Even if I were a big enough weirdo to have saved a calendar/day-planner from when I was 17

the absence of a notation about a particular event would IN NO WAY constitute proof I was not at the event. Even a notation which said I was elsewhere would not be proof of that.

This approach of rebutting the allegations is so asinine it ought to be utterly disqualifying of any person who employs it, either from being any sort of judge or choosing who becomes any sort of judge. They've just shown they have no idea how evidence or reason work.


I know this line of "evidence" is intended just to give right wingers something to hang their hat on -- something which gives them permission to alleviate the cognitive dissonance caused by the tension between a) their self-image as righteous people and b) their tribal commitment to support Kavanaugh despite what he is accused of -- and not win an evidence-based argument before an intellectually honest independent arbiter.

But really, the right wing masses OUGHT to be offended that this is what is on offer from their leadership class. They OUGHT to be offended that their leadership class believes the masses to be so feeble-minded that they will accept this dribble as what is needed to set them at ease. Goddamn it, right wing morons, have some f*cking self-respect and be offended at how sneering and dismissive the people on "your side" are of YOU.