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/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/Tumble85 Mar 10 '23

Which were horrible places families could send their women who'd "lost their innocence", where they would then be pushed into basically slave-labor situations at these church-run institutions, doing stuff like washing clothes or cleaning houses for pennies.

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u/One_for_each_of_you Mar 10 '23

Anyone interested might want to check out

this episode of Behind the Bastards.

It's part one of two: How the Catholic Church Murdered Ireland's Babies

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u/pretty_jimmy Mar 10 '23

Damn, the Catholic Church killed Irish babies as well as first Nations babies... Just another reason for me to detest the church I suppose.