tw// abuse

I don& #39;t want to stay long on the matter because he doesn& #39;t deserve the time of day but i do think it& #39;s important to highlight a few things before we do ignore him forever. +

Firstly, it& #39;s plainly obvious to me he& #39;s as abusive today as he was back then otherwise that wouldn& #39;t have even been posted. He hasn& #39;t changed, he hasn& #39;t learned, he hasn& #39;t grown, he& #39;s not taking responsibility & I need anybody questioning that to understand those points because+

his post shows us why it isn& #39;t true (even if that& #39;s what he& #39;s said) What he& #39;s done is use his ability to be manipulative (something stressed in her vid) & he& #39;s used certain language that might appeal to his followers emotions to warp our perspective of what abuse actually is. +

He& #39;s taken what Melissa& #39;s said out of context & twisted it to put the majority of the blame onto her for defending herself, to make it seem like he& #39;s the victim (victim blaming) to make us feel sorry for him or somehow question the validity of her statement. +

He& #39;s very strategic, instead of outright denying everything she& #39;s said, he& #39;s using it in his favour, by intentionally leaning into her version of events before gaslighting her to try to undermine her.

He& #39;s showing how his mind works, please don& #39;t fall for it.

By doing that he& #39;s shifting the blame & justifying what he& #39;s done, there& #39;s no justification for abuse plain & simple & by doing that & displaying those tactics he& #39;s showing why in actual fact he isn& #39;t this new man at all he& #39;s reverting into those abusive patterns.

What we need to focus on is that he& #39;s ADMITTED to doing exactly what she& #39;s said, and that& #39;s definitely a tiny positive in a completely horrifying situation all round he& #39;s just gone and literally confessed to it all.

He thinks he& #39;s clever, and that wasn& #39;t clever.

Finally, before I end this, i just want to say WE NEED to rally round Melissa & just be here for her & support her, this is crucial because no doubt this is an incredibly painful thing for her to happen, as a survivor myself i can only imagine the emotions it& #39;d invoke +

and he know& #39;s that, he knows how this& #39;ll effect her, that& #39;s what he& #39;s banking on, so please just show kindness and love I hate that he& #39;s done this it isn& #39;t fair, she deserves to stay in the safe happy place she& #39;s managed to find for herself with her family.

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