PTC Lays Into Rihanna, "Man Down" Music Video
The Parents Television Council is at it again.
This time, the group is going after Rihanna, thanks to the "cold, calculated execution of murder" depicted in the singer's new music video for "Man Down."
Outraged over RiRi suggesting "that gunning down a rapist in a crowded train station is a proper form of justice," the PTC wants this video pulled:
The council says, "If Chris Brown shot a woman in his new video and BET premiered it, the world would stop. Rihanna should not get a pass ..."
Rihanna's Tweet that the video conveys "a very strong underlying message 4 girls like me" is also at the root of the group's objections.
The council's venom is also directed at BET for airing the video. What do you think? Is the PTC going too far - or did Rihanna and BET?
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September 24th, 2011 9:56 AM
Well,some tink Rihana s right,i dont knw cos am a guy.Bt shotin somone in the public isnt d right way of doing things..
September 16th, 2011 3:29 PM
love rhihanas songs (man down)
September 10th, 2011 11:40 PM
Personally its music. It is supposed to not only influence what you can do, but excape to a place you can't go physically. Predetors never get the due penalty for sexual assault, the government let's them go unpunished by placing them right back in an area where there are vunerabilities to re-offend. America doesn't protect us. When we say a man is trying to hurt us, they say our words aren't enough, and he has to attack in some way. So, you can watch the movie "enough" with Jennifer Lopez, it is not different. Parents sing this tune about "bad influence" until their baby girl gets brutally raped on her way home from school, not only taking her purity away, but also ripping down the walls of innocence. Even in the old testament Christ permitted people to go and kill those who raped their sisters in cold blood. Men constantly put women down and kill us everyday by displaying us as objects and not people, influencing men to treat us as such, now that Rihanna is bold enough to return the
August 21st, 2011 9:45 AM
am sad to hear this kind of things about RIHANNA that she murder a man what kind of mess is that i want to can somebody tell me about it, allover the word the news have being circulated concern Rihanna that she kill a man
August 1st, 2011 12:13 AM
in her song man down she says she killed him is that true?
July 23rd, 2011 7:51 PM
Rihanna can do whatever she wants. It's a free country. If you don't like the MV then don't watch it. Nothing you say or do is gonna change anything. Move on man!! Would you take a sh*t and stare it after? No I don't think so.
June 4th, 2011 12:21 PM
Yes the video is a message, but in parents eyes rihanna made it look like its ok okay to kill a man that who attack u. So thats why parent is upset over the violent video. Its never ok to repeat violent to another human being. To me, if i was attack by a man who rape me, yes i will blackout and kill him. At the same time i do get the message in the video. So when women are hurt, we think about getting even with that attacker.
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June 4th, 2011 9:51 AM
The difference is that Chris Brown's violent act was REAL! Rihana's is FAKE! How can people not see the difference? It's not like Rihana really shot the guy.
June 3rd, 2011 10:26 AM
Oh another thing, if chris brown would have done a video like that, the world would have damn near stop. I do agree with the parents on that situation. Cause rihanna did calm as a abuse woman. So why commit the same violent towards the man in the video? But it still come back as her giving a message on how women feels when they get violate. And i never heard chris brown song about putting women down. He may have added, people need to get off his dick. But not down graded women in his music. I dont know where people get pussy and hoes from out of his music.
June 3rd, 2011 9:56 AM
First, i hate the song and i never seen the video. But i will comment that the song is a message to people that who have been voilate. No, i dont think rihanna was trying to make a song to get even with chris. Cause if she did, riri wouldnt never added chris on her twitter page lol. Did some of u all forget that? She's a beautiful person on the outside, but dont know about the inside lol. To me, rihanna is damn near crazy azz hell. Riri do things for attention and she do need help ASAP. At least she was being honest about her as a role model. So, she is right! Rihanna is 23 yrs old with no damn kids. And riri is not a damn parent, she is an artist. A parents job is to keep their kids from growing up to be not like these celebs. But i will give it to all her die heart crazy azz fans for sticking by rihanna side. And u all need to quit putting chris brown name in everything rihanna do.