Siding With Abuser

Madison the national rifle association nra recently announced their endorsements for wisconsin republican candidates including jim ott r mequon who received an a grade.

Siding with abuser.

The victim s family friends or church take the side of the abuser in a separation rather than standing by the victim. And abusers can put on a really good show as porter s case seems to demonstrate. This doesn t make logical sense. The emotional attachment of victims of intimidation and abuse towards their abuser is really a survival strategy.

The truth is that this type of situation doesn t just occur with kidnappings. The endorsement highlights ott s loyalty to the nra and his obstruction to common sense gun safety laws like expanding background checks and enacting extreme risk protection legislation. Ott s history of siding with abusers and felons. Why do churches tell the victim to forgive and forget and to take the abuser back rather than holding the abuser accountable for his actions.

In the final analysis emotionally bonding with an abuser is actually a strategy for survival for victims of abuse and intimidation. On rob porter mormonism and siding with the abuser bruises on colbie holderness left after an alleged 2005 assault incident by her then husband rob porter right seen in 2018. The stockholm syndrome reaction in hostage and or abuse situations is so well recognized at this time that police hostage negotiators no longer view it as unusual.