I don't know why you insist on saying John was abusive when it's not true
Why are we doing this man?
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From John Lennon himself, where he admits to hitting multiple women:
(The song) is a diary form of writing. All that 'I used to be cruel to my woman, I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved' was me. I used to be cruel to my woman, and physically... any woman. I was a hitter. I couldn't express myself and I hit. I fought men and I hit women… But I sincerely believe in love and peace. I am a violent man who has learned not to be violent and regrets his violence. I will have to be a lot older before I can face in public how I treated women as a youngster.
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From May Pangs books Loving John:
He got into the water; so did John. As he was about to pass John the bottle I slipped in between them. My intent was not to stop John from getting the bottle, but it appeared that way to him. He turned and looked at me, a hurt expression on his face. He was drunk and looked very confused. Slowly he reached out, put his hands around my throat, and proceeded to strangle me. As his hands closed tighter I screamed and tried to pull away, but he was incredibly strong. Everything froze. It seemed as if no one could believe what they were witnessing. It couldn't have been more than a few seconds, but it seemed an eternity with John's hands around my neck. Harry snapped to life and pulled John off me. I must say I believe Harry Nilsson saved my life that night.
From Tune In, John physically abusing his girlfriend Thelma:
During the course of this, John leaned over to Thel and asked if she fancied “going for a five-mile run.” She agreed, and they slipped upstairs to the Art History room, assuming it would be free. “It was dark but we could tell there were other couples in there, probably having a five-mile run of their own, or trying to,” Thelma recalls. “I told John I was uneasy about doing it in a place like that, especially with other people there, and he wasn’t happy with my attitude. When I insisted on going, and got up to leave, he became rough and whacked me one—his fist connected somewhere between my shoulder and my head, around my neck."
From Cynthia Lennon's book John:
The next day at college he followed me to the girls’ loos (toilets) in the basement. When I came out he was waiting with a dark look on his face. Before I could speak he raised his arm and hit me across the face, knocking my head into the pipes that ran down the wall behind me.
The most horrific and egregious example come from Albert Goldman's book The Lives of John Lennon, where an account is given by Yoko Ono's assistant that John beating Yoko triggered one of her miscarriages. I do not own this book so cannot provide a direct quote. According to the book's Wikipedia page:
Goldman also presents a story from an Ono assistant that Ono's 1968 miscarriage was triggered by a beating from Lennon.
These are not the only stories. John also allegedly slapped a female reporter and an apple scruff claimed John attempted to hit a pregnant Linda, Paul stepping between, which stopped it.
The fandom's tendency to ignore, minimize, and even lie about the nature of John's abuse is frankly disgusting. John Lennon's being abusive is not a claim, it's a fact. You can write stories about the guy and interact with him in fandom culture as much as you want! That's totally fine! But to claim he wasn't abusive is patently untrue.
I will not be responding to anyone claiming this pattern of abuse does not make him an abuser or a wife beater. If beating your wife does not make you a wife beater then I'm not sure what does! If you hold these opinions please look inside yourself to examine your misogyny.
