Americans — men, mostly — fear unseen excesses of the movement against assault more than they fear things staying miserably the same. I’ve been angry, of course, but I hadn’t cried because, though I had learned about all this and heard about it, until today, I hadn’t really seen it. And there was the evidence of Ford’s trauma, a second front door, literally built-in to her home. Ford’s testimony attached not only a name to the narrative, but a face, open and expressive and responding in real-time; and a voice, small but carrying across the country. I hope others were crying, too.

Source: Washington Post September 27, 2018 19:11 UTC