Comments on: Chris Brown, Charlie Sheen, and how violence against women became an okay thing

By: LM

LM — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:31:32 +0000

He’s ba-ack ??? Sheen in talks re: 2 1/2 Men…

By: Roger Green

Roger Green — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:29:57 +0000

I think these things occur all the time, until our level of awareness forces the issue. If Chris Brown hits someone and there aren’t pictures to show of it, and he isn’t arrested, and the victim isn’t likewise famous, did it really happen? It’s not right but violence, including rape, against women is provably underreported.

By: Kevin Marshall

Kevin Marshall — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 01:09:38 +0000

M.L. – He has a documented history of violence against women. Got arrested for it (again) just a few months ago. He’s not labeled a misogynist, he’s known to get violent against women and literally has the record to show it.

By: M.L. Cullen

M.L. Cullen — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:57:37 +0000

Now people want to call Charlie Sheen a Misogynist? Are these the same people that watched two and 1/2 men? So I guess we endorse misogyny on some levels? Now he’s a bit manic, grandiouse, flight of ideas… but captivating. He kind of paints himself like the middle aged “Holden Caulfield” and who cares if he’ll just keep ranting. Hoping for an unremarkable ending. Watch “Show Biz Kids” by Steely Dan on You tube, pretty much sums up a lot of it.

By: Tony Barbaro

Tony Barbaro — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:18:52 +0000

This is no new thing….you think The Rat Pack never hit their chicks?Ok, maybe Sammy didn’t….and Bing beat his kids…but at least they could sing.

By: john

john — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:13:42 +0000

No man should ever raise his hand to a woman, but the same goes for the other gender as well, which a lot of people fail to mention. I’ve witnessed and experienced domestic violence coming from the hands of women countless amounts of times, which was completly unprovoked by the man/men in the situation. Kevin I totally agree that these two sorry excuses of human beings should be excommunicated from the human race, but a lot of things don’t add up here and to try to understand their stories is even crazier. Domestic violence is disgraceful, end of story, but it should imply to both genders, not just to men!

By: Victoria

Victoria — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:18:31 +0000

AGREE 100% on this article…why this ugly – no talent idiot is given any airtime is just a joke. But then again…watching GMA invite this useless member of society back into their studio is just has baffling.

By: Funk Master

Funk Master — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:41:47 +0000

Great post. Take a look at this NY Times article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/04/opinion/04holmes.html?ref=women

By: countrymama

countrymama — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:55:11 +0000

Its only a fantasy because there are people out there who think that it is. In reality, people could treat one another with respect, compassion and kindness… good could prevail over evil… the world could be a wonderful place – if more people believed in the ‘could’ part and were willing to act according to that belief.

True story –
At the laundromat, I walked in with 5 large bags of laundry – three kids will do that. I plopped them down, exhausted and proceeded to load the washing machines. I let them spin and another gentleman in the laundromat proceeded to comment on the weather and we engaged in similar vague/generic conversations about kids, climate and news headlines. I left the laundromat to run more errands when I loaded the clothes in the dryer – certainly NOT looking forward to coming back to unload and fold all of it. (Disposable/biodegradable clothing would be so awesome in my world). However, when I came back, the gentleman in the laundromat was there still and had unloaded all of my dryers into my bags for me – except for one – my ‘unmentionables’ – he just motioned towards it and said, “I didn’t touch that one”. He didn’t fold anything – he just said, “You looked like you could’ve used a hand” and then he proceeded to help me load my bags into the car.

I got home and recanted the tale to my sister who proceeded to go off on a huge rant about how much nerve this obviously disturbed person had touching my clothes. She went on and on about how he was probably a serial rapist who hung out at laundromats sniffing women’s undies and waiting for his victims in the parking lot. She even admonished me for not “tearing the sicko a new a-hole”.

Granted… at first, a part of me thought, WTF?!? I thought, wow, if you think you’re getting in my pants, aside from unloading them from the dryer buddy, you are seriously mistaken.

But then I realized, I have grown so cynical and so pessimistic of society that I can barely recognize a simple, genuine good deed – a random act of kindness – when its right under my nose reeking of fabric softner. He wasn’t looking to get in my pants – he honestly just wanted to help me get them out of the dryer. Didn’t ask for my phone number, didn’t stare at me or “look me up and down” or make innapropriate comments. None of that.

Point is – there are people out there who treat others (men and women alike) with kindness, respect and compassion. But they don’t exist if we don’t let ourselves believe that they do.

By: Jessica R

Jessica R — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:49:55 +0000

Kevin,
Couldn’t agree more. I am baffled that the press and public are giving Chris Brown this type of respect and validation. And yes, asking him for an interview is a form of validation. I’m also shocked that Brown and his agents would even consider entering back into the public eye, producing a record and promoting it to the extent they have. Instead, he should show a sense of shame and consider his career over.

Instead, I hear his record is flying off the itune shelves

Baffled.

I’m afraid that what GenWar said is correct, and this is just the kind of actions we can expect from everyone from now on.