Seems like almost every other day, a new celeb accidentally says something sane and has to apologize.

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[–]thethrowawayReddit refugee 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Alice Cooper recently expressed his concern for transgenderism being the new fad and the dangers behind it, and what PC really is and who are the ones making the rules for whats okay and not okay. He instantly got dropped by one of his cosmetic brands but he hasnt gone back on his word. Apologizing and backtracking just makes you look weak and spineless and makes your original point lose its message

[–]xoenix 8 insightful - 4 fun8 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

I can almost understand a cosmetics company for dropping him. Imagine how much product troons buy.

[–]hfxB0oyADon't piss on my head & tell me it's raining. 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Good point. They put that shit on with a trowel, thinking it's going to make a difference.

[–]OuroborosTheory 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJUlRSa70mM

[–]alladd[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Respect to him and Ne-Yo for taking back the apology his dumbass publicist shoved on him.

[–]LyingSpirit472 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Apologizing and backtracking just makes you look weak and spineless and makes your original point lose its message

Not only that, but we have enough proof now that the people who you're apologizing to won't accept it. They'll just say "oh, you apologized? Fine. I accept it, for now. But for the rest of existence, whenever I want a little more clout or that little rush of dopamine you can only get by knowing you're better than somebody, I'm going to dig up this comment and make you go through the whole motions again and say "I'm sorry! I'm sorry and I'm a terrible person and let it be known from here on out forevermore that YOU'RE BETTER THAN ME!"...and we'll keep doing it, forever, until your death. And when you die, I'm bringing it up again so we can all piss on your grave."

[–]Wanderingthehalls 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I understand people not knowing about this issue. I understand people knowing but not wanting to make their opinion known. But I don't understand people making a comment then apologising and trying to backtrack. Even when they know they said nothing wrong and they know that they will be forever tainted in the eyes of the woke anyway. I really don't understand knowing enough to speak out but not knowing what that will entail.

Either keep quiet about what you think or prepare yourself for the backlash before you speak out. Talk to your family, make sure they know what's coming. If you are someone somewhat famous, that means telling your agent/manager/publicist in advance so they don't pressure you to apologise afterwards. It's what I suspect someone like Dave Chappelle did ahead of his Netflix special.

[–]alladd[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think there's just a disconnect between instinct and the superego here. Every person when they first hear this stuff just instinctively revolts from it because it's horrifying, and that can tend to result in a rather large initial response. Once it breaks against the waves of pro-ignorance, the superego settles in and says "hey, this seems obvious to you, but it apparently isn't to others, so don't waste your breath talking like you're on the same page."

[–]jet199 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't think she spoke out.

I think a TRA leaked her private facebook stuff

[–]OuroborosTheory 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

and besides if you wait like 3 years the hivemind of perpetually-online college sophomores who know everything after a semester course will have completely reversed on what's a firing offense; by 2025 they'll be attacking drag as mocking trans womxn