RE: Liam Neeson: Rape, Revenge, and Race Relations
February 13, 2019 at 12:34 am
(This post was last modified: February 13, 2019 at 12:36 am by EgoDeath.)
The funny part is, I know REAL racists. I know of guys who are involved in hate groups. I don't associate with those people in particular but I know of them. They are real racists. I know people who I've worked with who made racist comments to me in confidence because I was white and they wrongly assumed it was "safe" to say it to me. One guy, in particular, held some pretty troubling views about a coworker of ours (views I repeated to my boss in hopes of getting the guy fired, which didn't happen). That dude, and potentially my boss, was a real racist. I even have people in my family who hold insanely prejudicial views on people of color. They are real racists.
Someone who confesses to having racist thoughts in the past which they then admit they feel totally guilty about does not sound like a racist to me, it sounds like a man owning up to some fucked up thoughts he had in the past and making the point, openly that they were wrong. Could Neeson be a racist? Sure, but it just doesn't sound like the behavior of a racist to me. He's been nothing but transparent about all of this; he simply doesn't seem like someone who is trying to hide something. He hasn't backpedaled, he hasn't retracted any statements or changed his story, he's simply been upfront about everything.
Someone who confesses to having racist thoughts in the past which they then admit they feel totally guilty about does not sound like a racist to me, it sounds like a man owning up to some fucked up thoughts he had in the past and making the point, openly that they were wrong. Could Neeson be a racist? Sure, but it just doesn't sound like the behavior of a racist to me. He's been nothing but transparent about all of this; he simply doesn't seem like someone who is trying to hide something. He hasn't backpedaled, he hasn't retracted any statements or changed his story, he's simply been upfront about everything.
If you're frightened of dying, and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the Earth.
