Anonymous
02/06/2019 08:26
Subject: Re:What do you think about Liam Neeson admitting he once wanted to kill a black man?
I assume most white people of a certain age from certain locations had racist tendencies in their past if they don’t still currently have them.
Anonymous
02/06/2019 08:18
Subject: What do you think about Liam Neeson admitting he once wanted to kill a black man?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don’t have a problem with that. I think if she had said it was a tall man with blond hair he would’ve done the same thing. Love and learn.
Very doubtful.
He basically said that. He grew up during the Troubles.
Yep. In this country we see everything in terms of race, but in a place like Northern Ireland the distinction was catholic vs Protestant. It’s tribalism really, who you belong to and who is “other”. We just have a shallow understanding here in this country, and only see one type of distinction.
I think he was being honest, but our current level of discourse does not allow for any nuance at all. I love him, but I think talking about this publicly was a mistake.
Ireland/Northern Ireland have their own issues with race as well, even if it's secondary to the sectarian stuff.
Anonymous
02/06/2019 08:15
Subject: What do you think about Liam Neeson admitting he once wanted to kill a black man?
I understand it. I went through something similar, but not with a black person. I had never felt so much hate in a moment for an entire ethnic group in my life. It was a fleeting moment from a visceral reaction to something horrible.
Anonymous
02/06/2019 08:14
Subject: What do you think about Liam Neeson admitting he once wanted to kill a black man?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don’t have a problem with that. I think if she had said it was a tall man with blond hair he would’ve done the same thing. Love and learn.
Very doubtful.
He basically said that. He grew up during the Troubles.
Yep. In this country we see everything in terms of race, but in a place like Northern Ireland the distinction was catholic vs Protestant. It’s tribalism really, who you belong to and who is “other”. We just have a shallow understanding here in this country, and only see one type of distinction.
I think he was being honest, but our current level of discourse does not allow for any nuance at all. I love him, but I think talking about this publicly was a mistake.
Anonymous
02/06/2019 08:10
Subject: What do you think about Liam Neeson admitting he once wanted to kill a black man?
Anonymous wrote:He should be the governor of Virginia
It probably would have been better for him if he kept it to himself--maybe people will see that he openly admitted it and is in a different place, trying to be a better person. No, he's not like the Governor of Virginia.
Anonymous
02/06/2019 08:10
Subject: What do you think about Liam Neeson admitting he once wanted to kill a black man?
The posts at 7:59 and 8:00 show why this is a big deal. And also why he said it, now, instead of some other time.
Anonymous
02/06/2019 08:07
Subject: What do you think about Liam Neeson admitting he once wanted to kill a black man?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don’t have a problem with that. I think if she had said it was a tall man with blond hair he would’ve done the same thing. Love and learn.
Very doubtful.
He basically said that. He grew up during the Troubles.
Anonymous
02/06/2019 08:05
Subject: What do you think about Liam Neeson admitting he once wanted to kill a black man?
Anonymous wrote:I don’t have a problem with that. I think if she had said it was a tall man with blond hair he would’ve done the same thing. Love and learn.
Very doubtful.
Anonymous
02/06/2019 08:03
Subject: What do you think about Liam Neeson admitting he once wanted to kill a black man?
The feeling is perhaps natural, as long as it's very temporary. I hope he's not surprised at the backlash, because those are the things you don't express publicly.
Anonymous
02/06/2019 08:00
Subject: What do you think about Liam Neeson admitting he once wanted to kill a black man?
He should be the governor of Virginia
Anonymous
02/06/2019 08:00
Subject: What do you think about Liam Neeson admitting he once wanted to kill a black man?
I don’t have a problem with that. I think if she had said it was a tall man with blond hair he would’ve done the same thing. Love and learn.
Anonymous
02/06/2019 08:00
Subject: What do you think about Liam Neeson admitting he once wanted to kill a black man?
Anonymous wrote:Wasn’t he talking about a specific person who had raped a family member?
No, he talked about hurting a random black person because his friend/family was raped by a black person.
I think he's incredibly stupid to have admitted this and to not have realized that it would blow up in his face. I appreciate that he realizes that it was wrong and that he was trying to explain that he was wrong and that he understands how people can become consumed with blind rage--but his description of the whole thing was weird and really badly handled. His publicist must have been having a fit.
Anonymous
02/06/2019 07:59
Subject: What do you think about Liam Neeson admitting he once wanted to kill a black man?
Anonymous wrote:Wasn’t he talking about a specific person who had raped a family member?
Yes. He said a woman he knew was raped and she told Liam that it was a black man who raped her. He said he went out for a week and a half walking the streets of the city he was in, looking and waiting for a black man to do something that would justify him beating/killing them.
He said he later came to his senses and realized that revenge was not the answer. He said he confessed his sins during confession.
He said he was not a racist.
Anonymous
02/06/2019 07:57
Subject: What do you think about Liam Neeson admitting he once wanted to kill a black man?
Wasn’t he talking about a specific person who had raped a family member?
Anonymous
02/06/2019 07:53
Subject: What do you think about Liam Neeson admitting he once wanted to kill a black man?
What is your opinion about this? He was being honest, but how many people actually feel this way?