I love Dr. Kristin's article. She said very well what I have been thinking.
What exactly is a "domestic violence expert?" Well, she knows she is a person who works with victims of domestic violence. But she also seems to feel that is more qualified than anyone to look at any situation and say whether or not it is domestic violence. She thinks she is more qualified than anyone (and Martinez exposed this masterfully), to look at a text, email, instant message, or phone call and make the assessment, in her very expert opinion, that it is domestic violence.
We know what abuse is. We know it when we see it. We know when we see physical, psychological, emotional abuse. We don't need someone to come up on stage and interpret it for us. Especially when that someone sees abuse in everything (and especially when it's a man). In every innocuous, throw away comment, in every innocent action, she sees it. It's like pulling the race card every time something doesn't go your way.
Travis asked her to empty her voice mail box but didn't say please. Abuse. He once didn't call her for three days. Abuse. He once did something mean and apologized. Abuse. He once did something mean and did not apologize. Abuse. He borrowed money from his girlfriend once. Abuse.
Kick and hit your mother? Not abuse. Squeeze a cat so hard it claws you? Not abuse.
And she wonders why people aren't buying it. So shocked she is that no one just accepted her expert opinion that she had a nervous breakdown. Living in lala land. You can tell she thinks very highly of herself.
She figured she could get up there, with her "trained brain," and opine about all the abuse poor little Jodi suffered and why, in her expert opinion, she believes she was abused. Why she chose to take the word of a liar. She thought the world would just eat it up because of what a wise old owl she is. She made herself look like a fool. Absolutely. She does not and will not ever understand what she had done. In her mind, she is still right. Jodi was abused. Travis attacked her. And, not in so many words, he deserved it. Forget the evidence. Forget the facts. Forget the lack of corroboration. Forget that Jodi continued to lie and lie on the stand.
But what is really frustrating is that she got one. The Foreman. He bought into it. However, he pretty obviously was looking for anything to exonerate Jodi, so he was more susceptible to this BS. The rest of the intelligent thinking people know the truth.
"Alyce is back on the airwaves complaining. She thinks people should just accept her as an unchallenged expert. Well she can complain all she wants to but it will do her no good. People just arent buying the nonsense that shes gotten away with selling for all those many years."
fftobed: I cant sleep but dont care to sit alone either:floorlaugh:
