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In reply to the discussion: Who the fuck cares about Britney Spears?!?!?! [View all]Mossfern
(2,627 posts)41. No
My issue is that *the* issue is only being addressed because of her celebrity.
When Sally Jones gets justice, I'll shut up.
I think you're not getting my point.
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My daughter has mental health issues... so there is that. Also, I think what he did was horrifying..
Demsrule86
Sep 2021
#102
She was a slave and I read about the meds she was given, I have some experience with this,
Demsrule86
Sep 2021
#124
The issue is in a larger context. She was victim to a classic ploy used to control women.
lagomorph777
Sep 2021
#105
Let me tell you...drugs for mental illness if they are misused and since Lithium was one of the
Demsrule86
Sep 2021
#103
I think it is because this is a universal problem of women being controlled by fathers, husbands,
ShazamIam
Sep 2021
#18
Yeah I guess if you see this happening to her and then not doing anything about it for people who
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2021
#48
Plenty do. Her struggle has raised the awareness of just how many people are in the same bind.
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2021
#26
No court would have gone along with it if she was a man...did you know her stupid father claimed
Demsrule86
Sep 2021
#106
If that's what you think you did then explaining it to you will make no difference.
ZonkerHarris
Sep 2021
#77
i wanna delete her, bruce + kardashians + most teevee shit from my brain.
pansypoo53219
Sep 2021
#52
Not a fan of her music, but I care about her situation and the issue of abusive conservators. Nt
Fiendish Thingy
Sep 2021
#59
They had her drugged up...now she has an attorney and some autonomy, I expect she will look and
Demsrule86
Sep 2021
#107
I care about how women and the mentally ill are discrimated against and mistreated
obamanut2012
Sep 2021
#92
I care. It is typical of how women are treated...you ever heard of a guy having this done to him?
Demsrule86
Sep 2021
#100
And if we stop talking about Britney, there'll be more time to talk about the British Royals!
brooklynite
Sep 2021
#112
Her father said she suffered from Dementia...and I can only conclude the doctors were paid off...
Demsrule86
Sep 2021
#126