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Originally Posted by #-3
To be clear, I'm fine with you criticizing Clinton. It's the seeming expectation that the rest of the world meet you where you are in the criticism I find baffling.
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I understand that people who aren't as familiar with the accusations as I am might not agree. However, most them are very credible and the sheer volume of them should be enough to at least cause some concern for people who are aware of them.
If you go through my posting history, I'm pretty consistent in terms of criticizing sexual assault and sexual predators. Clinton has never expressed remorse for any of his past transgressions, which is a huge reason why I think continuing to give him a platform is gross, especially when you claim to be the pro-women party. Obviously they're more pro-women than the GOP, but the standard should be a little higher than that.
It's very odd that some posters want to dismiss the allegations against Clinton due to how long ago they happened, but will happily bring up Trump's rape of E. Jean Carroll, when they happened around the same time. There are also similarities between what Trump did and what Clinton is accused of during that timeframe.
Just seems like an exercise in intellectual dishonestly that makes me believe that they don't actually care about the acts committed, just using it as a political weapon against Trump, which is tremendously disrespectful to Carroll and other survivors of sexual assault.
Also, as Itse pointed out, what's the upside of having Bill speak at these things? From a strategy standpoint, the folks who are pro-Clinton are all going to turn out for Kamala anyways, and it risks alienating younger female voters.