Discussion: Ray Rice Breaks His Silence

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Not concerned about his breaking his silence. More concerned about him breaking her jaw.

As to his referencing the people “praying” for them? That’s always the last refuge. “I have sinned against you my Lord!”

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From reading her statement it’s pretty damn clear she’s not “in good spirits”. Not at all.

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…but ByGAwd and PatRobertson, she deserved more than she got!

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I’m torn. Not about him, but about her. So not only is she a victim, she gets to be victim shamed a bunch, too, and very publicly.

The comments like (not here specifically) like, “Look at her, what’s she doing with him, what’s her problem, obviously no self esteem, only puts up with it for the money”…

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From CNN:
“Janay Rice says “no one knows the pain that the media” has caused her family.”

What about the pain Ray Rice has caused her?

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I’ll be in good spirits once this POS is put in jail where he belongs.

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He went on to tweet that although it may have cost him a career in the NFL, at least she knows how to fix him a sandwich now, for which they’re both grateful.

This pig belongs in jail, end of story.

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Just … Making … It … Worse.

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Don’t you just love the “I gotta be here for her now” approach as though he were some kind of innocent bystander?

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No one would have known about it if not for the media.

And she wouldn’t remember it due to a blow to the head.

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I have a real issue with people assuming she’s staying for the money. It assumes she’s a gold-digger when it’s far more likely she’s like any other victim of domestic violence who stays for a variety of reasons. They have a child together and they have been together for years. He may be all she’s ever really known.

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He isn’t willing to admit in his mind that he is an abusive husband, and that the imagined ‘love and respect’ in his marriage is just thinly concealed fear.

Tonight he will get stressed out and sing the refrain that all caught abusers sing:

“God, grant me the strength to not hit my wife when she deserves it.”

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“I have to be there for my wife” after knocking her unconscious and dragging her through a public place like a corpse.

There’s something terribly wrong with Ray’s thinking.

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“I have to be strong for my wife.”

I think Rice already showed her how strong he is.

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Why don’t the man apologize to his wife in public and say that what he did was horrendous and that he should go get some help. His wife should also go for some help too. I don’t think praying will help his wife next time if he doesn’t admit what he did was wrong and get help for his anger issues. I don’t think playing a violent sport is going to help him. He should look into doing something more constructive with his life.

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The abuse on the video didn’t happen yesterday. It happened months ago. We have know idea where they are in their marriage. We do know he has been attending treatment. She has probably been there with him.

What has happened in the last 24 hours has been dumped primarily on her to make the NFL and Ravens look really good and to make a bunch of money for TMZ and the rest of the exploitive media.

I don’t blame them for going into a defensive posture. You and the rest of the world are gunning for them.

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What worries me the most is that he may be the last thing she will have known. I’m not saying this is going to happen, but given the statistics on domestic abuse, the odds aren’t really in her favor. She should actually be thankful for the media attention, as it makes her safer.

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I think you are a little over the top. Domestic abuse is a very serious but very common crime. Murder not so much. More likely the relationship will fall apart. Less likely but more likely than murder is he will learn not to be an abuser.

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He breaks his silence? How about you just shut up and go away, Ray?

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