Man, what a week it has been. I’ve gotten into a lot of Twitter beef this week. Whether it was about spoilers, Chris Brown, or the angry ladies of The Mary Sue, it has been a doozy! I’m not rehashing the spoiler stuff, but I was honored to be invited on to the Underscoopfire Podcast, so you’ll be able to hear my ramblings on it soon!
Chris Brown….so, I’ve been called a Chris Brown apologist, but that’s not the case. I just think people completely lose their shit when discussing him. It’s almost as bad as the folks who still call Michael Vick a “human piece of shit”. I say almost because Vick served his time, and you need to acknowledge that. There are people out here who are/treated worse than those dogs, and you don’t.give.one.shit. The problem with Chris Brown is that everyone expected some kind of social justice that never came to fruition. Folks hoped that Brown’s assault on Rihanna would end his career and send a message that such behavior won’t be tolerated. Instead, he’s more popular than ever, with the full support of “Team Breezy” turning every discussion of him into a “U Mad?” shitstorm. As Rod on The Black Guy Who Tips says, “People ain’t shit”.
I’m not on Brown’s side. I just don’t have the energy to stay mad at him. Hell, Rihanna doesn’t even care enough to stay mad. Now, we can get into the dynamics of “women return to their attackers all the time”, but it’s not my job to analyze that relationship. I simply don’t care. Because I don’t care, however, don’t expect me to side with you on shit that’s wrong. At the end of the day, Jenny Johnson was trolling Chris. She has a history of it, and has been doing it for over a year. Chris is just too dumb to realize he should keep his mouth shut. Had this happened to anyone else, folks would’ve gladly proclaimed it as trolling. For Brown, however, he apparently no longer gets rights because he’s no longer a human being. Whatever.
There’s also the flawed argument of “he never apologized!” BAM:
Now, we can discuss whether or not it was scripted by his handlers as a shrewd PR move, but the fact of the matter is that there was an apology that everyone has decided to forget. Once that’s produced, then it gets into “Well, he doesn’t act like someone who’s sorry.” What? Did people want him to join the priesthood? He answered all questions (that his legal team would allow) in the beginning, but that’s all people wanted to talk about. So, he got mad. Let’s get personal here – this may not apply to my geek friends, as we don’t really have a lot of skeletons; we weren’t popular enough in high school to get into any real trouble. So, this goes out to that one cool person reading this site: don’t you have something you’ve done that you’d rather not be reminded of every time you’re in public? Maybe you had an affair/drug conviction/rape charge/tax evasion/whatever. I’m not here to get into all that. Take your moment of silence, and think about that. Now, imagine trying to get on with your life, and that always coming up. What he did was atrocious, but I can also understand why he’s mad. And I feel like some folks take advantage of that because we all, deep down, know he’s not right in the head. Years ago, on this very site, before all this happened, I said he wasn’t right. So, that, then turns this into a matter of he’s sick and needs help, rather than he’s an asshole celebrity, right? Right?
I just feel like the digital pitchforks that people pick up whenever his name is mentioned aren’t really doing any good. If you feel bad about violence about women, get the word out, volunteer, DO SOMETHING. Twitter shit, however, is “slacktivism”. Jenny Johnson, while she might feel he’s a horrible person for what he did, just used you all to get famous. This was a lazy Sunday to her, that went viral. I wouldn’t be surprised if we hear about a book/TV deal in the next few months. Believe me, meetings are happening. You aren’t stopping violence against women. You’re just helping the next quarter’s entertainment cycle. At the end of the day, there’s nothing that Brown could do or say to make what he did OK. He has no humility, and he doesn’t act like a person who’s sorry for what he did. Hell, he doesn’t act like a person who’s thankful that he’s somehow still successful. I get it. So move on. I’m a person who has harbored a lot of grudges over the years, and that’s against people I knew. That shit gets you nowhere. Let’s all try to be more constructive with our anger in the future.
