US Presidential Election 2016: Sidney's Victory Lap

You truly are a busted flush at this stage. Throwing around misogyny charges doesn’t mask your utter ignorance of US culture. The richer someone is in the US, the more likely they are to face litigation. Trump has been sued hundreds of times, what the fuck would make you think someone would be reluctant to pursue him legally if they had actually been assaulted? Case in point, Paula Jones, whose evidence against Bill Clinton was “he said, she said” won a settlement of $875,000 after her case was denied in court. There is absolutely nothing stopping any woman pursuing a civil or criminal case in the US if they have been assaulted.

If you truly think these women who have accused Trump are not most likely doing it for 1) attention, 2) money, and/or 3) helping Clinton get elected, you truly are an imbecile. You appear to believe women should always be believed or always have good motives. Do you think all the women who came out publicly to recount their sexual escapades with Tiger Woods had honorable motivation, or might they just have been after a bit of attention or possibly money? You seem incredibly naive when it comes to women, or humanity in general.

The biggest obstacle to the reporting of genuine sexual abuse claims are false claims and angry feminists who believe every man is a potential rapist and should be assumed guilty unless he can prove otherwise, a view you seem to support. Genuine cases of sexual assault, where there is actual evidence, are typically successfully prosecuted, as they should be. It will be interesting to see how many of these claims against Trump end up in court, or disappear as soon as the election is over.

Politicizing sexual assault, as has been done in this campaign, does nothing to further the real issue of tackling sexual assault. It creates skepticism and raises questions about the motivation of those making claims. In particular when the loudest voices raised against Trump’s alleged transgressions are liberals and their Hollywood supporters. The same liberals who protect and defend their own serial abusers such as Bill Clinton and Ted Kennedy, and the same Hollywood that gave Roman Polanski a standing ovation after he was convicted of vaginally and anally raping a 13 year old.

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