I was semi-watching tv this afternoon and heard guest Linda Chavez seeming to accuse Professor Ford’s account of her assault by Kavanaugh as being a recovered memory. I mentioned this in another diary and nobody else had seen it. I did a little investigation and found the following on Chris Hayes twitter feed;
Just wanted to clarify something from the show: Linda Chavez floated the possibility of Dr Blasey’s having a “recovered memory” of the event in question. But a “recovered memory” is one a person doesn’t have until later in life. There is no evidence of that being the case here. twitter.com/…
Dr Blasey Ford’s account is that she always remembered and knew what happened to her from the moment it happened, but that she only *told* a therapist about it in 2012. That’s quite different than a “recovered memory.”
I think it is important that we keep track of things like this. It is Anita Hill all over again. And if I remember correctly Chris Hayes did not do much to push back against Linda Chavez’s statement at the time.