Liam Neeson race row - he wanted to kill a black man!
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There's plenty of times that people say things that are misconstrued and falsely accused of being racist. This isn't one of those times. The act of going out hoping to pick a fight with and kill a black person because another black person harmed someone you love - is so racist it's hard to comprehend how people could think otherwise.
Yes he's saying that was an awful thing he did, and it's something he's learned from and he's a better person now. All great. But holy **** that is some racist behaviour. To admit to doing that to a journalist suggests he got a screw loose at the very least.
Yes he's saying that was an awful thing he did, and it's something he's learned from and he's a better person now. All great. But holy **** that is some racist behaviour. To admit to doing that to a journalist suggests he got a screw loose at the very least.
Well, a lot of people will back him against the annoying SJWs. Maybe he knows that.
Also it's quite funny to offend them. Maybe he's a secret troll
I dunno, in this case it isn't just going to be SJWs that think it is more than a bit off. Granted it was a long time ago but still, WTF did he hope to achieve by mentioning it now. "I used to be a bit racist and wanted to kill a random black person but now I know that is wrong". We'd prefer it perhaps if he'd not wanted to kill a random black person in the first place. I doubt many black people reading about this story are going to get anything positive out of it, he's probably upset a fair few of his black fans.
Granted Mark Wahlberg actually did go out and physically attack both black kids and some asians too, though surprisingly it hasn't seemed to have affected his career - then again it isn't something he likes to talk about, aside from when he wanted a pardon so finally apologised to one of his victims.
Neeson on the other hand didn't actually attack anyone but was hoping to and he decided it was a good idea to tell everyone about it now? Right when he's promoting a movie? Bet the producers wish they had a clawback clause like some bankers have with bonuses these days for cases where the star says of does something really dumb that gets negative press attention and costs the film millions in lost revenue.
I'm with you on this. I think a lot of people in this thread dismissing this out of hand are showing that they can't actually apply critical thinking and just dismiss anything race related as 'SJW nonsense'. I hate actual SJW nonsense, but conflating that with some shock about Liam Neeson saying he spent a week wandering the streets with a weapon wanting to murder a random black person is moronic.
I think it's worth pointing out again that Liam Neeson is not, repeat not speaking in favour of it. He is, in fact, speaking very clearly against it.
That's a crucial distinction for anyone who wants to "actually apply critical thinking".
A lesser, but still important, distinction is that he wasn't "wandering the streets with a weapon wanting to murder a random black person". If he had been, he would have at least attacked someone. He didn't. Or are you seriously suggesting that he was completely unable to find any "black" person anywhere?
Applying critical thinking is a good idea when it's applied to all the relevant facts. When it's applied to some facts and some fiction and crucial facts are deliberately left out, it's just a facade for rationalising preconceived ideas and that's not critical thinking.
I'm not saying Liam Neeson is currently a racist person, but it seems clear that his mind at the time (whenever it was) had no problem incriminating all black people in his head for the crime of one of them, to the point he literally wanted to murder one. That is ******* chilling, and certainly racist. That's what I'm saying.
Literally what he said:
"I went up and down areas with a cosh, hoping I'd be approached by somebody... and I did it for maybe a week, hoping some 'black *******' would come out of a pub and have a go at me about something, you know? So that I could kill him."
If you think your statement in quote above still stands then that's some genuine mental gymnastics. Again another term thrown around too much, but that is literally what he said.
What fiction do you think I'm basing my thinking on?
And it's different to what you claimed he did.
The fiction that he was unable to find any "black" person, anywhere. You've no evidence for that and it's not very plausible.
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And somebody has put 50p in the SJW hate machine
So he tells a story that a close friend of his was raped by a black man. He was so angry and full of hate that if he encountered any black person, and gave him ****, he would have attacked them. He said he was so angry he considered them "a black *******"
He now realises how wrong he was and is utterly ashamed. He wants to tell others who are also in the same position how wrong they are . He never actually attacked or killed anyone.
Does it pass the flip test? If Idris Elba had told the story and said that an Irish person raped hair daughter and he was so full of anger and rage that he wanted to "kill a Paddy" would this cause as much outrage?
What's the problem in what he said? Remember he lives in the US now where members of BLM have been filmed calling for white people to be killed. That's his audience, not the terminally offended of the British Isles.
So he tells a story that a close friend of his was raped by a black man. He was so angry and full of hate that if he encountered any black person, and gave him ****, he would have attacked them. He said he was so angry he considered them "a black *******"
He now realises how wrong he was and is utterly ashamed. He wants to tell others who are also in the same position how wrong they are . He never actually attacked or killed anyone.
Does it pass the flip test? If Idris Elba had told the story and said that an Irish person raped hair daughter and he was so full of anger and rage that he wanted to "kill a Paddy" would this cause as much outrage?
What's the problem in what he said? Remember he lives in the US now where members of BLM have been filmed calling for white people to be killed. That's his audience, not the terminally offended of the British Isles.
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No different to the scallys that sit on the train with their feet on the seats waiting for the first person to look at them funny/say something so that they can "justify" their violence that will inevitably come the way of the innocent civilised party.
Liam Neeson knows what he was doing and thinking at that moment in time was wrong, and he learnt a lesson from it before he carried out a racially motivated homicide. Talking about it in this day and age is actually quite stupid, or brave, I dunno.
Liam Neeson knows what he was doing and thinking at that moment in time was wrong, and he learnt a lesson from it before he carried out a racially motivated homicide. Talking about it in this day and age is actually quite stupid, or brave, I dunno.
By the ancient laws of combat, I accept the challenge of the so called "natives." They plague our people at every turn, but from this day out, they shall plague us no more. For let it be known, that the hand that tries to strike us from this land shall be swiftly cut down.
Probably but I’m sure his $85m will cushion the blow a bit....
I can’t understand why he thought this would be a good thing to bring up, probably in the context of his new film which is about revenge iirc.
Still though, if he hasn’t got the common sense to realise the **** storm this would kick off - no matter how much he concedes it was wrong and he regrets it - then he’s a bit of a daft ‘un.
Unfortunately, celebrities give bland interviews in the main because whatever they say is misconstrued and taken out of context.
In a similar situation I’d guess it’s possible that I’d have a similar emotionally charged and wholly irrational reaction and hopefully would come to my senses before I’d acted upon it like he says he did.
Thankfully, I haven’t been in such a situation and wouldn’t want to be...
well done for just highlighting the black aspect. i bet if the story had been a white rapist and him hanging around trying to find a white scumbag to kill, this wouldn't have been an issue.
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Hmm, I get where he was going with it, but it doesn’t sound great.
He delivered it with air quotes did he not? As in quoting his presumably previous racist younger self
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What if it's ginger on ginger?
If it was an English rapist we'd question if it was actually rape.
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Because everyone knows all black men are rapists 
Guy is obviously a racist.
I don't think this story is going to do his reputation much good and rightly so.
Guy is obviously a racist.
I don't think this story is going to do his reputation much good and rightly so.