no_hypocrisy
no_hypocrisy's JournalIn 2002, my boss screamed at me and then hit my arm in fury.
He'd never done that before. He never hit the other legal assistant before.
It's irrelevant what precipitated that attack; we'll just say I didn't follow his directions to a Tee.
I immediately told his law partner, who barged into my boss's office and screamed at him. I'm pretty sure the topic was workplace litigation.
The next day, my boss came to me at my desk and tried to obfuscate, telling me that I misinterpreted what happened. That was the moment I knew that I couldn't continue working at my job.
I wanted to, but couldn't, press charges for assault, etc., because my boss (unfortunately) was the former municipal prosecutor where the incident happened. My claim would be dead in the water. I just chose to move on.
My point: Having my boss hit me was bad enough. Having my boss do gaslighting made it much worse.
I've never forgotten what happened and never minimalized my memories. I'm just as outraged today as I was 19 years ago.
It doesn't LOOK good, but it's not a decided matter.
I had a law client, a certified registered nurse, who was accused by one of her charges in a long-term care facility. The "victim" was 73 and in a wheelchair. She claimed my client abused her 15 different ways (emotional, psychological, mentally, and physically) during a shift (8 hours). She claimed neglect of her basic needs. More damning was her son claimed he saw his mother's leg being crushed like a vise when she was being lifted from wheelchair to bed. Even more damning, the "victim's" roommate testified that she heard the situation from behind her curtain.
Doesn't look good, does it?
We had three hearings. I cross examined all witnesses, including the "victim".
We came up with 14 inconsistencies in the evidence/testimony for the "victim". She also confided to my client that she wished she had money to buy her son (the witness) a house and a new car. Investigation into the "victim's" financial status found she had a reverse mortgage on her home, in an amount higher than its value. Stuff like that. Now, all of a sudden it didn't LOOK good for the "victim."
As for the son and the roommate, I cross examined them and found decided inconsistencies in their stories.
I was left with one last question to be addressed: Why would an old woman in a wheelchair, who otherwise had a good working relationship with my client, make all this up? Because the evidence indicated that this particular woman only got really upset when she missed a medical appointment or test. She missed a DEXA Scan twice and blamed my client for having to make yet a third appointment.
So, long story short, yes, on its face, my client looked damnable. But I gleaned poignant facts to exonerate her.
I'm holding off judgment on Gov. Andrew Cuomo. I'd like to have these women testify under oath.
Before Rush Limbaugh went on the air on WABC-New York,
I don't remember the anger. Anger about things that hadn't bothered people before. All of a sudden, Archie Bunkers were all over the place, simmering in their anger. Ready for a fight. Refusal to argue, to debate, to hear the other side. Unable to defend their anger. Pontificating. They loved being angry. The Dittoheads.
I don't care whether it was an act and Rush did it for ratings. He was toxic, a megalomaniac, and a demagogue.
I'm glad he's gone. Not that his influence will fade away that easily, but I'm glad he's gone.
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