And Done
Sun May 3, 2020, 08:58 AM
May 2020

An accuser gets a hearing. Once heard, people decide, using intelligence guided by experience in examining character and evidence.

When dealing with the general run of sexual harassment claims, lewd looks or words, a quid pro quo involving sexual favors, insistence on meetings outside the office or business hours, which are not criminal behaviors, however unwelcome or even distressing they may be, it is all very well to presume the claim has weight. In a civil matter, only a very slight edge in favor of the charge is required, after all. But a criminal charge requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt, and that standard, as a matter of cultural expectation, applies out of court as well as in. Reade made a charge of criminal assault, and has done so without any evidence beyond her word, and examination of her character, as revealed by her history, leaves no reason whatever to believe her unsupported word in any matter, let alone in a criminal charge.


"Defeat of a dangerous enemy is something to be for."



mahatmakanejeeves

(57,287 posts)
14. Is "I found this on the internet" the new gold standard for accuracy?
Sun May 3, 2020, 05:34 AM
May 2020

How does this differ from "some people are saying"?

If you were a journalist, would you say that you had done sufficient research for an article based on this to be published?

No, thanks.

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