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Could Someone Have Empathy for Amanda Bynes Now, at long last?

   It is no wonder that Amanda has been tweeting or blogging about her attempts to follow court orders on her "treatment."  They've put her on a tight lockdown how many times now? She's trying to show that she's following her treatment so they don't lock her up, and so they give her her rights back from being under a conservatorship. It looks like she has not had direct access to her profits from acting. If that is the case, that is not right.That would make anyone very upset. Give her her rights back if she wants them back, and stop making her jump through hoops. Respect her wishes and her dignity. If she does not want to be on medication or on a treatment plan, then respect her rights. It looks like she feels forced to communicate about following her treatment in order to get her rights back and to get everyone to stop bugging and hassling her. She had rights afforded her under the Constitution of the U.S. and the Bill of Rights.  Were those ever respected here from the beginning?
   The media always reports stories about her to make her sound bad. Can someone have empathy at long last?
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-amanda-bynes-bipolar-diagnosis-twitter-conservatorship-20141104-story.html

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