Anybody who thinks Ford and Reade are comparable has been filtered from future opinion consideration. Reade has every few years (nowadays, once or so per week) been frequently and loudly inconsistent about, like, basic facts around her own life both related to and independent of this accusation from 27 years ago. Ford had tons of material evidence to prove that her story had basically not changed over 35 years.
Dr. Ford was a credible person with a serious allegation that was never actually investigated, and Tara Reade is an uncredible person with a serious allegation that is being currently vetted in the wide open public view.
I've heard it suggested that Ramirez is a closer parallel here and I'm still going to disagree with that. Maybe the story about the fight on the boat is a good link.
