RE: Liam Neeson: Rape, Revenge, and Race Relations
February 13, 2019 at 8:33 pm
(This post was last modified: February 13, 2019 at 8:37 pm by bennyboy.)
Let's get back to the OP.
Liam Neeson:
(a) is a nice guy and a member of one of the most left-leaning institutions in America, aka Hollywood, and brought up his racist moment to shed light on the psychology behind it. He's showing that people can change, and that they shouldn't let a moment of moral failure define them for a lifetime
(b) is about to have his blackface photo revealed, and wants to get one good swing in on black people, whom he's always hated, before he goes down in a ball of flame.
The people criticizing him:
(a) are too fucking dumb to understand things like context, or to care about things like intent
(b) are warriors for justice , and despite being almost exclusively white and probably not actually knowing any black people, have correctly identified Liam Neeson (from in front of their Macbooks while sitting in Starbucks sipping their $20 lattes and typing about the unfairness of life) as a middle-aged white man and therefore can state without any consideration that if he says the word "black," he's already part of the problem.
If you answered (b) for either of those, you need to have your internet taken away.
Liam Neeson:
(a) is a nice guy and a member of one of the most left-leaning institutions in America, aka Hollywood, and brought up his racist moment to shed light on the psychology behind it. He's showing that people can change, and that they shouldn't let a moment of moral failure define them for a lifetime
(b) is about to have his blackface photo revealed, and wants to get one good swing in on black people, whom he's always hated, before he goes down in a ball of flame.
The people criticizing him:
(a) are too fucking dumb to understand things like context, or to care about things like intent
(b) are warriors for justice , and despite being almost exclusively white and probably not actually knowing any black people, have correctly identified Liam Neeson (from in front of their Macbooks while sitting in Starbucks sipping their $20 lattes and typing about the unfairness of life) as a middle-aged white man and therefore can state without any consideration that if he says the word "black," he's already part of the problem.
If you answered (b) for either of those, you need to have your internet taken away.
