No, that is absolutely not what I’m saying. I hope that no one pipes down and “takes it”. I am not devaluing the pain you have evidently experienced, nor am I devaluing my own. I was raped by my therapist when I was in college. I see no need to hold that up as giving me special cred. But yes, I do know the pain. I have lived it.

I hope that any accusations made for petty or political reasons won’t eventually cause all accusations to be thrown out. I don’t know what is true in Leeann’s case. In my post I tried to provide some context that may be unfamiliar to some and I also sounded a note of caution.

There’s a similarity to the Salem Witch Trials or the Inquisition here: accusing anyone of being a witch was sufficient cause to drown them. Innocent lives were ruined. I hope that yours and mine aren’t going to be ruined as well by the injudicious and self-serving among us. It is up to the Ethics Committee to get to the truth of the matter in Franken’s case. I hope that they do their investigation and I also fear that they won’t.

I am not tearing down women; far from it. I am hoping that accusations which turn out to be politically motivated will not cause all women to be silenced. I’m hoping that the truth will come out in this case and in all the others.