mayrain said:

I tried to ignore the way this was going, but after this comment, i can't. i was bullied for a great deal of my schooldays, primarily because i'm blind in one eye. my eye doesn't track occasionally and i have an easily noticeable white scar over my iris and pupil. how disappointing to think prince made "jokes" about someone being crosseyed and this thread's comments about Bria. believe me, there's no fun in being called crosseyed (or any other name i had to ignore)

Ok now I am sorry I even mentioned it. I'm not making fun of anyone cuz we all here know what it is like to have that done. I don't think Prince meant it in a mean hearted way it was just a song. I'm sorry if in any way I have made you or anyone else feel bad by bringing this up. Like I always say much love and repesct <3

Prince done worse things to women than make fun of their eyes. Anyway, there's a lot to be said for having a thick skin in this world. Somebody always gonna wisecrack on somebody else...just the way it is. Prince crackin on cross eyed chicks who are probably crackin on him for being short.

DesireeNevermind said:

Yes, and unfortunately, don't i know it. it still doesn't make it right though. I spend a lot of my time trying to educate children not to bully others, and more than 1 person focusing on another (e.g Bria) and making unpleasant comments is in my opinion, bullying. Oh, and as to having a thick skin, mine's made of iron. I once had to teach a class of children, whose ring leader spent the first 10 mins or so of my lesson saying " are you talking to me or are you talking to him?" and "who are you looking at?" amongst other things. i'm still standing and still teaching.

zoetruluv said:

ahb1 said:

Go ahead sister! You are a fine example for those kids you teach and us kids on the org. Bullying is not right and should be stopped. Stay strong.

The one's making Comments Best Be Better looking than her and Gay Men making Comments for Loving Prince well ya know the rest. Prince is with her now so she is the Lucky one and maybe getting the STICK! I don't want him with NOBODY,But that's a FANTASY....

MRGee said:

Um..no. What rest you talkin' bout?

itsshananaok said:

I would agree.. if we were picking on another person here online (I can think of one thread where everyone was calling Tame names) I would consider that bullying.

Talking about someone who SHOULDNT CARE about what we have to say not knowing us and who is in the PUBLIC EYE is called the downside of fame.

People need to understand that expressing opinions, freedom of speech regardless of what side you stand on shouldnt be deemed dangerous or spiteful (like whats happening on another thread).

Like Des said, this is about having thick skin. You cant expect to be in the spotlight and think everything is just peachy. Shit, even Tinkerbell who lived in fairy dust got her ass beat by Peter Pan.

Why anyone other than Bria has their panties in a bunch is beyond me (I'm not addressing this to anyone quoted above, by the way).

There are TV shows dedicated to ripping people's clothing apart, sections in magazines talking about people's makeup hair whatever.

Can we be catty. Yes. Are we spiteful hateful people or bullies. No. The other person needs to be present for that term to apply.

But of course this is just my opinion.

salaciousV said:

yes we all have freeedom of speech and moving into the public domain will result in downsides. However, I still don't think that making unkind personal remarks, whether its about someone's eyes or anything else, is appropriate. Let's assume Bria does come in here occassionally; how do you think she'd feel? I try to see things from other people's perspectives, not just my own, and I can't help feel that there's a line that people shouldn't cross. opinions about someone's voice, dress sense and hair do's aren't the same as comments about actual (or imagined) physical differences. And I don'tthink you have to be physically present to be bullied, or the intended target of a comment to find it unacceptable. you are right, we are all entitlrd to an opinion, are you hurting someone by voicing it, though? love and best wishes.

Listen, I agree that we should teach kids not to be mean to each other.

But I fail to see the difference of saying that someone LOOKS cross eyed. No one here said that she was.

The fact is the girl's eyes are set together. Aint nothing she can do about that. And Im sure she knows it and uses makeup technique to counteract it. I know I would. But in some angles she's going to look masculine, in other angles shes going to look cross eyed and in the rest of the angles and in person I'm sure she's just fine.

The latest pics of her on the lotus flower site she looks like kim Kardashian and I think Kim is pretty.

And if Bria's feelings are hurt by these comments then she needs to find out why she feels so insecure. People have been calling me names my whole life, because I was too high yellow, I was fat as a child, I had really big eyes before my face grew in so I got called frog eyes, banana skin, the list goes on.

As a kid it hurt my feelings, as an adult I dont care unless my FRIEND (people who are supposed to care about me) take the teasing too far. I'm totally self conscious about my canine teeth, I dont look like dracula (yet ) but I get teased too much by my friends I'm like ya'll need to stop before you get whip! Anyone else says that to me I dont care. I don't know you, you dont know me. What you think does not affect me.

We are messing around on this board. Like I said before PRINCE AINT DATING or PROTEGEING NO CROSS EYED CHICK. Obviously shes none of those things.

It is not unkind to state a fact. Her eyes are close together. Period. No one here said she looked like a witch. That is mean and obviously not true.

There is a difference, to me in being mean and stating what is an opinion based on fact.

In those pictures she looks cross eyed. Period. Maybe I'm insensitive but I dont find that unkind.

And if Bria is trolling these boards and her heart is broken because some female that she probably thinks is a "jealous hater" is hating on her because she wants to have Prince's baby... then honestly she needs to MAN UP. (No pun intended)

Look, I think its sweet and I do understand what you're trying to say, but its unreasonable (to me) and just illogical (to me).

I do appreciate the way you respond and your respectful opinion. Its nice to have discourse without having words of attack for each other.

Thanks for that. So as of this I will presume we agree to disagree.


OH and PS. If she really were cross eyed, like a poster stated above, I would never touch the subject.

But she's not, and I think she can deal with it. If she doesnt have thick skin now, she better stop sloughing in the shower and let them dead cells pile up!!. There are critics yet to talk about her album and they aint nothing nice.

ky to you, i'm off to a Prince show! Woohoo!
[Edited 2/28/09 17:38pm]