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In reply to the discussion: Would everyone take a deep breather and Chill the F**K OUT! [View all]PatrickforO
(14,624 posts)We must all be mindful that every single group of human beings, whether male, female, different racial and ethnic groups, LGBTQ, etc. all operate on a continuum of decency.
Most people are basically good, including Gillibrand. I don't think she's evil, but I do think she made a mistake - a political miscalculation that will hurt her in the future. I have called her office about it twice, and written several letters.
I also made a post here criticizing Bernie for piling on. In fact, I've called or written most of the people who called on Franken to resign.
Why? Because I simply don't believe he got a fair shake. If you've ever been accused of something you did not do, had the axe fall unfairly on you, and then had to start over and build yourself up, you would understand why I'm so vocal about this.
I'm not dehumanizing or attacking women. I'm simply protesting that one of the stronger voices in our party has been silenced basically because of a right-wing smear job.
'Zero tolerance' anything isn't a particularly good idea either. Having raised two children during the 80s, 90s and 00s, I heard many stories and even saw a couple of instances where a zero tolerance policy in effect threw out all discretion and common sense. In this situation, declaring 'zero tolerance' opens up ANY male in ANY political office to disgrace if the right wing simply throws a bit of mud, and then our people pile on with demands to resign.
I know you don't intend this consequence, and we should definitely have 'zero tolerance' for any violent and abusive acts toward women, but crucifying someone based on a right wing smear? C'mon. We need to use some judgment here.