Charles, if you’ve barely got a whiff of the story, then you might decline to comment. What you’re doing in the absence of information--raising questions about the women’s credibility, accusing those who believe them of stirring up a mob--is textbook rape apologia. Don’t rush to defend Brand. Don’t assume that his accusers are tools of a shadowy power. What if we gave the women the benefit of the doubt, as we do with white men who are victims of alleged crimes? What if we listened to them befor…