Believe nobody god damn it. People are liars.

Hey guys. I just read another diary about how John Conyers needs to resign right away due to accusations that nobody knows anything about, which were settled on the cheap. There are a lot of self righteous people demanding that we believe and act on things right away. I’m sick of it. It’s irresponsible. Stop it.

Sexual harassment, daily abuse and megalomaniacal behavior are a fact of life in every industry, institution and organization in every village, city, county, state and country on Earth.

So are false accusations.

Sometimes people really are so sensitive and sheltered that they can’t differentiate between assholery and harassment.

Sometimes people are straight up making up stories for a variety of reasons, whether it’s wanting attention, taking revenge, or just being weird.

People are weird.

And that’s why due process matters.

You can’t demand that lawmakers are held to a higher than legal standard and then hold your own standard for judging truth to be lower than a rube at a carnival. Relax. You don’t have to wrap things up at the speed of the 24 hour news cycle.