“Grrr. I am entitled to be a SCOTUS and you people better not get in my way!”
So many obvious lies that he thinks Americans are too timid to object to because he is powerful and entitled.
Boofing does not mean farting; it means anal sex. Renate alumnus is not about being the insulted woman’s friend; it is about having had sex with her. When he was a senior he was not a legal drinker as he suggests. Drinking until you threw up was a badge of honor, not a reference to his weak stomach. The other people at the party just don’t remember an event that was not significant to them; they in no way supported him as he claims.
Firing back at the senator questioning him, “Are you an alcoholic.” was not a momentary lapse of judgment but a true picture of the self-entitled rage-aholic he is.
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Rick Russel
, former High School History Teacher, Military Veteran, at U.S. Air Force (1972-2014)
It said that he was very angry – righteous indignation – over the charges that had been leveled at him, not just by Ford, but by Ramirez and Swetnick…..horrible and criminal charges that could put him in prison. I think most folks would be royally pissed – he did a great job containing himself and expressing himself in the light of such charges with essentially no one defending him until Graham spoke…….let’s hope the FBI does not find anything we don’t already know and he will then be voted on by the full Senate – which must happen!
He had the air of entitlement that is obvious to all and it showed he was very angry, who was very nervous. It was very much in contrast with Christine Blasey Ford’s body language. It was also in contrast with any congressional hearing on record. When he was questioned he tended to both evade questions and redefine their terms, something that doesn’t indicate guilt, but is a notable habit. He used a noticable tactic by liars of rephrasing and redefining terms and of not answering direct question. If anything from Dr Ford’s testimony it certainly points to his lack of empathy which was shown through out his entire testimony. His body language certainly highlighted that he was not being honest in his answers but as for the sexual assault I very much he saw it as an attempted rape and more horseplay. What I did find distasteful was the way how some people actually posted a pciture of him and an alleged picture of Dr Ford at the time implying she was too ugly to rape.
Brett Kavanaugh testifies to the Senate Judiciary Committee during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing on Sept. 27, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Tapestry6:18How to spot #MeToo’s pattern of denials
When Brett Kavanaugh denied sexual assault allegations, attacked his accuser’s memory, and then described himself as being the victim of a conspiracy — several psychologists knew what they were seeing: DARVO.
DARVO stands for deny, attack, and reverse victim and offender. The term was coined by a research team at the University of Oregon and the University of California, Santa Cruz, who identified the pattern alleged abusers use to deflect attention away from themselves and back to the person making the accusation.
University of Oregon psychology professor and Stanford fellow Jennifer Freyd, said that the reason it gets used frequently is that it works.
Jennifer Freyd is a psychology professor at the University of Oregon and a fellow at Stanford’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Submitted by Jennifer Freyd)
“I did not expect … that so many people actually found the DARVO convincing. But it makes sense. I mean that’s why people use it,” said Freyd.
However, she said that the number of people who are inclined to believe a DARVO response, lessens significantly as soon as they understand its mechanics.
For example, Freyd identified Kavanaugh as someone who used this aggressive retort to shift blame away from himself when accused of sexual harassment by Christine Blasey Ford and other women.
Here’s how DARVO works, using Kavanaugh’s senate testimony.
DENIAL:
“The drinking age was 18 in Maryland for most of my time in high school and was 18 in D.C. for all of my time in high school. I drank beer with my friends. Almost everyone did. Sometimes I had too many beers. Sometimes others did. I liked beer. I still like beer. But I did not drink beer to the point of blacking out and I never sexually assaulted anyone.”
ATTACK:
“Dr. Ford’s allegation is not merely uncorroborated, it is refuted by the very people she says were there, including by a longtime friend of hers. Refuted.”
REVERSE VICTIM AND OFFENDER:
“This whole two-week effort has been a calculated and orchestrated political hit, fueled with apparent pent-up anger about President Trump and the 2016 election, fear that has been unfairly stoked about my judicial record, revenge on behalf of the Clintons and millions of dollars in money from outside left-wing opposition groups.”
Freyd asserted that while not everyone accused of an accusation is guilty, DARVO is not a good way to defend your innocence.
“You don’t have to respond defensively to an accusation, whether you’ve done it or have not done it. And a non-defensive response can really move people,” said Freyd.
