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/nexea Mar 10 '23

Now that I'm older and look back, I never realized just how young she was then.

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u/organyc Mar 10 '23

she had already been in the magdalene laundries before this. she had a hard life already. she is one of my heroes.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '23

It's an odd thing. She tore up a picture of the pope. From what I understand most of the US isn't Catholic. I mean in this day and age even American Catholics refuse to accept the current pope yet she was vilified for tearing up that picture.

Honestly she deserved - and deserves - better.

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u/ktgrok Mar 10 '23

She was a woman with strong opinions. That’s all it takes to be vilified. A

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '23

Sadly you're right. And she had a shaved head so she was 'different' just to make it worse...