Man, the responses from the FR crowd that jumped to her defense and clucked at everyone that said anything even remotely negative for lil Miss Simone are going to be priceless!
...the responses from the FR crowd that jumped to her defense and clucked at everyone that said anything even remotely negative for lil Miss Simone are going to be priceless!
Actually that will be going both ways. That is what I like about this forum.
Have you ever held a cup of water straight out from your body for any length of time? It’s easy. As long as you don’t have to hold it for more than a few minutes. Please try it.
It will give you an infinitesimal idea of what happens when an almost super-human young woman reaches a point where she is no longer super-human.
You have obviously never been at the mercy of a body that would not do what you wanted it to (regardless of what it looks like to the rest of the world), never had an invisible illness, and never been treated like a bought-and-paid-for piece of performing meat.
You’d never say anything such cruel words to someone fighting cancer or another disease. By doing so much so well under such pressure for so long you mean? By doing things no human has ever done — repeatedly for years in the public eye, after being abandoned as a child and sexually abused?
There is no such thing as “mental” illness. It is excruciatingly physical, and public ignorance about it is similar to previous ignorance about other diseases and illnesses.
I would never wish an illness on anyone, but a small taste of an illness no one sees or understands — and demeans you for — might give you, if not compassion, perhaps reduce your certainty about something you know nothing about.
“ Man, the responses from the FR crowd that jumped to her defense and clucked at everyone that said anything even remotely negative for lil Miss Simone are going to be priceless!”
And all the expert armchair keyboard warrior experts who want to beat her up are just as priceless!