I agree with your thoughts here.

So why are you shitting on her now that she is speaking out? People like you are a part of why women stay silent.

No, Mike Pence’s stupid rule dehumanizes and objectifies women just as much, while also working to deny women equal career opportunities as men. Mike Pence and grab-ass men are two sides of the same coin.

Similarly AL voters may well decide they would still rather have Roy Moore rather than someone with a (D) after their name. The perils of representative democracy.

I agree that not every single offense is resignation-worthy, but the problem with “letting the voters decide” on things like this is that ~50% of voters are men, who I’m sure would be perfectly happy to keep Franken because his behavior doesn’t impact them. Some might even want to send the message that they can do…

I think they’re absolutely worried.

“I feel badly that Ms. Menz came away from our interaction feeling disrespected.”

How about she can stand wherever she wants and Al Franken just doesn’t paw at her?

It’s like Aliens vs. Predator. No matter who wins, we all have to watch it get rerun by HBO until we die.

Yeah, the Franken article on this site was a dumpster fire of usually-reasonable commenters making these exact same arguments in support of him. Totally bizarro world - he’s a creep and should be tossed away with the rest of them. There are plenty of good people around who haven’t sexually assaulted anyone who can…

Cranston’s comments really irk me.

I’m not only willing to vote for and support completely clean candidates, but that doesn’t mean that I have to accept or support someone who’s good in a lot of ways, and terrible in others.

I mean, does that matter? I hate Sarah Palin (who violates rape victims) but I’m not OK w/ Bill Maher calling her a cunt. Bullshit and politics, assault and misogyny are unacceptable

Grabbing the breasts of an unconscious woman is sexually predatory behaviour.

I mean, the GOP has zero fucking morals at all. They just don’t give a shit about anything other than getting & maintaining power. They think they might lose the special election because their monstrous candidate likes to prey on teenagers so they are trying to “suspend” it. They are vile.

He’s grabbing her breasts while she’s sleeping. That’s more than just childish.

So the mistake is in honoring and sticking to principles even when it hurts?

I know what you mean, but this behavior knows no political affiliation. Men have acted this way for centuries because they set up the system that allowed them to get away with it. If you’re part of that power structure in any way, then of course it’s easy to enjoy the benefits of it even if you align yourself with…

My thoughts exactly. Such a brave, unique perspective the world has never seen.

I appreciate this breath of fresh air. The woes of middle aged disillusioned men are a frankly underexplored theme in literature and film. I look forward to what will doubtless be a unique insight into this marginalised perspective.