Shooting the Messenger: The Character Assassination of Dr. Richard Gardner

As the science behind parental alienation grows increasingly irrefutable, bad actor activists resort to attacking the reputations of the researchers shining light on the darkness

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We all know the old maxim “don’t shoot the messenger.” Sadly, when it comes to many critics of the concept of parental alienation, it’s as if they got the memo, then set it ablaze.

Bereft of good arguments against the concept itself, they resort to loathsome character assassination—or, reputation savagery, as Greg Ellis p…