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WeekiWater

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19. Because the actions deserve it. Has he ever been skewered for doing it? No.

Reply to bitterross (Original post)

Wed Feb 6, 2019, 12:08 PM

Feb 2019

Because you saw "so many people". That does not define everyone. Is everyone skewering him? These things will never fit into a nice little gift wrapped package.

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Why is Neeson Getting Skewered? [View all] bitterross Feb 2019 OP

I agree with you. He sounded full of remorse and he made amends. Maraya1969 Feb 2019 #1

for the record, it seems to me that he renounces the desire for revenge, but not so much the racism fishwax Feb 2019 #2

Yes--my immediate question was what if she said the rapist was white? Would he have tblue37 Feb 2019 #3

Did you miss then entire point? bitterross Feb 2019 #5

My thought as well...why did he have in his mind to take an innocent black man's life? BluegrassDem Feb 2019 #6

Could you split the hairs any thinner? bitterross Feb 2019 #4

It's not a particularly thin hair fishwax Feb 2019 #7

You're right about this being a starting point EffieBlack Feb 2019 #9

I thought the subject of the conversation was about his racist past bitterross Feb 2019 #15

No, that wasn't the subject. He was asked about a character's anger and desire for revenge fishwax Feb 2019 #33

one other thing I forgot to mention fishwax Feb 2019 #34

I see six of one, and half a dozen of the other. LanternWaste Feb 2019 #21

I agree EffieBlack Feb 2019 #8

Yes, it seems you're damned if you do and Raine Feb 2019 #10

No one else is going to try now. bitterross Feb 2019 #14

Because his starting point was potential assault leading to murder? brooklynite Feb 2019 #11

So, forgiveness 40 years later is not possible? bitterross Feb 2019 #12

Forgiveness requires compassion Mr. Quackers Feb 2019 #24

Yes, EXACTLY nt Raine Feb 2019 #35

Thanks for posting this. Exactly what I've been thinking. nt LAS14 Feb 2019 #13

Part of getting skewered is because he's made so many uncomfortable nini Feb 2019 #16

The problem is, it's going to discourage otheres. bitterross Feb 2019 #17

Well, not everyone has to go on TV to do it either nini Feb 2019 #18

Because the actions deserve it. Has he ever been skewered for doing it? No. WeekiWater Feb 2019 #19

I can understand the rage Neeson felt, he went crazy with it. I think it was courageous of him Autumn Feb 2019 #20

From his comments gratuitous Feb 2019 #22

Very true. Autumn Feb 2019 #23

But why allow the long path Mr. Quackers Feb 2019 #25

True enough gratuitous Feb 2019 #26

Judgment and condemnation are easier than looking inward. Autumn Feb 2019 #29

Thoughtcrime. Room 101 for him. LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #27

Well said. I sense some are using occasions like this to express their own inner hatred about OnDoutside Feb 2019 #28

Because The People RobinA Feb 2019 #30

Distraction from the orange maggot and Northam kimbutgar Feb 2019 #31

Now, later, whatever. Just another ding of the bell for my life doesn't matter all that much to some Afromania Feb 2019 #32