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In reply to the discussion: Wife defends Ray Rice, slams media [View all]one_voice
(20,043 posts)85. Right. Because that's what I said....
See what I did there. How's that feel? Do you like that twist to what you said? So much fun throwing out accusatory one liners.
In case it get's alerted on this is what I said....VERY far from covering it up.
The one thing I will agree on...
No one needed to see this video. No one. This could have been kept private. The NFL & Ravens organization could have reviewed this without the media and public needing to see this.
This woman had to live this awful thing all over again; all the accusations, all the nastiness, all the blaming etc. We don't need to see everything. Contrary to popular belief they are entitled to their privacy. She's right--it's THEIR life. People need to get their own and stop passing judgment on theirs.
You can bring this issue to light without having to humiliate her over and over again. It's done every day.
Like vultures over a dead carcass. Sickening.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5508638
No one needed to see this video. No one. This could have been kept private. The NFL & Ravens organization could have reviewed this without the media and public needing to see this.
This woman had to live this awful thing all over again; all the accusations, all the nastiness, all the blaming etc. We don't need to see everything. Contrary to popular belief they are entitled to their privacy. She's right--it's THEIR life. People need to get their own and stop passing judgment on theirs.
You can bring this issue to light without having to humiliate her over and over again. It's done every day.
Like vultures over a dead carcass. Sickening.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5508638
And this:
Let me be clear...
I don't want anything hidden. I want him held accountable.
What I disagree with is the video. She's entitled to her privacy and not to be judged and tried in the media or on message boards. She's the victim. I find it strange that the people who are yelling the loudest about her being the victim have no problem with re-victimizing her over and over with this video. Metaphorically punching her in the face again and again....
The video is not needed. It could have been a written description.
When they entered the elevator they appeared to be having a disagreement. After a few minutes Rice punched Janay so hard that she fell hitting her head on the rail in the elevator car which left her unconscious for at least a minute and half.
Something like that. Do we really need to see her being punched? No I don't think so.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5509210
I don't want anything hidden. I want him held accountable.
What I disagree with is the video. She's entitled to her privacy and not to be judged and tried in the media or on message boards. She's the victim. I find it strange that the people who are yelling the loudest about her being the victim have no problem with re-victimizing her over and over with this video. Metaphorically punching her in the face again and again....
The video is not needed. It could have been a written description.
When they entered the elevator they appeared to be having a disagreement. After a few minutes Rice punched Janay so hard that she fell hitting her head on the rail in the elevator car which left her unconscious for at least a minute and half.
Something like that. Do we really need to see her being punched? No I don't think so.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5509210
I have been very clear that I DON'T want it covered up and that he should have had a harsh(er) sentence. My concern with the video is that it re-victimizes Janay Rice. Yeah, I give a shit about the impact on her. But like I said it's so much more fun to throw out a condescending accusatory one liner....even if it is dishonest.
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Domestic disputes (abusive relationships) are the most dangerous for the police
underpants
Sep 2014
#1
Because you can see the "circle the wagons" mentality in this Twitter post
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Sep 2014
#70
Maybe to 'inform'. I didn't know she married him after the abuse and now I do. eom
Purveyor
Sep 2014
#78
She had a child with him before that horrific beating. She was already tied to him emotionally
pnwmom
Sep 2014
#73
Blame the media for the fact that your husband is now unemployed...real good PR move. (Sarcasm)
Mike Daniels
Sep 2014
#5
she more then likely had a abusive childhood, or a relationship that she felt she had no power in.
a kennedy
Sep 2014
#32
This is a classic DU pile-on. But that's OK, because it isn't even about Rice or Palmer now.
Dreamer Tatum
Sep 2014
#25
If there's an up-side to this horror, it is that the issue of these squirrely diversions is finally
MADem
Sep 2014
#57
Yeah better to cover up domestic violence, than to expose it for all the world to see.
Rex
Sep 2014
#82
Having a conversation on DV, with Palmer-Rice as the catalyst, doesn't mean we all know what's best
justiceischeap
Sep 2014
#44
Victim shaming is not the right answer. Strike that. It is not the correct answer.
merrily
Sep 2014
#55
Wow, she is in serious denial. I hope she wakes up eventually before it's too late.
catbyte
Sep 2014
#59
My mom was hit/beaten by my dad many times. I was a witness. She left him for fears for my safety.
TeamPooka
Sep 2014
#66
Thank you. It was not an easy thing for her to do back in 1965. I would hope it could
TeamPooka
Sep 2014
#69
They do. And it wouldn't be just pride to keep her family together -- it would be out of concern
pnwmom
Sep 2014
#74