I Am Scared For These Young Women

[tapati]

Trigger Warning: domestic violence.

Dear Young Ladies Who Love Chris Brown So Much They Would Let Him Beat ThemLadies, please re-read the police report and really think about if you would want to go through that, any of it. Chris Brown didn't seem "hot" to Rihanna, he seemed fucking terrifying and she probably thought she might die. I've been

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[wlotus]

I have to wonder what messages (including the silence from friends who hear them say these things) these women are receiving to make them thing it is in ANY way okay to say such things!!!!!

[mariadkins]

yeah it's completely effed up.

[tapati]

and very triggering for those of us who know what it's really like

[mariadkins]

oh i know. i try to avoid stuff like this because it brings back the nightmares, but ... well, you know. i know you know.

[danaewinters]

Yeah, I liked Rhianna's performance but had absolutely zero interest in seeing anything he had to do, talent or no. It disturbs the hell out of me that he could still be so well-liked publicly after being so atrocious to women.

[tapati]

I didn't see anything so incredible about his performance that justified rubber-stamping what he did and ignoring the effect on Rihanna and all other women who've been abused. It was very triggering.

[mariadkins]

amen.