This from Susan Faludi is so important. Feminists never said "believe all women" - the right inserted the "all." Feminists said "believe women": that is, start with the assumption that women are telling the truth instead of reflexively doubting them. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/18/opinion/tara-reade-believe-all-women.html
You are not going to find a feminist who says "women never ever lie. Believe all women." You will find lots of feminists who say "there is a long-standing presumption that women lie about sexual violence, and we need to reverse that. Believe women."
The point here is not whether Reade is lying or not. I don't know! The point is that when you hear someone say, "but FEMINISTS SAID BELIEVE ALL WOMEN," trust that that's a cynical gotcha from someone who has zero investment in either truth or feminism.
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