Biggest problem with Reade's story is that it was launched by shameless propagandists who have spread the most deceiving lies against Democrats for the last 4 years.

Second problem is knowledgeable peeps like Elizabeth who understand process & careers it ended. Read her thread! https://twitter.com/ahumorlessfem/status/1254187482058350592

2/The story covers the turn of a century, highlighting change in perceptions.

Often hear younger women say they'd never accept such behavior from men, it makes me happy. But they need to be reminded their certainty stands on the shoulders of trailblazers. https://mobile.twitter.com/ahumorlessfem/status/1254187686849474560

3/Remember how Michelle Obama said that the more power you have, the more it reveals your true core?

Mitch McConnell started out as a believer in Civil Rights, in treating others with Human Decency. It is jarring to measure how the rot has taken over. https://mobile.twitter.com/ahumorlessfem/status/1254187947504463873

4/Some people evolve. Some people devolve. It depends on your true core and events around you that triggers it.

Mitch McConnell devolved into abetting American genocide; not the murder of children in their classrooms, nor the death of children in cages swayed his core.

5/It wouldn't surprise you to learn how those who paved the way did so while struggling against the clutches of their own patriarchal upbringing.

An upbringing that hailed a father's lesson as doctrine to live by. Fascinating to witness a core uncovered. https://mobile.twitter.com/ahumorlessfem/status/1254188051288317952

6/There was a time when McConnell strongly believed that covering up one's crimes was heinous, unforgivable.

There was a time where men like Packwood were certain uncovering of one's crimes would be dismissed as trivial.

What would 20th Century Mitch think of his 2020 version?

7/Packwood's story has shown how independent investigations have become a scary thing for guilty minds.

Some see such investigations as attacks against one's integrity. Especially when results underline a lifetime of abuse, but in your entitlement you perceived as charm & humor.

8/When @ahumorlessfem first posted her thread, I was reminded of how male entitlement used to easily admit to such "charming" behavior, often misconstrued as "boys being boys" "he's just a prankster known for his outrageous humor" until you read details. https://www.npr.org/2017/11/27/566096392/when-bob-packwood-was-nearly-expelled-from-the-senate-for-sexual-misconduct

9/When you familiarize yourself with Women's fight to be treated with Human decency, refusing to erase their lived experience, you become familiar with events that moved Equality forward, and quickly become aware of plagiarized words abused in service of propagandists' agenda.

10/Many will use Reade to strip MeToo of its core objective:

Revealing the commonality of abuse, and a system punishing victims for coming forward.

But they're wrong.

Has Ben Carson's actions stripped the Civil Rights movement of its core mission?

See how silly that sounds.

11/Many will use the likes of Reade's story in order to dismiss credible accusations against "charming pranksters" because they can't accept already revealed facts from peers & staff about said "charmer".

Facts that would be further uncovered in independent investigations.

12/My point is never allow propagandists, bent on abusing Progressive drive for Equality, to discredit the majority's thrive forward in service of an agenda to fracture a party of diversity in service of white supremacy.

And make sure they're never allowed to get away with it.