Donald Trump denounced for pointing out that lives are shattered by allegations, some true, some false

Our thanks to James for this. Extracts, emphases ours:

President Donald Trump says lives are being “destroyed by mere allegation” after two White House aides quit amid accusations of domestic abuse.

“There is no recovery for someone falsely accused,” Mr Trump tweeted.

This week saw the departure of White House speechwriter David Sorensen and staff secretary Rob Porter…

Trump tweeted:

“Peoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation. Some are true and some are false. Some are old and some are new. There is no recovery for someone falsely accused – life and career are gone. Is there no such thing any longer as Due Process?”

Among those to react with anger was Democratic Senator Patty Murray, who responded by saying that women’s lives were affected every day by sexual violence and harassment.

“I’m going to keep standing with them, and trusting them, even if the president won’t,” she said.

So Trump is saying some allegations are true, some false, while a female Democratic Senator is saying ALL allegations (of men abusing women) should be assumed to be true, and all the men in question assumed guilty. Trump’s point about due process is perfectly reasonable.

 

8 thoughts on “Donald Trump denounced for pointing out that lives are shattered by allegations, some true, some false

  1. There is a difference of scale between lives being ruined with no come-back from an allegation, and the effects of being touched-up in an unwanted fashion. I have been “assaulted” in this way by women, but my life has not been ruined by it.

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    • +1000

      Glad you said it. And it’s important to point out that there’s nothing “special” about women. Just as men’s lives aren’t ruined by being “sexually assaulted” neither are women’s lives ruined. In fact, I’d say it can be a positive experience. The feminist narrative is an absolute farce.

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  2. “Is there no such thing any longer as Due Process?” Well as we have seen in the recent developing scandal about prosecutions concealing evidence we know the answer in the UK is “No”.

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    • Agreed. It was surely a rhetorical question. And of course the denial of anonymity to people (read: men) alleged to have committed sexual offences is an abuse of due process. Many of them not even charged with anything e.g. Sir Cliff Richard, Paul Gambaccini, Lord Bramall, not forgetting dead men including Ted Heath.

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  3. Good for Trump. Did anyone notice that Betsy DeVos his appointee as Secretary of Education has done away with the sexual assault kangaroo courts in US Universities, which were set up under the Obama administration?

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  4. Quote:-

    “…..Among those to react with anger was Democratic Senator Patty Murray, who responded by saying that women’s lives were affected every day by violence and harassment.

    I’m going to keep standing with them, and trusting them, even if the president won’t,” she said….”

    This is another of the many ways those of her ilk are saying
    “what’s ours is untouchable, whats yours is negotiable”.
    This is only true if one accepts it of course, merely saying it does not make it so.
    As for the claim that women’s lives were affected every day by violence, it’s a fact supported by the state’s own figures that men are the most numerous victims of violence across the board

    So that, true to form, is another circumstance turned upside down and back to front.

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