Examining another meme
Many memes have been spawned by the battle over the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court. This one caught my eye.
My first thought was to check its accuracy. The vote tally is accurate as stated in the meme and you can check that here. It turns out that a number of those Senators who voted no on this bill are still in the Senate. Here is a list, along with the year they are up for reelection. The list does not contain those who are no longer in the Senate, or who are retiring at the end of this year.
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Anyone who will vote in an election involving these men in the future should pay heed to how little they truly care about preventing violence against women. Attacking the victim is unacceptable, unless there is proof that the victim is lying. While cases like that of Brian Banks (he spent five years in prison after a woman named Wanetta Gibson made a false accusation of rape) do exist, people like Donald Trump all so often automatically believe men accused of sexual impropriety have done nothing wrong.
That's because in their eyes, such behavior isn't a problem. That's the mindset we're dealing with. That is what has to change.
At the same time, there needs to be a far heavier price paid by women like Wanetta Gibson who make false accusations of rape. The damage they do with such accusations ruins lives, often beyond repair.
Stop attacking victims!!
My first thought was to check its accuracy. The vote tally is accurate as stated in the meme and you can check that here. It turns out that a number of those Senators who voted no on this bill are still in the Senate. Here is a list, along with the year they are up for reelection. The list does not contain those who are no longer in the Senate, or who are retiring at the end of this year.
John Barrasso (R-WY) – 2018
Roy Blunt (R-MO) - 2022
John Boozman (R-AR) - 2022
John Cornyn (R-TX) - 2020
Ted Cruz (R-TX) - 2018
Mike Enzi (R-WY) - 2020
Lindsey Graham (R-SC) – 2020
Chuck Grassley (R-IA) - 2022
Jim Inhofe (R-OK) - 2020
Ron Johnson (R-WI) - 2022
Mike Lee (R-UT) - 2022
Mitch McConnell (R-KY) - 2022
Rand Paul (R-KY) - 2022
Jim Risch (R-ID) - 2020
Pat Roberts (R-KS) - 2020
Marco Rubio (R-FL) -
Tim Scott (R-SC) - 2022
John Thune (R-SD) - 2022
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Anyone who will vote in an election involving these men in the future should pay heed to how little they truly care about preventing violence against women. Attacking the victim is unacceptable, unless there is proof that the victim is lying. While cases like that of Brian Banks (he spent five years in prison after a woman named Wanetta Gibson made a false accusation of rape) do exist, people like Donald Trump all so often automatically believe men accused of sexual impropriety have done nothing wrong.
That's because in their eyes, such behavior isn't a problem. That's the mindset we're dealing with. That is what has to change.
At the same time, there needs to be a far heavier price paid by women like Wanetta Gibson who make false accusations of rape. The damage they do with such accusations ruins lives, often beyond repair.
Stop attacking victims!!
posted by me at 6:27 AM
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