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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

DISTURBIA, REHAB, AND FEELING NOT SO SUPERHUMAN, CHRIS BROWN & RIHANNA



When I first heard the news of the alleged beat down involving the young couple Chrianna I thought it was a joke, hell I even made a joke about it. But as the reports kept pouring in I grew more and more intrigued and found myself jumping on the beat down bandwagon, but today I have firmly resolved to move on from this media frenzy of speculation and hearsay. With the advance of the Internet and especially with the way that information is spread everyone is already informed and their opinions are already set in stone before the truth comes out. We have all heard about the situation with Rihanna and Chris Brown every blog all over the world has already decided that Chris Brown is a monster and Rihanna is a poor helpless victim I have read the stories myself and I found myself buying into it until someone pointed out no one has officially made a statement except the police and at they have only released the bare minimum of information but both of Chris Brown's camp and Rihanna's have said nothing officially. Yes you are reading all the speculation and rumors that people are churning out but because you don't know these people personally and because you weren't an eyewitness yourself it is all just hearsay and speculation. Every women over the age of 18 is outraged and we won't even discuss the opinion of the men.

But let me put another spin on this hate me be mad at me call me what you want but sometimes women are the aggressors and sometimes women are the abusers. Especially if a woman thinks that a man won't have the audacity to hit her back she then thinks that she has the license to proceed to whoop on his ass. I have seen people close to me put this very practice into action on more than one occasion. I have seen a woman jump in a man's face and scratch his face up, punch him, just wailing on him threatening to shoot him on sight if he step foot in her their house. I've seen the same woman come at the man another time with a knife where he had to wrestle her to the floor and pry the knife out her hand and use his whole body to restrain her until she calmed down. We aren't in the age of the helpless woman anymore some of these women bring it on themselves. If you jump bad in a mans face and put yourself in a mans place then you will get treated like a man. It's one thing to defend yourself and protect yourself but when you are the abuser, verbally, mentally, physically as a woman you are just as wrong as a man who would do the same thing. People tend to forget that women can be abusive as well, don't let the lipstick and pumps fool you!

I am going to focus on not taking sides since I don't know the whole story. I will say I think it is a shame that already people have become judge and jury to what is a very private and hurtful situation being played out on the public stage. I think any abuse is hard enough to bear but when you are a young celebrity then it's 100% overblown and magnified and everyone is going in on it without even having the facts in the matter. I don't even want to speculate on it anymore it's actually disheartening to say the least. That a bright talented young African American/ bajan descent are now standing trial in the minds and hearts of millions who don't even know the whole story or even know these two individuals personally. It's events like these that make me oh so glad I am not in the public eye It's way to many people who judge you just for living life day to day but when you're a celebrity you can't even have a bad day without it being documented. We love to put celebrities on a pedestal and then knock them down when we think they have done wrong in the public's eye.

What's really sad is the media is so blood thirsty they were even saying that the man who was involved in the slow moving police chase on Monday night was Chris Brown, and they had no problem speculating and stating it was him until they found out the person in the car wasn't significantly important it was just all bad. That's when I knew I had to hop off the Chrianna train wreck and step it back a notch I was like wow it's the OJ media feeding frenzy all over again. He is already guilty in a lot of peoples mind without saying a word. Whatever the case I think both of the young stars need to seek counseling for whatever issues they might have individually. I think at this point they shouldn't even be in the same country let alone the same room but then again that's just me looking in. I wish both them the best of luck and I hope they gain maturity and wisdom from this incident and I hope they each get what they are crying out for in their lives. Money doesn't make you happier, healthier, or better if its not used in a constructive way.

7 comments:

  1. Couldn't agree more....I'm holding mine until I know more facts and not speculation. Though, at the end of the day, I really could care less outside of wanting to know whom I should cease supporting if I went down as some serious violence. As I did with Gucci no Man(e)

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  2. @Juicee True that, however it comes down it will still be a tragedy.

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  3. Is there ever a legitimate reason for a man to hit a woman or vice versa? Should a relationship grounded in love be terminated at the first STRIKE? The majority of Americans believe so, and in this MOB culture it is not a wise thing to loose one's cool and attack physically. Unless of course it's your own child! Check that out! It is ok for a parent to BEAT a child if he/she comes home with a terrible report card, or engages in a behavior that is deemed disrespectful. Then they will come back later after the child has nursed his/her wounds and stroke them with love and affection, until forgiven. This sick practice is even justified in America, and advocated (ie., spare the rod, spoil the child). Well what if the 'rod' means 'dialogue'? I think the level of ignorance in this country has become so out of control that EMOTIONALISM runs our social behavior, and many women feel in complete control of this pathetic pathos, that it is frightening today to go against a woman's wishes, even if they are wrong. What if Rhianna gave Chris Brown an untreatable STD? Is he an 'abuser' because he had a meltdown? Give me a break! A few months back a man in NY had AIDS, and faked his results so he could have sex with his girlfriend unprotected, and many were calling for blood, especially women. This situation would be no different then that (if of course the rumors are true; that I will leave to time to reveal). At some point we are going to begin to realize that an EMOTIONAL CULTURE is a ROTTING CULTURE, and if we don't change it fast we are doomed to destruction. I pray the rumors are false, but if not I forgive Chris Brown if he did BEAT HER ASS!!

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  4. from Dulce,

    Hey girl how are you? i think this was a great post on your part. i am not judging like you said because we dont know the situation and it is not anybody's place to be in their business. however i totally agree with everything you said.

    there are so men that are outright abusers and wrong for it. but then you have some women that push a man to the limit. i believe that what goes around comes around and if you keep pushing a person eventually you will get burned. would be believe that I (your favorite brown skinned mother theresa with flava) went off on an elder who was a co-worker of mine.

    for 4 months (after i felt my full time position to go back to school) she used to verbally insult and degrade me in front of other co-workers. i used to ignore her and i was scared because i was raised to respect my elders. however one day she said some nasty things and i just went off on her. if security had not held me back i dont know what i would have done. i was scared because i had never seen myself like that.

    all i can say is that life is learning process. i will be praying for them. yes the glitz and glamour of showbiz can be a wonderful thing. but look at the darkside too. rihanna and chris brown are almost on britney spears level in terms of popularity and i just hope that the media and hounding does not tear them up mentally, emotionally and spiritualy like it did her.

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  5. @Dulce you know a human being can only take so much, its like the water that wears the face of the stone down, eventually the stone is going to be so worn down and so smooth there won't be a rough edge in sight. But human beings aren't made of stone that lady was wrong to be just talking about you like that elders aren't exempt from foolishness there are plenty of old fools walking around. Now you know she was wrong if YOU of all people had to dig in her ass, she was totally left field.

    I hope these two young adults do seek out some kind of counseling because they are just beginning their road of fame and success and it would be a shame if they couldn't continue on because of this ugly incident. Fame will eat away at you, its like getting torn apart while being watched its horrible. I'll put them on the pray list as well not because they are in the public eye but because they are human beings and that's the least I can do for them!

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  6. @Kofi until the boy gets his day in court and the truth of the matter comes out I'm like Switzerland I'm neutral.

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