I agree that Moore's behaviour is creepy and showed a pattern of creepiness! I woudn't vote for him, I wouldn't want him in my party or in my senate. Fortunately for me, I don't have to make any of those choices.
I doubt Moore would fall victim to the law, from the very little I know about it in Alabama. And the thought that the law gets itself involved overmuch is one of the things I fear about for America. We are all heading for a terrifying expansion of law into our personal space, which is horrifying.
I don't see Franken as having much to answer for as yet. It sounds like an awkward attempt at a first kiss that failed. He likely thought they had been flirting and so he moved forwards. She knocked him back and from the account, he didn't make a second attempt. This happens all the time. The law doesn't belong there, unless women want a situation in which men don't dare to kiss them for fear of the ramifications. The first one is always a risk. You want attorneys suing people for that?
He was dealing with a person who was an expert in selling her sexuality. Her account makes his action sound random and assertive, as if she was a nun. I doubt it, very much. Some women lead men on, seeking a benefit in exchange for the dangled possibility of some sort of sexual act. Such a person invokes a hormonal response. Let a court try the hormones, and not the man!
If a pattern emerges which goes further, or involves a protected category (minors?), that is different.
Maybe we should just move on to sex robots.
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