RE: Liam Neeson: Rape, Revenge, and Race Relations
February 16, 2019 at 6:45 pm
(This post was last modified: February 16, 2019 at 6:50 pm by bennyboy.)
(February 16, 2019 at 11:50 am)Gae Bolga Wrote: Neeson disagrees. He doesn't know wtf you're talking about, why anyone would link his comments to -silent word-, or why anyone would think he was a -silent word-. If you want to talk about "monsters inside of us" then that's a different discussion.
IDK, I've known people who didn't seem to have any such monsters at all. Most people I know, really. The idea that we're all monstrous or terrible in some vague way is popular, and fun to play with...plenty of good jokes to be had. I don't think it's an accurate appraisal of what we are, personally. I'd lay most human misery on apathy and opportunity, rather any monstrous sub-current. Even -silent word- largely expresses itself as apathy rather than antipathy. All the shittiness, none of the effort, lol.
Yeah, and I've seen some of their movies, and they sucked.
If we took any. . . and I mean ANY other thought crime-- and that's what we're talking about, a confession of a thought crime-- and replaced it for racism, how would it play out?
"When I was a young man, I was confused and I thought seriously about raping a girl. Thank god, I never did it, and I was ashamed by those feelings, and that was a dark time in my life." I don't think this would have gotten the same hysterical response.
"When I was a young man, my brother was raped by a priest, and I didn't even see who it was. I was so filled with rage that all I could think about was finding a goddamned priest-- any priest-- and ending his life. I never did it, and I was terrified by how dark my thoughts had become." Is this man going to be condemned all his life as a murderer?
"When I was a young man, my brother was killed by a cop for carrying a squirt gun. I was so filled with rage that all I could think about was finding a goddamned cop-- any cop-- and killing that pig bastard. I never did it, and I was horrified by those dark feelings." This guy's going to get a total pass for his thoughts and feelings, especially if he's black.
What has made the race issue so radioactive that walking within 10 miles of it will poison someone for life? I think it was Yonadav who pointed it out, and I've never said it before-- but is it possible that almost all white "Me racist!? Nonono, you're racist. Don't look at me!" are just racist enough that they are overcompensating? Is it possible that the loudest and squeakiest of the dissenters are the ones who are most in conflict with their own very real racism? I'm starting to wonder if that might actually be it.
Gae, tell me straight up-- you're a southern boy, and in your entire life, you've never said anything violent or seriously derogatory about black people, right? Even when you were younger?
