listen, al, man, i know you're trying to avoid a faux feminist backlash, and i get it, there's good reason to choose your words carefully in defending yourself, but i actually think we really need a "have you no decency?" moment regarding the presumption of innocence, because this is just going to get worse if nobody steps up.

there are some things that we can let the pendulum swing too far on out of a sense of retribution. maybe, some dude somewhere needs to suck it up when he doesn't get the promotion that he really does legitimately deserve - because his father got a promotion he didn't deserve, and that put him through pre-school and on the track to outcompeting his peers for his whole life. these are pendulum overshoots that we can all adjust to, under the expectation that an equilibrium is in reach.

but, due process is not one of those things. when you lose due process, you lose democracy. and, nobody can be smug about that. that's existential. and, it requires a really serious response.

jagmeet singh must cut his beard.