Leave Britney alone, writer pleads
February 26th, 2008Journalist Asra Nomani, writing in the Los Angeles Times and interviewed on National Public Radio, watched her brother struggle with mental illness and says she can’t be part of the coverage — or harassment — of Britney Spears.
Mental illness doesn’t always elicit compassion. It’s hard to see, so it’s hard to understand … All of us should reflect on the fact that we wouldn’t be so cruel to somebody diagnosed with another disease. Would we make a sideshow of someone with a brain tumor?
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