As for the ‘struck with a belt’ stuff - well, I've venture over 80% of America brought up thru the 60/70’s were ‘struck with a belt’ during their upbringing - usually a lot more than once. It's a pretty lame reason to hate on Virgie for doing the same 'once'. IMO, if the belt had been used more judiciously in the last 20 years, we'd have far fewer ‘gangstas’ and punks running around our cities and suburbs who think they own the world.
Had Mrs. Arthur been given custody or even regular visitation of her granddaughter, one can be absolutely sure that DL would not have been pimped out in the manner she was, continues to be, and will be in the future.
Nothing Mrs. Arthur has done is comparable to the turmoil DL's mother, her brother, and DL, herself, was put thru by those now under investigation. JMO
Good points.