People who are constantly called inspirational, when in reality were anything but.

Prometheus · 05-01-2013 04:27PM #1

This is not a slight on the "People Who inspire" thread, just playing devils advocate.
My ones are;

Nelson Mandela- Chinese trained terrorist, and name one thing he has done to improve the living conditions of black people in S Africa. He was not responsible for the removal of Apartheid, he was a figurehead, thats all.

John F Kennedy- Became President due to fathers connections with gangsters.
When wife Jackie Kennedy had miscarriage, he didn't even bother his arse to cancel his yacht holiday with his "girlfriend" real inspirational bloke. Because of constant whoring, was a total security risk. Kennedy was all about the appearance of caring, couldn't give a toss in reality

Red Crow · 05-01-2013 04:31PM

Mandela done a lot of good. It's the greed and mismanagement of South Africa that is destroying it now.

Melion · 05-01-2013 04:31PM

Mother Teresa

mackg · 05-01-2013 04:31PM

Prometheus wrote: »

This is not a slight on the "People Who inspire" thread, just playing devils advocate.
My ones are;

Nelson Mandela- Chinese trained terrorist, and name one thing he has done to improve the living conditions of black people in S Africa. He was not responsible for the removal of Apartheid, he was a figurehead, thats all.

John F Kennedy- Became President due to fathers connections with gangsters.
When wife Jackie Kennedy had miscarriage, he didn't even bother his arse to cancel his yacht holiday with his "girlfriend" real inspirational bloke. Because of constant whoring, was a total security risk. Kennedy was all about the appearance of caring, couldn't give a toss in reality

So he didn't do anything it's just his story inspired others? Wait... what's the name of the thread again?

EdenHazard · 05-01-2013 04:33PM

Bieber, redicilously good looking with a one in a million voice, yet we're told to never say never and that people doubted him in his mere 14 years on earth before finding fame.

PizzamanIRL · 05-01-2013 04:34PM

Every singer/popstar who people look up to and think are inspirational

PizzamanIRL · 05-01-2013 04:35PM

EdenHazard wrote: »

Bieber, redicilously good looking with a one in a million voice, yet we're told to never say never and that people doubted him in his mere 14 years on earth before finding fame.

Of course you would say him

squod · 05-01-2013 04:35PM

Superman. Seems as if all he wanted to do was shag some burd.

castletownman · 05-01-2013 04:35PM

Don't want to get shot down here but Jade Goody

rainbow kirby · 05-01-2013 04:35PM

Melion wrote: »

Mother Teresa

This, absolute nutter with a bit of a suffering and death fetish.

Chucken · 05-01-2013 04:36PM

EdenHazard wrote: »

Bieber, redicilously good looking with a one in a million voice, yet we're told to never say never and that people doubted him in his mere 14 years on earth before finding fame.

Sweet baby jebus.
Ya, he's right up there with Mandela.

kneemos · 05-01-2013 04:36PM

All the sick people on RTE are supposed to be inspirational,at least I think thats what their on for.

mackg · 05-01-2013 04:36PM

Harvey Dent.

Hippies! · 05-01-2013 04:36PM

Zumo Bishop: I have it in good authority that his acting is so terrific that it's glorifying crime for all the impressionable youngsters who watch Fair City.

eviltwin · 05-01-2013 04:37PM

Jesus

byhookorbycrook · 05-01-2013 04:39PM

Princess Diana.

mikemac1 · 05-01-2013 04:40PM

Martin Luther King

A preacher, man of God

That guy had more affairs then JFK!

wobzilla1 · 05-01-2013 04:43PM

John Lennon

Pretty much everybody who's labelled as "inspirational" or "brave" in the papers.
Like those Siamese twins. They happened to be born stuck together so they must be brave

MaxSteele · 05-01-2013 04:45PM

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

Princess Diana.

Thank you. "Look at me pretending to give a fcuk about minefields in Cambodia".

Julius Seizure · 05-01-2013 04:46PM

Steve Jobs...

Froyo · 05-01-2013 04:46PM

If they've inspired someone, they're inspirational! Maybe just not in your world, which means nothing in the scheme of things.

quickbeam · 05-01-2013 04:48PM

mikemac1 wrote: »

Martin Luther King

A preacher, man of God

That guy had more affairs then JFK!

Don't give a shite about his sex life, to be honest, but what he did for equalality for blacks in America can't be overstated. Moreso than, say, Malcolm X who just came across as a complete racist. King is one of my heros.

magento · 05-01-2013 04:51PM

bono,hypocritical midget,looks like a blue rinse bingo granny with those stupid glasses on

Harry Angstrom · 05-01-2013 04:54PM

Brendan O'Carroll - inspirational in the worlds of Joe Duffy and Derek Mooney.

Prometheus · 05-01-2013 04:56PM

Eli Manning wrote: »

Mandela done a lot of good. It's the greed and mismanagement of South Africa that is destroying it now.

Name one thing he did that has improved the day to day lives of black people in South Africa, one thing.

GLaDOS · 05-01-2013 04:57PM

EdenHazard wrote: »

Bieber, redicilously good looking with a one in a million voice, yet we're told to never say never and that people doubted him in his mere 14 years on earth before finding fame.

I don't think I've ever, in real life or online, heard anyone say Justin Beiber was an inspiration to them

retalivity · 05-01-2013 04:58PM

when was bono ever called inspirational?

Boulevardier · 05-01-2013 04:59PM

I get enough inspiration from the mirror.

Vicar in a tutu · 05-01-2013 05:00PM

Susan Boyle.

Geri Male · 05-01-2013 05:05PM

Michael O'Leary.

A total c+unt

Blitzkrieger · 05-01-2013 05:10PM

Dubhaltach wrote: »

Steve Jobs...

Ditto. All he ever did was leech off other people's creativity and hard work so he could sell over-priced slave-labour produced tat to clueless magpies.

People who are constantly called inspirational, when in reality were anything but.

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