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3. Thank You. I Don't See How His Deeds From Over a Decade Ago Are Relevant Now

Thu May 9, 2013, 11:15 AM

May 2013

I'd really like to smack all the so-called journalists who dug up his rap sheet along with their editors who printed the stories. So the man made mistakes over a decade ago. How is that at all relevant to the current situation? Answer: it's not.

Though what was printed about him is undoubtedly true it's not relevant to what he did to save those women and that child. Unless you want to talk about how he's turned his life around since his past deeds. But that's not the angle any media outlet I've seen has taken. No, they just used his past to fill space and get ratings and web traffic. Some didn't even appear to attempt to get a quote from Ramsey.

This is a real shame. That the way to get ratings and web traffic is to besmirch people who have done something good by bringing up their distant past.

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Charles Ramsey is still a hero. His own domestic violence record doesn't negate what he did to free [View all] DonViejo May 2013 OP

+1 Buzz Clik May 2013 #1

This whole issue is thoroughly ludicrous. sibelian May 2013 #2

I don't see that anyone is talking about the victims' reactions. randome May 2013 #5

Perhaps we should ask the person who ran to him for help. Orrex May 2013 #7

Not for me. I'll still form my own opinion. randome May 2013 #13

Well, your opinion in this is irrelevant Orrex May 2013 #14

We don't label people heroes because it's "necessary". sibelian May 2013 #17

I agree with you. And about Peewee Herman, too, who I would not have thought about. randome May 2013 #34

Because we cannot tolerate greatness in our midst we do all we can to destroy it... LanternWaste May 2013 #19

He IS a hero; the tendency to place heroes up on pedestals above the rest of us is what's disturbing eShirl May 2013 #30

I like your post very much. Perhaps heros are just everyday people who do something extraordinary> KittyWampus May 2013 #44

I generally try to see good in people, but I have to agree with you... MADem May 2013 #27

There's no getting away from it. sibelian May 2013 #46

Yep--dead giveaway, indeed. Did you see this? MADem May 2013 #47

Me too. :) sibelian May 2013 #48

Thank You. I Don't See How His Deeds From Over a Decade Ago Are Relevant Now dballance May 2013 #3

He is a hero--a hero with a flashlight, who shines a light on stuff we might MADem May 2013 #4

No one at DU knows what he's like inside. None of us. randome May 2013 #8

No. We know what he DID. sibelian May 2013 #12

We know that he has McDonalds inside Orrex May 2013 #15

I think we know he is the type of guy who hears someone screaming in distress, and his first thought MADem May 2013 #25

Well said. HappyMe May 2013 #10

Oh nonononono, people can't be complex riqster May 2013 #6

+1 lunasun May 2013 #11

He Did The Right Thing Here, Sir, And That is What Counts Now The Magistrate May 2013 #9

And the fact that he rejects monetary rewards Aerows May 2013 #21

He's a poor black man who's probably had to live with stress for many years Downtown Hound May 2013 #16

not to mention that domestic, resisting, obstruction, disorderly datasuspect May 2013 #26

I am gonna embrace him. tblue May 2013 #28

Absolutely Aerows May 2013 #33

It makes sense Aerows May 2013 #18

I think it makes him MORE of a hero. It shows us that even people cbdo2007 May 2013 #20

Redemption is a good thing! tblue May 2013 #29

Probably a good thing Ramsey didn't know that the Raven May 2013 #22

Amen Aerows May 2013 #23

Exactly. HappyMe May 2013 #24

Sadly, this was my first thought when I read the OP AgingAmerican May 2013 #45

Can we stop with the hero worship? matt819 May 2013 #31

Ramsey kicked the door in without knowing Aerows May 2013 #32

+1. When dealing with psychos inprisoning women, you never know if they have a gun and will use it. Bernardo de La Paz May 2013 #35

America is the great land of second chances (and thirds and fourths ...). Bernardo de La Paz May 2013 #36

How do we define hero? Heracles also had a history of domestic abuse and he is the template for hero Exultant Democracy May 2013 #37

I'm still mad about what he did to poor Linus. Orrex May 2013 #39

still a hero riverwalker May 2013 #38

He is a hero for saving Amanda, but the past isn't easy to forget. hamsterjill May 2013 #40

the map is not the territory fishwax May 2013 #41

Indeed. Here's what Rochelle, his ex-wife said: Mutiny In Heaven May 2013 #42

K&R & Bookmarking Turborama May 2013 #43