Rihanna has hit back at critics protesting her hard-hitting video for "Man down" where the singer guns down a rapist, insists she simply shows fans what may happen in "reality."
"Umbrella" singer, who was brutally beaten in 2009 by then-pojkv?nnen Chris Brown, shoots a man in a railway station in the offer. A series of flashback images show since her grappling with cock outside a nightclub as he tries to attack her.
The clip premiered on TV earlier in the week and Rihanna immediately came under attack by activists at parents Television Council for depicting graphic murder. They accused her of a "cold, calculated conduct of murder" is an acceptable form of justice.
But Rihanna has blasted negative feedback, insists is not her job to show children what is right and wrong-she uses only his art to express their own feelings on the matter.
In a number of posts on his blog, Twitter.com, she writes, "I am a 23-year-old rockstar with some KIDS! What happened to all wantin (sic) me to be a parent? I'm just a girl, I can only be your/our voice!
"Cuz (sic), we all know how difficult/awkward to communicate regarding issues no touchy, especially our parents! And that's why!Cuz (sic) we turn the other cheek! U (sic) can not hide your children from society, or they learn never to adapt!This is the real world!
"The music industry is not exactly parents r us! We have the freedom to make art, let us! Its (sic) your job to ensure that they do not (sic) flip will. "
And Rihanna have called her loyal fans not to take out their anger on PTC activists.
She adds "Guys please stop making threats # NotCool! We love it, they don't ... that's all, and the world keeps turning! "
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