Al Franken Vs Roy Moore

In light of all the sexual allegations coming forward it was bound to hit politics sooner or later. The first one to hit was a man named Roy Moore, a GOP senate candidate from Alabama. He supposedly molested teenagers. It also hit the Democratic side. It hit a sitting senator from Minnesota Al Franken. He was alleged to have forcibly kissed a coworker when he was comedian, he also took an inappropriate picture where he was pretending to grab her breasts while she was sleeping. Both of those are wildly inappropriate and should be dealt with in there own right. Sexual assault is wrong. I shouldn't have to say that but with this climate I feel the need to spell out my views in that regard.

The real question is: is this a partisan issue? Is one side worse at this than the other? The answer to that is no. This not a partisan issue, not even in the slightest. So what is the point of me typing this if it isn't a partisan issue? Well a lot of people are brushing what Roy Moore did under the rug and attacking Al Franken. This unfortunately includes President pussy grabber himself. He said repeatedly that Moore denies it so that lets him off the hook. A lot of people are crucifying Franken, rightfully so might I add, at the cost of propping up Moore. This may sound hypocritical but what Moore did was worse than what Franken did.

Moore allegedly stripped a 14 year old down to her underwear and touched her in places I dare not speak and forced her to do the same to him. Franken forced a woman to kiss him and tried and failed to make a joke in poor taste. Those things are punished differently because they are different crimes. One is sexual assault and the other is child molestation. At the end of the day what both of them did was wrong, however, one of them had a pattern of doing this thing that he knew was wrong where the other is seeking redemption and fully cooperating with an investigation into him. I understand that they both did something wrong and I fully acknowledge that, but when you vilify the wrong person and speak of there behavior as acceptable then we have a problem.

The justifications for what Roy Moore are just as bad as what he did. Saying that the girls looked older then they were or that it happened in the Bible so it's okay. Just because a girl looks older then she is does not give you the right to touch her in the ways in which he did. Especially if you knew and there is evidence that he knew. The evidence is that at the time he was a judge and he offered to look after the girl while the mother went in for a custody battle. If the mother is going in for a custody battle than you as a judge would understand that this girl is a minor. You have no business hitting on her getting her number and then taking advantage of her innocence. Also just because it happened in the Bible doesn't mean it is right. So can we kill an entire race of people because it happened in the Bible, of course not. Things have to be put into perspective and we have to look at the Bible in a way that makes sense. These same people would say that polygamy is wrong, but according to there logic it should be okay because it happened in the Bible. With all this being said what Al Franken did was also wrong on many different levels. 

Al Franken took advantage of the fact that he was working with a woman underneath him. He had limited power over her and tried to take advantage of that. If a woman says that she doesn't want to kiss you, you then have no right to then kiss her. It is disgusting and will sit with her for the rest of her life. Dealing with the moment that a man took advantage of you. Trying to use your body for his own pleasure. It is wrong disgusting and he should not be in the Senate because of it. In fact he should be in jail for it. 

The justifications for Al Franken are also just as bad. Just because someone genuinely apologizes does not negate what happens. If I murder someone and apologize afterwards, the person is still dead. I give him credit for his statement because I think it was genuine, and the right response. However a response does not make up for what you did. You still have to own up for what you did and cooperate with the investigation and comply with whatever happens to you. The woman has to live with what you did and you don't get off by just saying sorry.

With all these allegations floating around one thing that is missing is punishment. They were hounded in the media and by the public, so it is now time for the courts to take action. Some of these men have lost there job, but that isn't enough. They need to see there day in court otherwise this will keep happening. The woman who so bravely came out will not do it in vein. We need to show the world and the woman of the world that you don't get away with doing this so easily. The part that terrifies me is that we have a President who admittedly does this to woman. He shows no remorse for his actions and takes sides when certain people who are accused get a pass because he is a part of your tribe. It shows that for him he going to play politics with this issue, and we cannot do that with this issue. A seat in the senate is not worth the pain that it causes woman when men like him go unpunished.

What Roy Moore did was worse than Al Franken but at the end of the day does it matter? No, it doesn't. The fact that one man was a child molester and the other was not doesn't mean anything if they don't have jobs in the senate. We win one and we lose one that is how this goes. Let's grow from this experience and use this example to better ourselves. People of Alabama if you are listening, don't vote this monster into office. People of Minnesota if you are listening, a Senate seat is not worth having a sexual predator in the seat. We have to be principled and objective. If one side does it and it is wrong that does not mean the other side can do it.