RE: Liam Neeson: Rape, Revenge, and Race Relations
February 12, 2019 at 11:51 am
(This post was last modified: February 12, 2019 at 11:52 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(February 12, 2019 at 11:26 am)bennyboy Wrote: I don't really think there are any non-racists. Or, if they are, it's just because someone has applied their chimpanzee tribalist instincts along some other axis: for example, expressions of political or group membership.
For me, the PC left extremists (I refer to the most intolerant and belligerent) and the right-wing nutjobs are quite similar-- they've descended into a meme-based tribalism so absolute that they are unlikely even to care about each other, or the fact that they are members of a common society which they are harming with their absolutism.
But I think descriptions of sincere feelings should be to some degree exempt because of their value. Neeson wasn't trying to justify his state of mind at the time of his story-- I think he assumed we'd get the subtext: "I'm a basically decent guy, but even I have seen that darker side of the human psychology where anger or prejudices get dangerous."
Yeah, it was a super frank discussion of a touchy subject. He must have known he was stepping into a pile, as he mentions..he's a smart guy. The chips are going to fall wherever they do, but if recent history is an indicator, even commited assholes get their comeback moments.
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