rumitoid

One is it could have been a total aberration of character brought on not just by too much alcohol but other pressing factors. That does not excuse him, of course. Yet it also does not condemn him. A high schooler's frontal lobe, what is used for judgment, is underdeveloped. Maybe he was there and did nothing but for some reason she remembered him, Decades help to confabulate, especially after a traumatic event. Yet we can endlessly speculate: can we ever get to the actual facts? No, very unlikely. Then how do we proceed? Is the accusation enough?

There are circumstantial facts that can lend weight either way. Friends of Kavanaugh have said he is of excellent character and never drank to excess or displayed anything but the most honorable behavior. But then there is a friend of his, said to be present during the assault by Kavanaugh, that wrote a memoir about heavy drinking at their prep school, alcoholism, and blackouts. Christine Blasey Ford, a college professor, is what some would call an avid feminist. Yet then there is the personal price to her and her family coming forward. Death threats have forced her to abandon her home. Tough to get to the t***h.

Lockjaw3

I don't get why people have doubts about the incident. That type of activity has happened hundreds, if not thousands of times, and still happens in the upper class prep school milieu. It is an "Animal House" culture.

rumitoid

Circumstantial but maybe telling.