Recently a pastor asserted on his blog that Jeff Crippen basically teaches that we can take anyone we don’t like, label them as an abuser, and then shun them and run them out of the church without due process or possibility of forgiveness. Let it be know to all and sundry that Jeff Crippen does not say we… Continue reading Resisting slanderous misrepresentations of our work, like the claim that we say ‘you can label anyone you don’t like as an abuser’.
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How Miles Davis misrepresented his assault of his wife Frances: a case study in the language of abusers
Here is the account which jazz musician Miles Davis gives of the first time he assaulted his wife, Frances. I loved Frances so much that for the first time in my life I found myself jealous. I remember I hit her once when she came home and told me some shit about Quincy Jones being handsome.… Continue reading How Miles Davis misrepresented his assault of his wife Frances: a case study in the language of abusers
