Defending Britney Spears Against The Masses
I get all kinds of emails. Most are nice and offer words of praise, some are looking for something and then there's the email I received from Jordan at BreatheHeavy.com.
Since Jordan didn't stipulate the email was not for publication, and hasn't responded to my response, I am going to go on the record about my most recent post about Britney, a post which seemed to have enraged a few people. From Jordan's email:
I never send emails out like this. It's exhausting to defend her against every blog, so I don't. BUT wishing death on anyone is sadistic and cruel and you should be ashamed of yourself.You base your judgments off what you see on the Internet. You have NO idea what goes on in her life, and have NO idea what she really has been dealing with for months now. So for you to sit and type out of your ass, really pisses me off.
Hopefully you are not as dense and thick headed in real life as you portrayed yourself in that post.
The email itself was addressed to our tech guy, so that means Jordan took the time to get contact info from the domain information available, as there was some reference at the end which included a zip code. I am assuming that was meant to be some kind of subtle threat, as in "I know where you live, a**hole." Great, I am sure some innocent guy who does coding feels really great about your sleuthing skills, but let's get to the issue at hand: defending Britney against death-wishers.
My post, while extreme and pointed, in no way wished death on Britney. I, like any feeling human, would be saddened by the death of a young mother with her whole life ahead of her. Truly. But Britney isn't just some young mother. Britney Spears is a public figure - perhaps the most famous public figure in recent years. And she is systematically and without fail, writing her demise before the world at large.
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