What do you mean by “…e.g. does anyone remember what happened to Clarence Thomas?” Jere?

Clarence Thomas was accused of specific behavior by a then-35 year-old law professor with an impeccable personal and professional reputation. Her testimony was corroborated under oath by multiple attorneys-at-law to whom she had contemporaneously shared some of these events; who themselves had impeccable personal and professional reputations at the time.

Anita Hill is not some anonymous bimbo. She has led an exemplary life. She is a well-regarded professor at a well-regarded school of law. If a woman like that cannot be believed simply because she accused a conservative of specific behavior (or because she isn’t a conservative), then Carolyn Nelson’s article must be re-read.