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brooklynite

(94,829 posts) Sat Dec 9, 2017, 10:34 AM Dec 2017

Occam's Razor..... [View all]

Republicans found 8 women willing to lie about Al Franken, potentially risking perjury charges

and

Senator Gillibrand decided to destroy a Senator she worked with for 8 years for a nascent Presidential bid

and

the entire Democratic Senatorial Caucus and Party leadership was too stupid to see either plot

the complaints against Franken -- in aggregate -- were seen as credible and were considered unacceptable in today's society

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Occam's Razor..... [View all] brooklynite Dec 2017 OP

I vote they're too stupid to see a plot Submariner Dec 2017 #1

+1000 Pachamama Dec 2017 #2

+1000 n/t rzemanfl Dec 2017 #3

+1000 OnDoutside Dec 2017 #5

Where is this painting from? gilpo Dec 2017 #10

Just a redditt post Submariner Dec 2017 #12

Not the first time Egnever Dec 2017 #32

+1000 totally agree avebury Dec 2017 #51

I don't think we need to assume malice on Gillibrand's part. Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2017 #4

more zero tolerance. which has no perspective. pansypoo53219 Dec 2017 #30

I don't know why you want to bring logic and facts into this. VermontKevin Dec 2017 #6

These few remaining people who remember how to reason are such a nuisance L. Coyote Dec 2017 #7

Honesty would be like ice water on a riot, Hortensis Dec 2017 #27

Or: BootinUp Dec 2017 #8

We've let a lot of things go over the years. yallerdawg Dec 2017 #9

I would except Motownman78 Dec 2017 #57

There are many reasons why victims don't come forward. yallerdawg Dec 2017 #58

And people's reactions seem to be rather tame. Kaleva Dec 2017 #11

How would you expect them to change? MoonRiver Dec 2017 #48

Generally, if people say they are enraged, they do more then post about it Kaleva Dec 2017 #59

Or both. n/t Igel Dec 2017 #13

How many ways is this wrong? Let's start with the obvious 6. grantcart Dec 2017 #14

+1 flamingdem Dec 2017 #23

+1000 smirkymonkey Dec 2017 #24

Great response. CentralMass Dec 2017 #26

+1 treestar Dec 2017 #29

And again you nail it Egnever Dec 2017 #33

+1 betsuni Dec 2017 #35

This uponit7771 Dec 2017 #41

This is such a fantastic response, grantcart! All excellent points. R B Garr Dec 2017 #42

Very very well said! Agree entirely. bench scientist Dec 2017 #46

Thank you! MoonRiver Dec 2017 #49

+1,000,000 Raster Dec 2017 #55

Great reply, grantcart. n/t ms liberty Dec 2017 #56

Invoking Occam's Razor to present a false dichotomy is manipulative and an insult to Occam. Denzil_DC Dec 2017 #15

as a side note, the word "me-tooism" has taken on a more nuanced meaning Bucky Dec 2017 #19

"Herd Mentality" MoonRiver Dec 2017 #50

She was also able to draw Bernie Sanders into her nefarious plot. nt LexVegas Dec 2017 #16

And Kamala Harris. (n/t) SMC22307 Dec 2017 #53

How can anonymous accusations be judged as credible? alarimer Dec 2017 #17

While, yeah, Franken did do some inappropriate things, Occam requires including all evidence Bucky Dec 2017 #18

This...nt stopwastingmymoney Dec 2017 #45

It doesn't work... tonedevil Dec 2017 #20

Man, Occam must have been shaving constantly because he had a lot of Razors... califootman Dec 2017 #21

Then the correct answer would have been I never touched them inappropriately brooklynite Dec 2017 #34

Which would have led to exactly the same outcome. Denzil_DC Dec 2017 #36

Except that, at that point, Franken's initial response was baked in to the analysis. brooklynite Dec 2017 #37

There has been no evidence whatsoever of any analysis. Denzil_DC Dec 2017 #38

He said he remembered it differently. What you are saying there is he R B Garr Dec 2017 #44

Occam's razor is a bitch. Occam's aftershave is even worse. nt Binkie The Clown Dec 2017 #22

or more stuff was about to come out and he left rather than deal with it Dreamer Tatum Dec 2017 #25

Your OR is inaccurate -- a syllogism of sorts. The complaints against Franken KPN Dec 2017 #28

Thank you for posting this Brooklynite. Same thoughts I have had. nt Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #31

Unlike with Trump, Moore, et al BaileyBill Dec 2017 #39

What was the lie they told??? Lil Missy Dec 2017 #40

There are no perjury charges for talking to reporters or posting on a blog. LisaL Dec 2017 #43

Ridiculous! ProfessorGAC Dec 2017 #47

Not all lied riverwalker Dec 2017 #52

If it is not acceptable in today's society treestar Dec 2017 #54