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In reply to the discussion: Tara Reade's public incident report does not mention Joe Biden by name. [View all]The Magistrate
(95,264 posts)You begin by assuming that which you argue to prove. The result is circular reasoning --- because you assume she tells the truth, you present whatever she may have said or done as what people telling the truth usually do, and treat this as evidence in favor of her truthfulness. It is not a sound position. No one is under any obligation to believe her story. What people are under obligation to do is to assess her story, employing their 'intelligence guided by experience' in the endeavor. Her tales does not stand up well. It is of particular note that when naming an assailant had to be done under oath, and she was liable to penalties for perjury if she made a false statement, she did not name the man she has accused in public statements, when she was not legally liable for perjury, but only faced the very broad standard a public figure must prove to sue successfully for slander.