steffols
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Joined: 3/10/2005 From: Jungleland
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ORIGINAL: AxlReznor She looked pretty angry for someone exchanging compliments. And that whole, "I know he beat the shit out of me, but I love him!" thing is so fucking annoying. If you willingly go back to that, then you're an idiot... simple as that. It really isn't. Can you explain why it isn't that simple? I understand when you love someone its harder to walk away. But he beat her to a pulp and not just that, but the whole incident sounds like he has a very nasty side to him that Rihanna witnessed. It's harder for those who have not experienced domestic violence to understand, but she had the ability to walk away and she willingly went back. What example is she setting to her millions of teenage girl fans? It's ok that he beats you up because he loves you? Nah. It is that simple, she's an idiot. I mean, it is quite obviously not the smartest thing to go back to someone who has done that to you, and she can be an idiot and it can not be that simple. I've not ever been in a domestic violence kind of situation (thankfully), but I have been in relationships that are clearly doing me more harm than good, but its impossible to see that and walk away, and it isn't as if she is the only one to have done this, it happens often in domestic violence couples. As for the setting an example, I don't buy its her responsibility to be honest. But she did walk away. She walked away for a good number of years if I remember rightly. Obviously I'm saying this as someone who hasn't had been a victim of domestic violent abuse, but I have been a victim of severe emotional abuse and I know for a fact that its the hardest thing in the world to leave a person when you love them and they are constantly putting you down and calling you names. It's hard. You need a lot of support to do it and thankfully I had a lot of support and managed to move on with my life. I don't have hard evidence but I'm guessing Rihanna had support in her situation that helped her walk away and leave him. And the a few years later she walks back into his arms like nothing has happened. The setting an example is her responsibility but we could get into a lot of her actions that don't set an example, she isn't the sort of person I would hold up as completely virtuous. Those stupid girls on Twitter who say they would happily let Chris Brown beat them up do not need more reasons to think its ok that he acts like that.
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