Ray Rice and His Rage
SEPT. 14, 2014
The sordid Ray Rice scandal has opened a much-needed dialogue about domestic violence.
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In May Rice was accepted into a pretrial diversion program that allowed him to avoid prosecution. A couple of days later Rice held a news conference with his wife by his side. He apologized to his coaches, his fans and “everyone who was affected by this situation that me and my wife were in.” He did not, however, use that opportunity to publicly apologize to his wife, although he thanked her for loving him “where I was weak and building up where I was strong.”He said that he and his wife had been in therapy and that the therapy had been helpful.
He even attempted to defend himself using the most unfortunate of metaphors: “One thing I can say is that sometimes in life, you will fail. But I won’t call myself a failure. Failure is not getting knocked down; it’s not getting back up.”
His wife said at the news conference: “I do deeply regret the role I played in the incident that night.” It was a line that caused many to cringe. It is hard to feel anything but sadness for her.
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It is a couple’s decision — individually and jointly — whether a union is salvageable and worth the effort to save it. But too often, victims of abuse feel that they have no choice. They can end up staying with an abuser for myriad complex reasons, many of which are regrettable. Often, they just feel trapped. Staying doesn’t excuse the abuse itself, and it can actually embolden the abuser.
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Hey Ray, you apologized to everyone publicly but not your own wife! WTF!? Does the little woman not deserve a public apology? I saw your reaction after you knocked your fiance out, you had a 'Oh Shit" moment. It was perfectly clear for the world to see that you were not concerned about Janay, it was all about you and the repercussions you might face. Then to add insult to injury you dragged her out of the elevator dumped her on her face and kicked her legs. You didn't pull down her shirt or assist your unconscious fiance in any way.
You disrespected her then and again at your press conference. Oh, and your quote,
“One thing I can say is that sometimes in life, you will fail. But I won’t call myself a failure. Failure is not getting knocked down; it’s not getting back up.” you are a cruel and self absorbed man. It's all about poor 'widdle' Ray.
And yes, this is the face of an abused woman. Anyone who has been abused knows this, sees this and feels the pain and suffering. Women know this intuitively, they have either suffered from abuse or know someone that has.
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