I can’t believe I’m about to defend kavanaugh but dr. Ford afaik never accused him of rape, but sexual assault which included him pinning her down and touching her body, kissing her. That was the extent of the assault and the allegation. She then successfully pushed him off, as he was drunk.

Also again it’s her word against his word, and we live in a country where you’re innocent till proven guilty. Kavanaugh may be a scumbag for different things, but he is innocent as there is currently no evidence for something he might’ve done 30 years ago as an underage teen.

Unless we find evidence that proves beyond reasonable doubt that he did what he is accused of, we shouldn’t treat him any differently. Because increasingly the mere suggestion of any sexual impropriety is ending careers and causing public outrage when we know that an accusation doesn’t mean it’s true. (E.x. Johnny depp)

Also we as a society need to have a discussion as to whether something you did as a 17 year old, so legally speaking as a child, can be held against you 30 years down the road. If the answer is yes, when then like Chappelle pointed out we need to determine “how old is a 15 year old?”. Are you allowed to fuck up because the areas of the brain that control decision-making don’t fully develop until early adulthood or will we hold you responsible for actions you’ve done even when you were underage? Because correct me if I’m wrong if this case went to the police back then and this incident went on his record, if would’ve been deleted once he turned 18 unless he was tried as an adult. So by the time he was a Supreme Court nominee, this topic wouldn’t even be a matter of discussion unless the press got hold of it somehow.

Again I have no horses in this fight, but I just had to point out that kavanaugh is not a rapist as far as we know, nor was he accused of rape.