His recent confession about wanting to kill a rapist who happened to be black should have never generated as much controversy as it has.
The vast majority of people would think the same way as he did. Obviously, acting on this would be vigilantism, which is wrong.
It's puzzling why people overreact so much.
It's because the people want a reason to be enraged. Media feeds that rage.
I agree that a lot of people who are wronged have vigilante thoughts, the problem with Neesons is that they were racially motivated and he admitted it. Out loud.
It doesn't matter that he admits that he was wrong, or that he really doesn't think that way. Or that fear and anger can make almost anyone feel things that they might regret. It only matters that he thought them 40 years ago.
It's funny to me that he will probably lose a small extent of his fanbase over this. Over a racist thought he had a long time ago which he never acted on. The fact he never acted on it should be commended, but it's like no fuck Liam Neeson, he's a racist scumbag
share"It doesn't matter that he admits that he was wrong, or that he really doesn't think that way. Or that fear and anger can make almost anyone feel things that they might regret. It only matters that he thought them 40 years ago. "
This is exactly why I wonder why there is so much overreaction to this.
What an idiot he is! If he had left the word "black" out then most everyone would have sympathized with him. What man who knows someone who was raped has not had thoughts of revenge? The very fact that he included the color of the perp and even thought that he should voice it shows that he is one of those people who doesn't realize the hidden racism lurking within themselves. What difference does his color make??? Why mention it? If the guy was white, would he NOT have felt bad about the feelings? Liam is a fool.
shareThat's different. You should read the exact quote from Neeson.
He did *not* say that he wanted to specifically go find the rapist and kill him. He basically said he wanted to go out hoping to get into a tussle with ANY random black man he happened to came across, and kill him, because of what happened to his friend.
What people don't seem to get is that he deeply regrets having felt that way forty years ago, and that he has learned and grown as a person since then.
I get that. And I wish that people would be discussing the fact that Neeson never hurt anyone, and discuss the fact that in other cases feelings like this actually DO lead to assaults and murders. The world is full of people who will react to an attack on a loved one by taking revenge against any member of whatever group they blame - someone associated with a certain gang, a member of a certain nationality or ethnicity, a soldier for a certain nation, whatever. Innocent human being DIE because the world is full of people who don't know how to deal with their anger or desire for revenge, and this is a chance to discuss how to deal with feelings appropriately and maybe, possibly, prevent a few needless deaths.
Instead, people are acting like Neeson has confessed to Klan membership, not being a young fool who couldn't deal with a personal tragedy.
My girlfriend got raped years ago, and I was ready to start (and did) a fight with anybody about it. I'm still f'n angry about it. And she's married with three kids now. I"m still on piece of shit patrol, every time I go out.
shareHe admitted that he wandered about ready to kill any "black bastard". And he said it while promoting his latest revenge movie.
It was a colossally stupid thing to do and I'm sure he knew that it would be controversial, in this context, rather than be treated simply as a frank admission about the pitfalls of prejudice.
Specifically stated he targeted slum areas too. I know it's different across the pond but those were totally poor words to use.
With the again recent tragedy in his family, I have to wonder if he's not feeling a little "F the world."
You nailed it right off. The vast majority of people think the way he did. We don't like to face our shadows.
shareThe stir this has caused is embarrassing really. Although the feelings he had were controversial, they happened 40 years ago when he was a younger man and fuelled by an attack on a loved one AND he realised it was wrong soon after.
It's just further proof of how pathetic and easily offended the world we live in is. Forgive and forget already!
Rather than taking offense, maybe people have different ideas about what kind of personal anecdotes should be shared or how they should be shared when you're doing something as trivial as generating publicity for yet another piece of transgressive, reactionary, violent entertainment.
shareMy feeling is why can't he open up about this? It was something that happened 40 years ago and he realised at the time that it was wrong. The only reason it's caused such a fuss is because people are so hypersensitive about the subject now when they ought not be.
It's funny in a way, the people getting outraged by this and threatening to boycott his movies or wanting scenes of him cut out are themselves taking it too far, as he did in his reaction to his friend getting raped all these years ago, unless they believe that no person can make mistakes in their lives, or ever think the wrong thoughts and be able to overcome them.
Talking to a reporter to publicise your latest action movie is hardly the most tasteful or helpful arena to "open up". And certainly not in the terms that he chose to use.
shareBecause LIBERALS, duh. Centrist/Moderate is now considered the right so it's safe to assume that liberals have progressed further left aka far left. Literally everything offends them now. They don't take into context the era this happened in during the 80's. I swear in a decade or so, the shit they think isn't offensive now will be offensive then.
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