It's 2023 and one of the better acknowledgements of past bad behavior is from :squints: ... Paris Hilton???
Ignore the headline, because when you read what she wrote, it's less an excuse and more of a "this is what happened, this is why I was wrong, and I know it's not right."
Maybe her publicist is really good and has her saying the right things, but I have watched PTSD ruin many good folks.
Good on her for talking about how those symptoms manifest themselves.
https://www.insider.com/paris-hilton-blames-racist-homophobic-comments-on-ptsd-2023-3
@Hobyrim I saw an interview with her the other day and I felt sorry for her, which is something I never thought I'd say about Paris Hilton. Her parents had her dragged out of bed in the middle of the night and sent off to a horrible place to reform her. She had no idea why men were taking her. I can only imagine how terrifying just that part of it must have been when you think you're being kidnapped.
@awnaves exactly. Looking back there a lot of women in the 00s who got way more hate than they should have.
Not saying they were all saints and/of good people, but that maybe casual misogyny, and in some cases casual racism, set them to be hated far more than was healthy.
^^The start of the US invasion of Iraq was almost 20 years ago.
Too many people still view PTSD as being scared of fireworks. Heck some view PTSD as a cop out, as a case of not being tough enough, etc.
We don't want a world where everyone is so numb to heinous things that we eradicate the inheritent kindness and love in this world.
It's tough to care for someone intent on throwing their life away for reasons they aren't entirely sure of.
Spread love as much and as often as you can.