• ikt@aussie.zone
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    11 days ago

    Yes, he throw in a few comments about how he regrets it and won’t do it again

    it had been 40 years since it happened, i think we’d know by now if he wasn’t sincere

    When asked if he would have had the same reaction if his friend’s rapist was a white man or another race, Neeson said “definitely.” “I would have had the same effect,” the actor said. “I was trying to show honor, to stand up for my dear friend in this terrible medieval fashion. I am a fairly intelligent guy. That’s why it kind of shocked me when I came down to earth after having these terrible feelings. Luckily no violence occurred. I did want to lash out because my friend was brutally raped and I was defending her honor. It was a learning curve.”

    It’s pretty relatable for a lot of people, you get so angry or emotional you do something you regret is the gist of it, not some request to go out and beat up black people

    on the other hand lineman said:

    “if a trans-identified male is in a female-only space, he is committing a violent, abusive act”.

    “Make a scene, call the cops and if all else fails, punch him in the balls,” he said.

    punch transgender women in the balls if they don’t get out of the female bathroom

    so yeah there’s a bit of a difference there i think

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      11 days ago

      It wasn’t really framed as a learning experience when he intially brought it up. For some reason he thought it would be an appropriate story to tell to sell his “hard man” credentials as promo for an upcoming action movie role.