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Liam Neeson's real-life rape/revenge tale (See Staff Post)
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Yeah. I'm confused as well. He also didn't actually follow through. He's literally feeling bad for having racist thoughts in the past.
I've had similar thoughts about white people. It's terrible and more than a little weird to admit to in a press-junket but I can't say I'm outraged by it. The journalist should definitely have questioned him more on the racism behind those feelings and ask him if he truly understood how terrible it was.
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That is sad and I legit feel sorry for you. I hope as you get older your feelings change.
Like, even if you're black, it's not something that can be excused at all.
It's a reactionary hatred and without a specific person to aim it at he locked onto the only identifying thing he knew, which was the colour of the person's skin. The anger diffused and he came to his senses.
His reaction to it clearly bothers him given that he recalls it clearly after decades.
His reaction to it clearly bothers him given that he recalls it clearly after decades.
He is saying it as something he was ashamed of and distressed that he ever felt that way. It is still a fucked up sentiment to possess.
This press junket was neither the time nor the place to speak about such a delicate issue however and it comes off really brass.
Telling black people that they should forgive him and shouldn't "cancel" him is not a good look. You can argue for change and whatever you want but those thoughts are historically dangerous and to this day still exist and threaten them. They're well within their rights to hate anyone who possessed those thoughts.
This press junket was neither the time nor the place to speak about such a delicate issue however and it comes off really brass.
Telling black people that they should forgive him and shouldn't "cancel" him is not a good look. You can argue for change and whatever you want but those thoughts are historically dangerous and to this day still exist and threaten them. They're well within their rights to hate anyone who possessed those thoughts.
I mean im not agreeing with how this is said but I see the point as well
How fucking stupid do you have to be to even say this in an interview in the first place?
Granted, dumbass people are going to defend him regardless but it's still a horrible PR move.
Granted, dumbass people are going to defend him regardless but it's still a horrible PR move.
I think, maybe in his mind, the black man who accosted him was bound to be the same one who accosted his sister. Still, a very dangerous and racially tinged impulse.
Yikes. At least we get a chance to talk about the bullshit concept of "post-judice" where people claim they are only racist because they had an actual bad experience with a person of whatever race.
What bothers me is the "punish the race for the actions of one" mentality he and so many racists have. There are just so many white folk out there looking for ANY excuse to put us down like animals for no reason, and the fact that Neeson is saying he was one of them like it's just another goof you can grow from and not something that is existentially terrifying is so fucked up.
Yikes at that interview. Was he just trying to get his guilt off his chest?
How long ago was all of this happening? Willing to give him the benefit of the doubt depending how long ago it was. I do believe people can change, despite how dark his thoughts and actions were. Knew people who were on just as dark a road, but pulled back and became better people.
How long ago was all of this happening? Willing to give him the benefit of the doubt depending how long ago it was. I do believe people can change, despite how dark his thoughts and actions were. Knew people who were on just as dark a road, but pulled back and became better people.
You're not going to bait me into cussing you straight out for not giving a white man who admitted to wanting to enact indiscriminate revenge on black people a fucking pass because he's sorry about it.
I'm not going to be sorry for that.
We are dumbasses because we didn't outright dismiss what he's trying to convey and just call him a piece of shit?
Can you and a bunch of other posters in this thread not grasp why black members here are startled and not be so quick to say " it's all good, we forgive ya, past is the past".....?
Neeson " yeah I wanted to kill a random black dude 30 years ago"
Black posters "wtf...that's all levels of fucked up..."
Other posters "hey man wth is wrong with you guys, it was in the past, forgive it. I swear people just don't give anyone chances anymore"
maybe he is so ashamed he just doesn't care? he acknowledged when telling the story how damaging for him it could be, he told it anyway
he followed thru as much as he was allowed to... he simply did not get approached by any [air quotes] "Black Bastards" coming out of a pub
Mark Walhberg too... I can't stand him in anything. Everything about the man screams fake and "forget that I blinded a person".
Insane thing to just talk about in an interview like this.
"owning your racism" to promote a movie sounds like a genuine way to repent, yeah.
I think what he's trying to say is that anger hate and the lust for revenge are toxic and fuck and this is how he grew from his own experience with it. He's trying to be a lesson to people.
Not sure I would say fuck him for that. Yeah what he did was fucking awful and if he'd gone through with it there would be no forgiveness but coming out and explaining a brush he had with toxic masculinity and emphasizing that that shit doesn't fly I think is...I dunno, refreshing?
Maybe I'm reading it wrong or maybe as a woman I've had too many brushes with toxic masculinity that went way father than that to be able to speak on the subject with clear eyes.
I dunno.
Not sure I would say fuck him for that. Yeah what he did was fucking awful and if he'd gone through with it there would be no forgiveness but coming out and explaining a brush he had with toxic masculinity and emphasizing that that shit doesn't fly I think is...I dunno, refreshing?
Maybe I'm reading it wrong or maybe as a woman I've had too many brushes with toxic masculinity that went way father than that to be able to speak on the subject with clear eyes.
I dunno.
Are we really comparing thoughts with outright violent actions now?
he literally says in the interview that wasn't the case. he just wanted any [air quotes] "Black Bastard" to run up and get dat cosh
Oh fuck off with your patronizing
You talking all this shit and you ain't the one that has to deal with others hating you for your skincolor outright.
Were expected now to have to commend and celebrate someone who has decided to "grow" from the low end of killing someone because they were black....
How fucking commendable....
While I'm out here dealing with people who never had to stoop so low. Classic white liberal bullshit.
Your ass never has to be in the mud but wanna tell everyone what they have to tolerate and who's acting mature.
You're a 🤡
I ain't fucking stupid, I can very well empathize his anger and why he came to feel that way... It's still a shit emotion to where he never had to stoop so low. He was better off not telling the story
"Why are you so angry that people want to kill you for being black"
Fuck you.
So they should own it only when it's most convenient for other white people?
This is some patronizing bullshit. You need to lay off.
I'd be interested to see how many people posting in this thread have had these sort of thoughts. Cus I feel like that would be affecting people's opinions on it.
Cus attacking strangers should not be a normal or justifiable reaction.
Thank you for putting words in my mouth. Stop being so fucking hostile and try to have an adult conversation please.
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Except Death note i haven't see other anime so i don't know what you are talking about.
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Try to make real connections with others and you will learn that no one is good or bad and pretty much everyone have done things that are ashamed for, there are no saints in our world.
Just so far that now I'm going to be think about a young liam nelson stalking around looking for someone to beat the shit out of, just as I always think of a young walhberg blinding someone and his fake Christian shit. Its something I think about, probably will the next time I see him in a film.
it's not stupidity.
why would this be stupid? his peers are out here raping kids and getting standing ovations, at least he didn't actually harm anyone physically... that we know of...
The point he seems to be making is that he feels ashamed about his past thoughts and feelings, and that revenge isn't the answer.
I've never had that thought specifically, but people looking for a fight to blow of steam is pretty common
It's probably something that has been slowly eating him up inside. Bottle shit up like that long enough and you'll eventually pop. I stole a pencil when I was 8 and that shit still haunts me.
But yeah, not really the best time.
Man, there was a time in my life when I wanted to kill every white kid I came across because a gang of skinheads jumped me and shattered my kneecaps with baseball bats. They topped that off with piss and threatened to do the same to my little sister if I reported them too. I was in a dark place for a good 2-3 months back then while also blind to all the white folks that helped me recover. Anger does that to you.
I'm not excusing Neeson and it doesn't look like he's excusing himself either. Anger and revenge can poison you and that's what he's trying to say imo.
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