(February 14, 2019 at 5:41 pm)bennyboy Wrote: Nobody is denying that his feelings and actions 40 years ago were clearly racist. And I don't think any sensible person would think you'd need to say that's what he was describing.
That's not the point. The point is that the way he talked about the whole revenge thing initially, and the attempt at damage control later, was baffling and didn't have the intended effect that Liam thought it would have. Instead it just angered the black audience more because he didn't acknowledge the harmful effects of his thoughts on others nor did he apologize for his past racist urge to murder an innocent black man. Instead, he made it all about himself, about how he magnificently overcame this personal obstacle and (despite his confession) saying that he's not a racist instead of owning up to what he said and did and saying "I fucked up, what I did was racist and disgusting, I also realize now I caused a lot of pain with my words by disclosing my thoughts the way I did in public without considering the feelings of others, I'm sorry for that". This probably still would not have been satisfying enough, but it would've been a hell of a lot better a response to make than all his rationalizations and denials.
I am basing a lot of what I'm saying here on what black people themselves have remarked, by the way. I read their posts and comments and try to absorb what they're saying. So you could whine all you want about what white SJWs are saying, but black people themselves are saying this stuff before any other group, and at least we should consider what they have to say because they're the ones whose thoughts matter in this case.
Quote:But to go from "someone had racist thoughts and ideas 40 years ago, and they mentioned them today" to "Liam Neeson is a fucking racist, and his career needs to end, and anybody who thinks otherwise is a white supremacist" is an oppressive response.
Who's saying that exactly? It feels like you're strawmanning here.
Anyway, if people want to boycott the film because of what he said, so what? Do they not have the right to do so?
