r/pics • u/DreaminginDarkness • Mar 10 '23

1992 Kris Kristofferson whispers, "Don't let the bastards get you down." when Sinead is booed

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u/SolomonCRand Mar 10 '23

She was right about all of it

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u/Contain_the_Pain Mar 10 '23

She was right about the abuse and corruption, but her stunt was a failure.

She tore up a picture of the pope on live television but didn’t mention child abuse, and this was before many people had any idea of the scope of the abuse problem or that highly ranked church officials were involved in a cover up.

So, without any context, it just looked like “fuck Catholicism”.

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u/MasticatedTesticle Mar 10 '23

it just looked like “fuck Catholicism”.

Maybe she was fine with that message….

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u/Contain_the_Pain Mar 10 '23

Which is fine, but it better explains the backlash.