Americans were transfixed by the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford. Sexual assault victims saw their trauma reflected in her words and were emboldened to share their own stories. Men were witness to the lasting emotional damage that sexual abuse can cause. That had value, regardless of the outcome of the Supreme Court battle.
The bruising battle was a cultural moment in some ways more important than the nominee himself.
The bruising battle was a cultural moment in some ways more important than the nominee himself.
What remains is the unfinished, age-old American business of forming a more perfect union, those indelible words in the U.S. Constitution that "we the people" can never escape. Nor ever would want to.
The year-old #MeToo movement flows easily along that "more perfect" evolutionary path. It holds out the promise of stripping away a lingering abuse: the silent existence and acceptance of sexual mistreatment and assault, particularly of women by men in a position of power.
In tandem with that are the core national values of due process and of weighing evidence fairly to avoid inflicting punishment on the innocent.
Live the discussion, join the process, It is not easy nor comfortable. Just a thought.
In tandem with that are the core national values of due process and of weighing evidence fairly to avoid inflicting punishment on the innocent.
Live the discussion, join the process, It is not easy nor comfortable. Just a thought.
No comments:
Post a Comment