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Originally Posted by GirlySports
I think what a lot of people are missing about Neeson’s comments is the social context of where and when he grew up. The man went through this experience in a place (Ulster) where violent sectarian killings based on the crimes of your ‘group’ had become normalized. From the 70s right through to the late 90s the concept of revenge killings based on immutable characteristics was accepted and endorsed by large sections of his society.
I’m not saying that it makes what he was feeling okay, and Neeson clearly isn’t either, but it does help to explain why his reaction was so violent against Blacks as a group.
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Absolute rubbish.
What lead you to the conclusion that he went through the experience in NI?