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sartalon@lemmy.world 20 hours agoUh, in interviews he said he had no idea what was really going on. Then it came out that he did know what was going on and was even on Weinstein’s “red flag” list, for fear he would talk to reporters.
That is not internet rumor, that is easily confirmable public knowledge.
You clearly refuse to do any actual research and just want to believe what you want to believe.
To be clear, I don’t think anyone here is a celebrity suck up. They’re just empathetic humans seeing other humans struggle and wanting them to be OK or see how we can help. It’s the human condition, we shouldn’t discourage that.
Separately Ben Affleck may or may not be a shitty human being of what you said was true, but in the moment he still showed he was a depressed human, and other humans want to help. Not because they’re sycophants, but because they’re good people who want to help.
Your continued arguing in defense of Ben Afleck says differently.
“may or may not”
Jesus Fuckng Christ, you sound like a fucking Trumplican.
“There’s good people on both sides.”
Did you provide links? Did you provide irrefutable proof of your assertions? If so where are they?
Without those, I’m free to believe your words as much as any other random person on the internet.
You could be telling the truth, you might not. I don’t really care because I don’t care about Affleck as much as you it seems.
Not sure if you’ve keep up with the news, but we’ve got heavier shit happening in the world that’s not related to whether or not an actor was worried about being on a list somewhere that sexual abused people.
Do I really need to? It takes 5 minutes of Google and so me level of critical thinking to only review sites that aren’t trash.
And I’m just shocked to the extent y’all want to defend this guy.
You deserve each other.
AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
I think you’re the one who needs to do some research, cause that’s not even close to reality. He said he knew Weinstein was sleezy, then 1 person said they went crying to Affleck after something happened with Weinstein, which resulted in people like YOU claiming this means Affleck knew he was raping people. Then that same person (Rose McGowan) clarified in an interview that she never meant to imply she told Affleck she was raped or anything like that, she said “It’s just more to illustrate the point of this continual thing of everybody knowing and everybody being part of it, unwittingly or proactively.” which Affleck flat out agreed with, the point being that hundreds if not thousands of people knew Weinstein was sketchy and weren’t collectively saying anything (until they were).
And to illustrate the point of this meme and why people think you’re an asshole this also bears mentioning: “Affleck has both anxiety and depression, and has taken antidepressants since age 26. He is a recovering alcoholic and follows a 12-step program. He said he used alcohol to alleviate a constant feeling of “discomfort” and remarked that it “took me a long time to fundamentally, deeply, without a hint of doubt, admit to myself that I am an alcoholic.” There is a history of addiction and mental illness in Affleck’s family.”
sartalon@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Lol, that is a LOT of mental gymnastics there.
Dude knew and he lied about knowing.
End of story.
Anxiety and depression doesn’t excuse shitty behavior, but whatever you need to feel better about gargling his nuts.
😂
AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
You told people to do more research. I did research and it proved you wrong. Then you claimed my literal quotes were mental gymnastics. FYI it’s ok to admit you are wrong based on new information. Not for you obviously, I mean for non-assholes.
neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
On this same thread this guy is attacking me for pointing out the similar.
I just think he’s a bit unhinged. Heart’s in the right place (I assume, if he really believes Affleck is as bad of a guy as he’s claiming), but I haven’t found any concrete evidence supporting a single one of the claims
sartalonhas made here. Mostly it’s speculation and a lot of conspiracy theory level nonsense.It may be true, but nothing they’ve said or shown so far has changed my opinion here. It just sounds like they’re latching onto a conspiracy theory around Weinstein and Affleck that doesn’t really exist. They did not like each other. Nobody really liked Weinstein, and every interview I’ve seen with Affleck is that he’s a deeply troubled individual who doesn’t know how to deal with the stress and issues his fame has created in his life, but I haven’t seen any indication that he’s a sleezy rapist, other than some wild rumors.
We can only make choices with the data available to us. I’m not defending Affleck at all here. If he did those things, then he deserves to burn. But
sartalonwould like to send him to El Salvador without trial based on their misunderstanding of an interview it seems.Now, if only we had an administration that also wanted to end due process, then
sartalonand they might get along, despite their protestations that they’re nothing like each other.