Miranda Lambert vs. Chris Brown Twitter battle: "Beating Up a Woman Is Never OK"

This is a topic currently in the media that really interested me. Although I'm not a big fan of Miranda Lambert, I couldn't help but agree with her when I heard about this controversy. I'm sure most of us know that in 2009, Chris Brown assaulted then girlfriend Rihanna just before that year's Grammy Awards. Not only did he hit her, but he strangled her and left her unconscious. He could've nearly killed her. He later pleaded guilty to felony charges and was sentenced to five years probation. Obviously, he got a "slap on the wrist" because he is a celebrity and only 3 years later he is performing on the Grammy's again and back in the spotlight. If he were any other regular "average Joe" he would be locked up! On February 20th, Chris Brown and Rihanna released a collaboration for her song, "Birthday Cake." Rumors began to spread that the former couple were secretly getting back together. Personally, I think the fact that they are collaborating and releasing songs together makes Rihanna look bad. If he treated her so badly and abused her as bad as the media said, why would she even want anything to do with him? She even had a restraining order against him after the incident and I think it just makes her look like a hypocrite to have any type of connection with him again, even if it is just for business purposes. Although, I do think Chris Brown is a talented artist, what he did was inexcusable. I completely agree with Miranda Lambert's statements on twitter and at her concert. At her concert in Amherst, Massachusetts on Thursday she spoke her mind and said "I just have to speak my mind, because where I come from, beating up on a woman is never OK. So that's why my daddy taught me early on in life how to use a shotgun." The audience cheered in agreement. During her July 2011 Behind the Music special, Lambert spoke about how her family took in battered woman when she was a child. This was something that she grew up around and she can say that she knows the pain physical abuse causes. At this years Grammy's, Chris Brown went home with a Grammy for best R&B Album and he also performed not once, but twice. This was the final straw for Miranda Lambert, as she took to her Twitter to express her opinions. Lambert tweeted, "Chris Brown twice I don't get it. He beat on a girl...Not cool that we act like that didn't happen. He needs to listen to "Gunpowder and Lead" and be put back in his place. Not at the Grammy's." She posted her thoughts over multiple tweets and a few days later Chris Brown responded, tweeting, "Using my name to get publicity I love it! Perform your heart out! Go buy Miranda Lambert album! So motivational and "PERFECT!" Personally, I am still shocked that Rihanna and Chris Brown are releasing songs together after everything that happened over the years! Some relationships are just unhealthy and once broken should be left that way! Maybe it is just a publicity stunt to get attention from the media? Who knows. So whose side are you on with the Miranda vs. Chris feud?