I dont think she's saying believe them carte blanche, shes saying take them seriously and start the process to get at the truth.
The issue being that victims dont come forward because they fear not being believed.
There is nothing ambiguous about what she said. She said "survivors" of sexual abuse should be believed. Of course a survivor of sexual abuse should be believed, because they were attacked. Why would you not believe a survivor carte blanche? And that is the problem. You don't know if the accuser really is a survivor or someone who is a criminal themselves, making a false accusation. She is then conflating survivors with accusers.
I know you say when she says they should be believed, what she really means is not what she said but something else, that they shouldn't necessarily be believed. But then why shouldn't you necessarily believe the survivor of an attack? They were attacked! You can't have it both ways!
If she said accusers of sexual abuse should be taken seriously, to establish the truth of the situation through due process, then I would be in complete alignment. But that is not what she is saying.
We could debate this forever, but lets be frank about it. She doesn't believe her own words. Her silence over the Biden accusation says it all. Her denials over her husbands accusers before any due process flies in the face of what she claims she herself believes. She says one thing, does another. Sorry Hillary, you are exposed for the piece of work that you are.
My position? Any person should have the right to due process for any crime. None should have the right to be believed. Legal guilt comes *after* the trial, not before. Suspicion, now that is another thing...
With Alex Salmond, you would think its a dead cert with 9 women accusing him. Yet he was innocent. I was suspicious, casting doubts about his character. And I think that is the problem with the #metoo movement: believing without any due process. People have lost their jobs, reputations, huge financial loss, before any evidence has come to light. The weaponisation of the sexual assault allegation is a very dangerous precedent. I believe that those being accused should be afforded anonymity until after a trial is over, because the damage to someones reputation can last a lifetime, even if they are innocent.