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> vagueness > could imply sexual harassment [only] if you squint > character assassination Complete hyperbole. As I said in another thread, threatening suic

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• pydry 5y ago
  His recollection: "Betsy S met me at a lunch around 40 years ago. I am sure her recounting of her recollections is sincere, but she must have misunderstood the last thing I said to her. She said she didn't want an acquaintance with me. That no, on top of so many noes from others, impelled me to express despair; she seems to have misconstrued that as a demand. Betsy S, I regret that this misunderstanding caused you distress. I never intended to demand anything of you. I only ever wished you well. " I could see the argument in calling this emotional abuse if there was a pattern of doing this, especially to partners, but there isn't. It's almost always used as a form of emotional blackmail in toxic relationships or with children. It is effective in that context and a common form of abuse. What this looks more like is the cynical exploitation of a singular expression of, yes, cringey vulnerability from 40 years in the past used to try and cancel RMS with a grand old witch hunt. Now that's emotional abuse.