ratetankmark
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Post by ratetankmark on Apr 25, 2014 14:41:07 GMT -5
Many years ago I used to argue that people showed more vitriol to Warrior for his gay views than Austin for beating his wife. That still holds true. If Hogan beat Linda, like I'm sure he wanted to after that messy divorce, would people here forgive him as easily as they have Austin, even if Hulk apologized for it? I doubt it. Replace Hulk with HHH, Warrior (pre-death), or anyone else who either used politics or wasn't an internet favorite. At least someone here was OK with admitting hypocrisy, because that's exactly what it is. You can't pick and choose when assault is wrong. Either it is or it isn't. Chris Brown is no different than Austin. If Austin was Brown's current age when he beat Debra, then his reaction to it afterwards may have been different. Brown is still young and stupid. Austin was older and by the time he beat Debra his shine as a mega draw wasn't as great as it was in 1998/1999. Brown is as popular now as he ever was. Maybe once his shine is gone, then he will try to repent. With that said, I hold no ill will to Austin. I don't support what he did, but he hasn't made a habit of it. Some times people make mistakes, or are provoked, etc. I just think some consistency has to be shown by wrestling fans here, especially the ones who are on a high moral horse at all times. You sir are a f***ing god!
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Post by Andrew is Good on Apr 25, 2014 15:11:39 GMT -5
I think it has more to do with Austin admitting his wrong doings, taking blame for it actually not doing it again. I know a guy who was abusive to his former partner and is still kind of a dick. What Austin did was wrong and a rotten thing to do. And he knows that. I also remember reading a story of Austin having problems with this other woman and didn't escalate it to violence, which shows that he's not some woman hating little boy.
So I think that's the difference. Chris Brown is despised because he hasn't really changed.
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ASYLUMHAUSEN
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Post by ASYLUMHAUSEN on Apr 25, 2014 17:28:01 GMT -5
There's no rhyme or reason to it. Why is Chris Brown a pariah and Sean Penn a respected actor? One has a lot of talent One is a product of modern starf***ing & a team of song writers & producers with maybe 1/1000th of the talent of the other
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Post by benstudd on Apr 26, 2014 1:25:07 GMT -5
Well it fits the image of his character.
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