Reflections Expanded Edition

[RanRan79]

Well, it’s worth noting that two of Joan’s other children deny Christina Crawford’s tales of child abuse.

They would not be the first siblings to deny the abuse of a parent. Sometimes parents aren't abusive to all the children, leading some siblings to completely ignore the abuse of other siblings, or view it in a different light. I don't know if Joan was what she was accused of being or not, but the claims by Christina Crawford can't be invalidated because the others think it was an "exaggeration".

[ejluther]

They would not be the first siblings to deny the abuse of a parent. Sometimes parents aren't abusive to all the children, leading some siblings to completely ignore the abuse of other siblings, or view it in a different light. I don't know if Joan was what she was accused of being or not, but the claims by Christina Crawford can't be invalidated because the others think it was an "exaggeration".

Point taken but this doesn’t help to validate her claims, either - it’s simply more to consider. I have no idea what really happened, either, but I think it’s an easy mistake to always believe accusers over those accused so I, for myself, I try to be as even-handed as possible. Having said that, I wouldn’t want to meet a pissed off Joan Crawford in a dark alley!

[RanRan79]

Point taken but this doesn’t help to validate her claims, either - it’s simply more to consider. I have no idea what really happened, either, but I think it’s an easy mistake to always believe accusers over those accused so I, for myself, I try to be as even-handed as possible. Having said that, I wouldn’t want to meet a pissed off Joan Crawford in a dark alley!

Agreed.

I don't know much about Joan, but I have a feeling she wasn't one to tangle with.

[Starguard4]

I wouldn’t want to meet a pissed off Joan Crawford in a dark alley!

You'd be OK, if you got Bette Davis with you LOL