hell yes you should cover Johnny Depp's case, I feel like I'm going crazy reading Twitter, saying that Johnny is a poor sad domestic abuse victim, when the news that I've read pretty much confirmed that he abused her. Amber isn't a perfect victim but I am tired of reading people treating Depp like a widdle baby that did nothing wrong.
Iâm working on a post recapping the trial thus far, and to make sure itâs as thorough as possible Iâm going back and watching the full days of court, given a lot happens that doesnât make its way onto Twitter. By the time itâs up I think Iâll probably be a week or so behind, but I donât think you guys are counting on me for immediacy as much as you are for research and analysis.
But I just want to say in regard to your comment that Amber isnât the âperfect victim,â no one - no one - is ever the perfect victim. I encourage every person who has to introduce a caveat to their defense of Amber (âAmberâs messy, but...â) to pause and take a moment to consider how their own actions and behaviors would look if they were placed under the microscopic glare of social media. Weâve all said and done stupid, regrettable things. Weâve all lost our cool in the heat of the moment. That shouldnât make us any less worthy of compassion and support, especially when stacked against the psychotic, blood-thirsty social media campaign against her. Thereâs nothing Amberâs done thatâs made me think of her as anything less than human; flaws are part of that package, weâd be kidding ourselves if we thought otherwise.
And this isnât to rag on you Anon, I know you meant well, but Iâve seen so many of those sort of comments this past week from the few people sticking up for Amber and itâs frustrating. Whether weâd like to admit or not, weâre all one public transgression away from landing on the social media âshit list.â What counts is the severity of those actions and how we learn from them.
And on a side note, while I have your guysâ attention, if you can keep an eye out on Twitter, TikTok, and other platforms for some of the more egregious examples of bias towards Depp, Iâd appreciate it. You can submit anything you find here or just drop me a message. A good example of what Iâm talking about is the celebrity gossip Instagram DeuxMoi recently encouraging its followers to submit their encounters with Amber or Johnny, and when stories about Amber seeming standoffish at a party and drinking a lot of wine were submitted, they were published, but a story someone else submitted of Johnny being aggressive with staff at an event wasnât. When the person who submitted the Johnny story confronted them about it, D.M. bizarrely responded that they would not share the story because Johnnyâs âin the midst of a trial where heâs being accused of abuseâ - plus, they said, they doubted the story was ârealâ (since D.M. apparently has a reputation for accurate, hard-hitting journalism - who knew!).