Dear people who attack #TaraReade: read these two paragraphs. If you feel no empathy for Tara and think you're the victim being attacked, it means you're one of the bad guys; If you feel even conflicted but less critical of Tara it means you still have a soul.

I wrote that precisely because I wanted to reach people who I respect and know are good people and with whom I may disagree about politics. I have friends who were upset I interviewed Tara. Some doubt or doubted her credibility. But when I talked to them... https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/24/joe-biden-sexual-assault-claim-tara-reade-deserves-to-be-heard-katie-halper

they would eventually say that the issue is that they fear Trump will win. They don't smear Tara or call her an agent. At the same time, I'm sympathetic to those who have their doubts because, to be fair, the Biden campaign has done a good job keeping the "mainstream media"...

on message. And it's hard for people to get passed being bombarded with talking points especially when some of them are fact-based but not the truth. Like, for example, the claim that Tara "changed her story," when she actually revealed more of it than she originally did...

which, again, is typical among survivors. Or the claim taht she changed her story when she wrote about why she left working in politics. Yes, it's true she attributed this to things other than being sexually assaulted by Biden. That's what people do when they haven't told the...

the world about a very private and personal thing. They don't casually mention it.