I came i saying I didn't care about the main point. My original comment was about the hypocrisy going on here. Go read it if you don't believe it. I never engaged a strawman because I never made one to counter someone else's claim in this thread. I made an out of the blue comment from the get go and fskimospy and others like you do what you always do. Which is not to read my post and make strawman arguments, deflect, and do ad hominen attacks. I said not a word in response in my first post to anyone else's post directly. It was straight up talking about the hypocrisy. I didn't know there is a rule that I have to only talk about the main point of a thread in this forum. Is there such a one?
There is discussion within this long thread about challenges in Biden's character and how that affects his electability among those who haven't found Reade's allegation of rape credible. I know. I participated in those conversations.
More specifically, not including that Biden once publicly misrepresented his educational background is quite a weak argument for hypocrisy. The direct counter example of Reade misrepresenting her educational background is a tiny and recent part of this thread. That Biden had once also done so has no relevance as to whether Reade has a credible story to tell. And it is actually something I didn't even know about until you brought it up here.
I think it's fine to discuss. There's tangential relevance to the thread. But not under the implication that someone is bad for not having discussed it.
If the touching is unwanted, it certainly is sexual assault. How the hell are you this ignorant of the law?
Sexual criminal statues are actually significantly variable in different jurisdictions. An act may be sexual harassment and also assault. More generally, the distinguishing features of a sexual assault are that the contact be explicitly sexual and intentional in nature or with intent to lead to a sexual act and involves some component which degrades capacity to consent such as use of force, threat, intimidation, use of authority, or a person who inherently lacks capacity.
For Biden, it could be possible that something alleged rose to assault, but it is not an argument any victim made which I am aware. For example, if there was consequence or threat thereof and any evidence that a specifically sexual act was desired.