The New York Times Publishes Article Titled ‘I Believe Juanita’
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November 14, 2017All of the recent accusations of sexual assault and sexual misconduct have forced liberals to pause and look in the mirror. There’s no way they can go on, saying all victims deserve to be believed while blatantly ignoring Bill Clinton’s accusers.
What about them? Why have liberals dismissed their #MeToo stories? Why don’t they count?
Juanita Broaddrick is right. Hell has frozen over.
New York Times opinion "I Believe Juanita". Hell has definitely frozen over. https://t.co/HdY4FFpHKi
— Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) November 14, 2017
The New York Times actually published a piece titled, “I Believe Juanita.”
On Friday evening the MSNBC host Chris Hayes sent out a tweet that electrified online conservatives: “As gross and cynical and hypocritical as the right’s ‘what about Bill Clinton’ stuff is, it’s also true that Democrats and the center left are overdue for a real reckoning with the allegations against him.” Hayes’s tweet inspired stories on Glenn Beck’s The Blaze, Breitbart and The Daily Caller, all apparently eager to use the Clinton scandals to derail discussions about Roy Moore, the Republican nominee for the United States Senate in Alabama who is accused of sexually assaulting minors.
Yet despite the right’s evident bad faith, I agree with Hayes. In this #MeToo moment, when we’re reassessing decades of male misbehavior and turning open secrets into exposes, we should look clearly at the credible evidence that Juanita Broaddrick told the truth when she accused Clinton of raping her. But revisiting the Clinton scandals in light of today’s politics is complicated as well as painful. Democrats are guilty of apologizing for Clinton when they shouldn’t have. At the same time, looking back at the smear campaign against the Clintons shows we can’t treat the feminist injunction to “believe women” as absolute.
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It’s fair to conclude that because of Broaddrick’s allegations, Bill Clinton no longer has a place in decent society. But we should remember that it’s not simply partisan tribalism that led liberals to doubt her. Discerning what might be true in a blizzard of lies isn’t easy, and the people who spread those lies don’t get to claim the moral high ground. We should err on the side of believing women, but sometimes, that belief will be used against us.
Not perfect. There are some lines in there that really irritate me. Like this:
This is a bullshit line that you back up with zero evidence. pic.twitter.com/kvLv7djUwz
— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) November 14, 2017
“How dare you derail this discussion by reminding us of our rank partisanship and hypocrisy.”
— Jim Treacher, which is admittedly a dumb pseudonym (@jtLOL) November 14, 2017
Yeah. But again, this is coming from NYT– the same rag that recently published a piece titled, “Can My Children Be Friends With White People?”
Took them long enough.
— Becky (@BeckyRippy) November 14, 2017
Not frozen, but we definitely had a chill go through.
— HR Dept; Hell, Inc. (@Hell_HR) November 14, 2017
pff, thanks NYT – after 20 more years of water under the bridge since it would have made an impact…
— Bill Benedict (@billbene) November 14, 2017
Calculated. They need to distance themselves from the failed Clintons. And realize their extreme hypocrisy. A desperate move to claim higher ground.
— Todd (@TCribby) November 14, 2017
It’s because Clinton’s are circling the drain. If HRC was running again, they’d stay quiet or discredit u like they’ve done for years!!
— Angry MFFer🔹 (@AngryMFFer) November 14, 2017
There might be truth to that. NYT isn’t doing this out of the goodness of its heart. We all know this.
They always believed you, it just wasn’t politically expedient at the time. I’m sorry for what you’ve been through…
— Che Huahua (@_BottomLineGuy_) November 14, 2017
We have always believed you. God bless you, Juanita… ❤
— Lisa 🇺🇸❤🇺🇸 (@Lisa_Lisa_NJ) November 14, 2017
A thing can be true even if your political opponents say so. How about that.
— Jim Treacher, which is admittedly a dumb pseudonym (@jtLOL) November 14, 2017
Just means they’ve realized Bill is old and no longer useful to advancing the communist cause. Same way they find new respect for elderly GOP who criticize current GOP.
— William Keane (@largebill68) November 14, 2017
Let me correct this @nytimes line.
New York Times opinion “I Believe Juanita but our entire staff did not, or would not go on record, up until now”.
You’re welcome.
— Todd Mirkin (@TMirkin) November 14, 2017
But it’s better than nothing at all, right? The fact that they realize they have to address it says something.
