With the unsubstantiated allegations against Brett Kavanaugh continuing to pile up, some of his critics have zeroed in on a new gotcha on the SCOTUS nominee: the meaning of the words « boof » and « Devil’s Triangle » in his high school yearbook.
With the unsubstantiated allegations against Brett Kavanaugh continuing to pile up, some of his critics have zeroed in on a new gotcha on the SCOTUS nominee: the meaning of the words « boof » and « Devil’s Triangle » in his high school yearbook.
Even though the words « boof » and « Devil’s Triangle » may very well have had an entirely different meaning to a bunch of D. C. suburban teens in the early-’80s, Kavanaugh’s critics are promoting the narrative on social media that Kavanaugh lied under oath regarding the meaning of those terms. According to these critics, the « Devil’s Triangle » is not a drinking game, as Kavanaugh asserted during his testimony, but rather sex acts involving two guys and one girl; « Boof » refers to, well, something very NC-17; « Renate Alumnus » really was code for « I tapped that. »
Setting aside the problematic notion of combing through a high school yearbook and decoding inside jokes, for Kavanaugh to openly brag about it suggests a personality that was not only flippant but gleefully pernicious. Remember, many of those spreading this theory are the same people who have readily accepted that Kavanaugh was running a « gang rape » ring at age 15.
Politico is lending their weight to promoting the theory. In a piece published by Politico, Brian Fallon and Chris Kang, co-founders of a progressive group opposing Kavanaugh’s nomination, call for the FBI to fully probe the meaning of a 17-year-old teen’s reference to « boofing »:
The article, of course, neglects to mention the fact that over 60 women and several of Kavanaugh’s classmates have openly rejected the portrait that Ford and Ramirez have painted of him, both of whom have failed to identify a single witness that can corroborate their accounts. For his critics, their uncorroborated accounts are more truthful than Kavanaugh’s assertion that « boofing » referred to flatulence and « Devil’s Triangle » was a drinking game.
« Kavanaugh’s answers to the Senate about the meaning of these yearbook references defy credulity—and directly undermine his credibility, » Fallon and Kang continue. « They suggest he is unwilling to admit the truth about even the smallest of matters. »
Fallon and Kang go on to assert that the FBI, who has already done six background checks on Kavanaugh, should do a comprehensive interview with several of his former High School to get to the bottom of these mysterious passages.
