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Is John Crist's apology real? I think it's BS. Here's why: https://twitter.com/johnbcrist/status/1283401822099603456
Is John Crist's apology real? I think it's BS. Here's why: https://twitter.com/johnbcrist/status/1283401822099603456
I’ve been following the John Crist abuse/harassment story for a while.
Catch up here: https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/christian-comedian-john-christ-sexual-harassment-cancels-comedy-tour
Catch up here: https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/christian-comedian-john-christ-sexual-harassment-cancels-comedy-tour
Key takeaways from the FOX story:
-Using his power and influence to get sexual interaction from women
-Getting at least one woman “almost blackout drunk” and trying to sleep with her
-Grabbing and positioning women for sex
-Using his power and influence to get sexual interaction from women
-Getting at least one woman “almost blackout drunk” and trying to sleep with her
-Grabbing and positioning women for sex
In fact, before I even heard of any allegations I predicted that there were issues back in 2017 along with others. ( https://www.facebook.com/pg/ashleymeaster/posts/?ref=page_internal)
Let me be clear, I believe his “apology” is BS. This is textbook abuser apology-non-apology. He never once admits in his “apology” video to the abuse/harassment by name and never once apologizes to the victims directly or even laments the life-changing trauma he put them through.
Make no mistake. Nothing has changed, in my opinion. This is just like the SBC, Josh Duggar, Tullian Tchividjian, Bill Hybels, John Ortberg, and so many others.
Bluff. Stall. Business as usual. Don’t fall for it!
Bluff. Stall. Business as usual. Don’t fall for it!
Here’s a list of questions to get you started in dissecting his “apology”/public image rebuild campaign:
Q1: What is this "treatment facility" he went to? Is it the same ineffective kind Josh Duggar went to?
Q1: What is this "treatment facility" he went to? Is it the same ineffective kind Josh Duggar went to?
Q2: Why does he start out by thanking people for supporting him but gives and no words of direct support for the survivor or requests that they even be supported at all?
Q3: Why doesn't he use the term abuse or harassment? Instead, he uses "poor choices" or "decisions in my personal life" as if that's a minor issue separate from his ministry. If he’s afraid of legal accountability he’s not repentant yet.
Q4: He says he didn't feel judged when the story broke but the “opposite”. Why hasn't he felt judged? He SHOULD be judged for abuse/harassment and if he hasn't felt the weight of that judgment he's sidestepped the repentance process.
Q5: Why does he focus on his "mental health" and "recovering and healing" but never mentions the trauma and healing of the survivors who no doubt have years of recovery ahead of them?
Q6: Why does he focus so much on how his decisions hurt him and embarrassed him vs. how he wounded someone else? Sympathy craving much?
Q7: He says the blame is on him but never confesses directly to what he did. He never owns that it was abuse/harassment. Why?
Q8: Why does he say "I HAD a problem"? How can he prove it's no longer a problem when he won’t even call it abuse/harassment?
Q8: Why does he say "I HAD a problem"? How can he prove it's no longer a problem when he won’t even call it abuse/harassment?
Q9: He mentions hypocrisy as if his harassment was acting in opposition to his video messages and online presence. And yet he posted videos degrading women, particularly "foreign women".... continued in next tweet
Continued... Is he really "healed" if he can't see that his "personal life" was actually not surprising because of his online presence? His online presence had so many people predicting something was off in his private behavior. We were not surprised by his behavior. Why was he?
