Well, since you ask ....
Angrybellsprout said:
Violence by women getting encouragement in the public?
Only if people rely on superficial interpretations. Of course, that
is a clear and present danger with pop music. Still, though, the song is about the futility of such behavior. The repetition of the idea that he deserved it is a psychological device:
If she says it enough, she might come to believe it.
In the end, it's an empty justification.
The song is fairly simple: No, it didn't mend her broken heart. So she doesn't care about that. Then she says she didn't want to, but she's glad she did it anyway because he needs to learn a lesson. She says it helped at least a little, that she discovered strength in the courage to make the demonstration, and is glad to see that he has seen what his behavior earns. After all, while it may be childish to behave that way, she deserves to smile. She thinks he should feel lucky he stopped there, and reiterates that while it may be childish behavior on her part, she deserves to smile. She laments how badly his actions hurt her feelings, says he can't understand. And she reiterates that she isn't sorry, that he deserved it; in fact, she reiterates it twice in one verse. Quite clearly, her actions are revenge, as the next verse makes clear. But, in the end, it is futility: Why is she the one crying? She is still hurt, and busting up his car has done
nothing to make that go away; after all, she's the one still crying.
This sector of pop music is fairly easy to interpret, since it rarely conceals its story, insight, or message.
One might wonder how a song about the futility of violence gets twisted into the idea of encouraging violence. Then again, it might be perfectly clear to another.
So, who would have guessed that such violent acts would be acceptable in the media? Perhaps those so superficial as to utterly fail to understand an idiot-simple pop song.