Chris Hayes: Lesson of #MeToo Is Not that We Believe Every Allegation, It’s To Take them Seriously and Not Drag Women Through the Mud

RUSH EXCERPT
HAYES:  "A whole lot of people pointing to various aspects of reade’s character or writings or politics she’s not proof or credible, she didn’t report this sooner or said nice things about Joe Biden, her former boss at one point so how could he have assaulted her or supported Bernie Sanders so this is a political hit job or she said things people find strange on social media, and on and on, much of it adding up to you just can’t trust this woman. Those are the things that have been used forever against women making these types of allegations. To me, the lesson of the #metoo movement is not that you believe every allegation, of course not. No, the lesson is to take accusations seriously to swiftly investigate the facts surrounding them as best as one can while leaving aside the worst age-old instincts to drag the women that make those claims through the mud."