Most men (like I used to) give strong credence to domestic violence propaganda. One can easily figure that with such a large DV industry, there must be a problem.
REALITY CHECK. When my wife got caught cheating on me, the easiest way to fix the situation was to dispose of me and vilify me to our children, friends and family. She falsely claimed I abused her. This made me the de-facto bad guy. She got more rights as a result; I got everything stripped away from me.
What a wake up call! The DV industry came down on me hard, and it seemed that the judges, the DA’s, the police, the local paper (police log), all the advocates in the court and even the administrators where intent on making me a villain despite lack of evidence, no injury, no history of DV or anything illegal. I was told by the judge that I “fit the profile” of a batterer. I spent a week in jail trying to get bail set, and got a year long restraining order and max probation which cost me my job.
People worry about their rights concerning the Patriot Act. Give me a break. Just by being a man (especially a father) the VAWA obliterates every aspect of due-process.
VAWA has to get de-funded. Sanity has to get restored to our flawed justice system.
