Discussion»Questions»Politics» So where is the #Metoo and Dems outrage about Keith Ellison being accused of abuse of his girlfriend? Selective outrage?
So where is the #Metoo and Dems outrage about Keith Ellison being accused of abuse of his girlfriend? Selective outrage?
Why do they believe Ford against Kavanaugh but not the accusation against Ellison? It is recent, has a doctor's verification of abuse and a possible video. And there is more than one woman alleging abuse.
There is more attention on Kavanaugh because Keith Ellison is not being nominated for a lifetime position nor are there currently hearings about his confirmation to that lifelong position.
Where is your evidence that they don't believe the accusations against Ellison?
Then maybe more people need to know about it. I've known about it for a while, but I spend a lot more time online than most people I know. When I sent this story to a friend who shared it on Facebook, she was surprised by the amount of people who had never heard of it. But when they did hear of it, they were outraged. Of course there are reasons why it is not as big of a story as Kavanaugh right now, but it could potentially be. Al Franken was taken down fairly swiftly. The same could happen to Ellison, if the allegations are true.
Yes you are correct. The media is ignoring it. Why? Because of what happened to Franken....they do not want to lose another Dem.
This post was edited by my2cents at September 22, 2018 4:47 PM MDT
No, they don’t,” Monahan replied. “I’ve been smeared, threatened, isolated from my own party. I provided medical records from 2017, stating on two different doctor visits, I told them about the abuse and who did it. My therapist released records stating I have been dealing and healing from the abuse.”
Need one be a democrat or a MeToo advocate to be outraged by sexual assault?
Where’s Republican outrage over Trump the serial adulterer‘s pattern of defending men who engage in it (Roy Moore, for instance), or over any other such harassment? Simply hypocrisy.
This post was edited by Don Barzini at September 22, 2018 7:44 PM MDT
I don't condone any of Trump's personal affairs. I am about policy. The Media and Dems do not make that claim. I don't claim you must believe the accuser. The Media Dems and Metoo do make that claim. I believe in innocent until proven guilty. If it can be proven....get rid of Kavanaugh. And if it can be proven get rid of Ellison as well. No hypocrisy at all.
Maybe we should consider that the prevalence of these cases prevents outrage from being equally or even timely distributed. Clearly there should be enough outrage to go around. Accusers deserve their say, and not be under attack PRIOR to airing their grievances in a proper forum.
But it should be incumbent upon decent people of every position to NOT twist it into partisan politics, which your question did. This makes you no better than the faulty MSM media you’re complaining about. I find it amusing how MSM reporting is dismissed as “fake” until it serves a certain agenda. Therein lies hypocrisy.
This post was edited by Don Barzini at September 22, 2018 7:47 PM MDT
Tell me why the media is ignoring it. Not because there is no evidence. Her doctor has notes. Not because there are no other accusers...there is at least one other and a 911 call backs the other accuser. So why does the media ignore it? Why does the leaders of #Metoo not believe this woman? Because Ellison is a Dem.....but believe the accuser who cannot even pinpoint the location or YEAR it happened. And no doctors notes until 2012 and then then the supreme court possibility was mentioned. But they believe her, why? Because she is accusing a Republican.
I have no insight as to how the various media outlets decide what to report about. Certainly there is bias all around. To me, your assertions are only of your own political bias. Until you mentioned this case, I’d never heard of these people, but then, neither of them is up for SCOTUS. Maybe in time, this one could bubble to the surface.
Tell me: Why is national media not reporting at such length on any of the violent rapes that go on around the country every day?
Truth be told, I could not care less what two drunken teenagers (allegedly) did 36 years ago, especially if it wasn’t important enough to report back then. Why isn’t it more of a character concern that they were drinking as teenagers...
This post was edited by Don Barzini at September 22, 2018 4:48 PM MDT
Thank you....you just proved my point. You had not even heard about the Ellison case. You say you don't know how they determine what they cover....I can tell you if a story is againt their side (left or right) it is basically ignored. As you just proved and above Nevan also proved.
#MeToo has just proven they just a partician group.
I admit there are countless crimes that never reach my ears, but I won’t blame that on political bias of any media outlet. If that is how you perceive the process, then I am in no position to convince you otherwise. But then, we don’t get to determine what other people feel is important.
These are not simply two of countless crimes. These are two men one nominated to SCOTUS and one a Representative and the Deputy Chair of the DNC and current Dem nominee for state AG.
That’s an overstatement. One accusation plays more into an existing news story, the other is obviously still emerging. It’s curious to me that both took years to come to light.
Let’s see which accused loses their job.
As an aside, your insinuation that #MeToo is a (politically) partisan group, (partician, you said) is surprisingly naive.
This post was edited by Don Barzini at September 22, 2018 6:54 PM MDT
It sure is odd how these victims come forth at opportune moments decades after alleged sexual abuse. I'm not saying any of it didn't happen, but it does cast doubt.
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