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| Topic | Baseball player bursts into tears after his homophobic tweets resurface |
| RoboLaserGandhi 07/28/18 10:00:53 AM #33: | People need to stop giving a fuck about the past comments of people who become famous. Some people here would be shocked to know the amount of people who hold these little shitty opinions but don't believe deeply enough about them to express except in the form of little shitposts on the internet. Some of those people become famous, because sometimes we're pulling from a different crowd than, say, wealthy and educated actors and actresses. Our society has such fucked up priorities when it comes to punishing bigotry. These people dedicate their lives to their craft and we celebrate their talents. But somehow, if we find out they're not morally perfect on togetherness, we have to literally kill their life accomplishments and amputate their potential for any further ones. Put yourself in their shoes for a moment. What does it feel like to know you will never accomplish greatness ever again in your young life? Is being moderately bigoted in the past really worth putting that on someone? ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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