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In reply to the discussion: Who the fuck cares about Britney Spears?!?!?! [View all]brooklynite
(94,541 posts)112. And if we stop talking about Britney, there'll be more time to talk about the British Royals!
That said, there are legal issues on conservatorship that the Spears case brings up.
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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