The heart of the matter is this: A defender of Bill Cosby must, effectively, conjure a vast conspiracy, created to bring down one man, seemingly just out of spite. And people will do this work of conjuration, because it is hard to accept that people we love in one arena can commit great evil in another. It is hard to believe that Bill Cosby is a serial rapist because the belief doesn't just indict Cosby, it indicts us. It damns us for drawing intimate conclusions about people based on pudding-pop commercials and popular TV shows. It destroys our ability to lean on icons for our morality. And it forces us back into a world where seemingly good men do unspeakably evil things, and this is just the chaos of human history.

C'est moi. I don't believe Dickinson, but over a dozen other people.. that can't be ignored.

But I can't imagine Bill Cosby raping 15 women. The guy spends half of every stand-up special talking about his family. I'm not saying he's innocent, I just can't imagine him being guilty. Maybe he did a good job of lying then, but there's a distinct, visible difference to me between a much-loved face being honest and a much-loved face lying. I just want some concrete evidence already.