Say something bad about universally revered person?

badabing106 · 03-01-2021 10:58pm #1

Barack Obama

Was not the peaceful president he betrayed to be. Set the records for wars a US president was involved in and the amount of drone attacks in sovereign foreign nations, over 3,000 in his term

machiavellianme · 03-01-2021 11:01pm

Isn't it against the charter to say bad things about anyone?

badabing106 · 03-01-2021 11:03pm

machiavellianme wrote: »

Isn't it against the charter to say bad things about anyone?

Probably not against the charter if it is true

banie01 · 03-01-2021 11:03pm

machiavellianme wrote: »

Isn't it against the charter to say bad things about anyone?

Only if they are Travellers

fryup · 03-01-2021 11:04pm

Pope John Paul II

turned a blind eye to the child abuse scandal within the RC church, completely dismissed the promotion of women in the church, meddled in the politics of his homeland of Poland but condemn others clergy for doing same esp in South America...and he also believed in the physical existence of angels, he was in need of professional help methinks

Richard Hillman · 03-01-2021 11:10pm

David Attenborough.

I think he has tarnished his reputation a bit over the last few years. Some of the scenes in the recent Netflix shows were misleading to link them to climate change. The Walrus scene in particular.

AMKC · 03-01-2021 11:12pm

badabing106 wrote: »

Barack Obama

Was not the peaceful president he betrayed to be. Set the records for wars a US president was involved in and the amount of drone attacks in sovereign foreign nations, over 3,000 in his term

Bulls,hit ,it all fake news and lies I tell you. He was the best President America ever had.

Tom Hanks is the most overrated actor ever and so is leonardo di Caprio. The amount of films them two have ruined is criminal. They should both be in jail for sins against acting.

SmartinMartin · 03-01-2021 11:15pm

Mary Robinson.

Horrible person, completely different from the public persona.

Gregor Samsa · 03-01-2021 11:17pm

Kermit The Frog. Total muppet.

Surreptitious · 03-01-2021 11:17pm

AMKC wrote: »

Bulls,hit ,it all fake news and lies I tell you. He was the best President America ever had.

Tom Hanks is the most overrated actor ever and so is leonardo di Caprio. The amount of films them two have ruined is criminal. They should both be in jail for sins against acting.

Is that why they won Oscars?

03-01-2021 11:20pm

I'm not convinced that, in the end, Walter White really cared all that much about his family.

Hellokitty1212 · 03-01-2021 11:21pm

Greta Thunberg needs a slap and then putting on the bold step.

mad m · 03-01-2021 11:21pm

Thomas Cruise,

Unreal career. Loved his films over the years, but Scientology ehhh no.

_Brian · 03-01-2021 11:22pm

AMKC wrote: »

Bulls,hit ,it all fake news and lies I tell you. He was the best President America ever had.

Tom Hanks is the most overrated actor ever and so is leonardo di Caprio. The amount of films them two have ruined is criminal. They should both be in jail for sins against acting.

I think when you correctly frame his presidency by the fact that he was the best president of a war mongering state, it makes more sense.

badabing106 · 03-01-2021 11:24pm

Meryl Streep
A very good actress that gets nominated alot more than is weird

Underseveringly Won an Oscar for impersonating Margaret Thatcher

_Brian · 03-01-2021 11:25pm

Bertie Ahern.

I know nobody wants to hear a bad word about him, but I think he knew the money was a bit dodgy.

Fuascailteoir · 03-01-2021 11:25pm

John Cleese, well past his sell by date and his Irish jokes belong in the 1950s, as he does with his brexiteer views

Your Face · 04-01-2021 12:17am

Michael Parkinson.
A thick Yorkshire gimp.
A terrible interviewer with a very limited range.

the14thwarrior · 04-01-2021 12:22am

well I'm told I can be a bit arrogant at times

Daragh1980 · 04-01-2021 12:24am

Princess Diana

Narcissist, self-absorbed & simpering idiot. Pukey, vomit breath. No wonder Charles kept Camilla on the go.

Fr Tod Umptious · 04-01-2021 12:36am

Billy Connelly
An unfunny Scotsman.

.anon. · 04-01-2021 3:27am

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Billy Connelly
An unfunny Scotsman.

Strumms · 04-01-2021 4:14am

Ahh Billy was great...

I have a CD of him doing a show live at the Hammersmith Odeon from 1991 and its brilliant... just incredibly clever, witty, warm and energetic and hilarious... a real rapport between him and his audience...sounds like a guy loving what he’s doing and getting a real kick out of making people laugh, being on the edge of good taste, slightly offensive at times at least by today’s ‘standards’ but hilarious....

Mjolnir · 04-01-2021 4:24am

Don't know about revered but I can't stand Lee Evans, find him incredibly unfunny and annoying.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 04-01-2021 4:30am

God.

Vain, narcissistic, infantile and ultimate absentee father.

Mjolnir · 04-01-2021 4:36am

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

God.

Vain, narcissistic, infantile and ultimate absentee father.

Have you been watching preacher? If so you forgot deviant ha.

quokula · 04-01-2021 5:20am

badabing106 wrote: »

Barack Obama

Was not the peaceful president he betrayed to be. Set the records for wars a US president was involved in and the amount of drone attacks in sovereign foreign nations, over 3,000 in his term

The drone thing is oft-quoted, but overlooks the rather blatant reason for this is that armed drones didn't exist yet when his predecessor took power, and the drone capable of carrying heavy payloads didn't come into service until 2007 which was one year before Obama was elected, so of course there were more strikes under Obama than previous presidents, who had relied on older more conventional weapons. The US actually launched more drone strikes during Trump's first two years than Obama's whole 8 years in power, though it got reported far less because there were a hundred other dumpster fires going on at the same time with Trump.

Obama actually took steps to reform the drone program and brought in more transparency including a requirement that any civilian casualties must be made public, something which Trump rescinded in early 2019 so we just don't know how many more casualties there have been in the second two years of his presidency.

None of this is to excuse America's lethal approach to foreign policy under any of its presidents, but it's not really accurate to say that Obama escalated it. His administration did make efforts to broker peace, most notably with the Iran deal, and there were 90% fewer American soldiers in foreign wars at the end of his presidency than there were at that start of it.