Neither seems particularly concerned with the plight of survivors, or the systemic nature of sexual violence. One camp is doing the right thing for what appear to be the wrong reasons, and the other is doing the wrong thing for, if not right, at least more understandable reasons.
Reade’s allegations have sprouted a vile battle between the former vice president’s political supporters and opponents, in which principled feminists have few allies. Voters and commentators don’t have to believe Reade’s story, but they do have a responsibility to weigh it carefully, and to treat it with solemnity. Even given the comparatively strict evidentiary standards applied to sexual-assault allegations, Tara Reade’s claim that Joe Biden assaulted her in the spring of 1993, when she was working as an aide in his Senate office, should be taken seriously.
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