Thread by @Tinu

Kelleyanne Conway can be a survivor AND have the world's worst take on it.

You can support her, have empathy AND not buy into the BS take.

If some person or faction has an agenda? Debate on whether or not to believe her is part of the trick. It's the perfect trap if you can’t see it.

The timing of this COULD be designed to change the narrative by confusing the issue.

Or it could be organic.

Both are moot.

And anyone could use the opportunity to manipulate us into arguing anything in this narrative. Including whether it's true or not, organic or not, etc.

They might not be. But if we sidestep the nonsense entirely, it’s moot.

Yes, various factions could be heavily invested in us either defending everything she says because she is a survivor OR us arguing over whether we believe her.

We know who those factions could be. It doesn't matter. What matters is avoiding this disinformation trap.

Simply refuse to let the narrative change.

To us defending every nonsense take she has OR anything else besides supporting her as a survivor.

On the other hand, if we argue about whether we believe her, that could be used against us too.

Any of the various groups that would LOVE women not to be united would count on using the resulting infighting to invalidate the #BelieveSurvivors movement.

They could say "See! You don't ALWAYS believe survivors" or "THIS survivor said something we like. She can't be wrong because she's a survivor."

Reject both. They are nonsense.

What they haven't counted on the #metoo community seeing is that you can be a survivor, AND have an outdated take. We can reject the take and still offer comfort.

ANY take that puts the responsibility of whether you are sexually assaulted or not on you, the survivor is dead-ass wrong, period.

#RapeCulture blames the survivor.

Some of us are indoctrinated by that.

Others might try to find any survivor who has bought into it to push their agenda.

We don't have to allow it, either way.

You can choose to believe her about *being assaulted* without yielding to the oppressive narrative that it’s somehow the victim’s fault.

And if you don’t believe her? No need to risk making yourself a target. Same thing if you do.

(Yes I'm aware that if this advice catches on, I make myself a target. They may be more dangerous than the cancer iny body but they aren't scarier, not to me.)

Whether you believe her or not, you can be aware of what she says about her own experience AND choose not to give her absurd take any air.

You can choose not to engage.

Don’t click on the story.

Don’t share it.

Don’t link to it.

You don’t even have to mention it.

And if you do you, can center what YOU think, know, learned, or believe about survivors.

ANY attention for Kelleyanne beyond support/empathy for being a survivor is not necessary.

We know the reality. We do not have to accept this invitation to battle.

Let's not risk changing the momentum or direction of women’s anger, movements, voices or awakening.

Maybe it's a coincidence this happens the weekend of the Black Women’s march. Maybe it's not.

But they play this disinformation/misinformation “change the narrative” trick on us all the time.

We can say no. We’re allowed to say no.