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joshcryer

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28. It's OK to change your mind.

Mon Aug 2, 2021, 07:21 AM

Aug 2021

It's not OK to show a history of lack of foresight and damaging behavior. All those liberal celebrities who shit on Obama during their years had no idea what they were talking about. It makes it easy to ignore their opinions when you think about it that way.

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Matt Damon, 'months ago' [View all] bigtree Aug 2021 OP

I am in agreement with Ms. Bowers Skittles Aug 2021 #1

When people fuck up and want to apologize, I say let 'em Bucky Aug 2021 #2

Yup canetoad Aug 2021 #6

+++++++++ sheshe2 Aug 2021 #10

I lost respect for Damon a long Cha Aug 2021 #20

It's OK to change your mind. joshcryer Aug 2021 #28

Agree 100% secondwind Aug 2021 #15

100% Happy Hoosier Aug 2021 #30

Honest question dsc Aug 2021 #41

The redemption arc would be a lot longer, a lot more complicated Bucky Aug 2021 #52

When people fuck up and want to apologize, I say let 'em Bucky Aug 2021 #3

He should have left that at the family dinner table. Solly Mack Aug 2021 #4

A respected friend of mine today used the word retard pejoratively, cilla4progress Aug 2021 #5

One would hope canetoad Aug 2021 #8

Using a hateful slur as a joke doesn't make it any less hateful or painful. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2021 #24

Well did you say something? alphafemale Aug 2021 #18

I was shocked, so did not this time. cilla4progress Aug 2021 #36

My BF at the time and I had friend over for dinner, and the friend used that term alphafemale Aug 2021 #49

Look Cosmocat Aug 2021 #26

An honest post right here. CrackityJones75 Aug 2021 #32

when was this mythical time that the word faggot didn't have negative implications? dsc Aug 2021 #42

He's acknowledging that the word is inappropriate AdamGG Aug 2021 #7

+1 canetoad Aug 2021 #9

I agree rockfordfile Aug 2021 #22

"I never saw the words used to refer to people who were actually gay or intellectually challenged." WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2021 #25

It was a common generic playground insult among children AdamGG Aug 2021 #48

Some people love wrapping themselves in self-righteousness. Happy Hoosier Aug 2021 #31

I have twenty years on him, never went to Harvard, PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2021 #11

The sense of entitlement and/or thirst for attention. Grokenstein Aug 2021 #12

Different time. secondwind Aug 2021 #17

Different time? PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2021 #35

Some months ago the image of him started changing for me UTUSN Aug 2021 #13

Self-deleting my post before I even type it! dchill Aug 2021 #14

lol Celerity Aug 2021 #19

We can use the word "asshole" in perpetuity, correct? nt greyl Aug 2021 #16

I used it yesterday. Loryn Aug 2021 #38

Sometimes one should learn from mistakes and move on--not report them to the world... hlthe2b Aug 2021 #21

Some of the responses to him remind me of the opening line of The Great Gatsby elias7 Aug 2021 #23

I am Mr. Damon's age dsc Aug 2021 #43

This is petty, and the long knives continue to come closer and closer to our own Cosmocat Aug 2021 #27

I've worked for decades with different people who don't seem to understand the impact of their words bigtree Aug 2021 #29

One slur is not the full extend of ANYONE'S insensitivities and MD is a one of the good guys Cosmocat Aug 2021 #33

right, not the full extent bigtree Aug 2021 #39

I am also Matt Damon's age obamanut2012 Aug 2021 #40

Ok. Revel in your moral superiority Cosmocat Aug 2021 #46

When i was in college in the 90's, this was THE word we all used for nearly everything. Calista241 Aug 2021 #34

That's how it was as well growing up in my corner of suburbia BannonsLiver Aug 2021 #47

What I don't get about this is when Damon was Marius25 Aug 2021 #37

Better late than never Johnny2X2X Aug 2021 #44

He protected Harvey Weinstein for 20 years RANDYWILDMAN Aug 2021 #45

I used it maybe once or twice as a teenager. BlueStater Aug 2021 #50

Gossip Site Tink41 Aug 2021 #51

Interesting to see the "free pass" of sorts he is getting. Behind the Aegis Aug 2021 #53