Point out in the story where he acknowledges the depth of his racism.
I agree, it ain't on y'all to give a damn about how contrite or shamed he is.
Who wants to destroy Neeson's life exactly? And why are Neeson's efforts to be an example somehow blocked off by the justified anger from people? If he's changed, he can make an effort to show it and let it be clear. This anecdote does little more than show that he was and might still be an insane bigot. He should be trying to be better for himself. Not hoping people will be kind and nice to him after admitting to murderously stalking black innocents.
Who is trying to destroy his life?
A terrible thought isn't going around looking for random black person to kill for over a week. Your bordering on attempted murder at that point. There's barely any black people in Northern ireland in the first place. The odds weren't in his favour to encounter such a scenario. it was pure luck no one got killed.
If Neeson were black in Ireland stalking around with a weapon to kill the first white person he saw, well, he would've easily found one, for one thing. He either would've been manhandled/killed in the act by bystanders or cops, or arrested after the fact assuming Ireland is nicer than America is to black people who commit racial crimes against white people. He'd either be left to rot in jail for the rest of his life or released back into society if- again, Ireland is nicer than America- with little hope of status ascension. Subsequently, he never would've had the chance to even try to become a movie star with a flagrantly racist past with which ERA can latch onto as a redemption story in the first place. Nobody here would've known he existed outside of maybe some true crime television shows if the crime was heinous enough to appear on such a thing, at which point ERA would dismiss him as an irredeemable criminal and we'd all go on about our business.
Are you fucking serious? Yes we're holding him accountable. We're not fucking arresting him. He's not about to hang from his supposed "mind crime". The greater issue is, he's barely scratched the surface of the actual issues he should be reckoning with. He's just come to the conclusion that revenge against innocents is wrong. He doesn't show to have wrestled with his toxic masculinity or his racism. Children fucking know you shouldn't take out your anger on people who have nothing to do with it, yet it took actually going out with a bludgeon and stalking black people hoping for one to "cross him" for Liam to learn such a thing. If he needed that much just to learn a baseline mindset, why should anyone believe he's learned any more from it when he's not even brought up how much more relevant those internalized ideas are?
White. Male. Celebrity.
I doubt anyone who is defending/supporting Neeson would do the same if he was black. Same thing if the focus of his racism wasn't black people.
He was a Catholic growing up in a Protestant town, so chances are he would've faced some deep deep shit, given that the police at the time were predominantly the latter and had a history of brutality towards the former.
Dude imagine if this guy killed someone you know in his childish vengeful escapade of his. Are you really trying to say you'd be so eager to forgive and forget this nonsese? The dude tried for over a week. That's not a simple one off irrational moment. He woke in the morning and decided I want to kill a black person. Went to sleep, woke up and decided he wants to kill a black person, again and again and again. This went on for fucking days.
Pfff. Never mind.
Maybe. But this is another level of irrational imo.
It is perfectly fine to tell someone who admitted to what Neeson did to go fuck themselves, and the only way you consider this a true inhibition for personal growth is if you believe that people are obligated to just forgive him on the spot. People who are interested in personal growth are not seeking out the validation of everyone. They're doing it to simply be better people. That's why the fuck it's called "personal growth." If you do some fuckery and aren't willing to change simply because the people and groups affected aren't acting like Jesus turning the other cheek, then you're not actually interested in personal growth. You're interested in trying to cater favor and butter people up to get back in their good graces without actually putting in the effort.
Replies like this really make me question how many has been in a situation where your mind goes blank and you are simply filled with primal, pure rage. Its ugly and the most despicable thoughts come up.
