Hmmm... is it possible that I can stay out of the line of fire for a while? I see hostilities flaring up elsewhere. Well, I need the break.
Les, you have made great points. I salute you. I think the "Lindsey was too mean to Stevie" notion through the years has crossed the boundaries of fairness. While he may have been more outspoken through his words and actions about the hostility between them, I believe that Stevie was far meaner. She probably tortured him psychologically in a major way. Of course, I don't excuse his physical actions.
And I'm probably going to get creamed for this, but here's what I think: When Lindsey talks these days, you can see that he has usually put a lot of thought into what he says and that is pretty sincere. He seems genuinely embarrassed and contrite about some of his past actions. However, when Stevie talks, which is a lot more often, no matter how hard she has worked at creating this motherly persona of loving everyone and everything, she still lets out enough nastiness to show what she really is about. I can't specifically recall any comments, but in the VH1 shows of recent years, whenever she talks about the old days you sense a real bitterness and anti-Lindsey vibe. She strikes me as a bitter person, while Lindsey comes across to me as a guy who realizes he's pulled some boners but has tried very hard to grow up, though not entirely successfully.
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