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23 Famous People Who Received Public Condemnation Even Though They Did Not Deserve It, As Pointed Out In This Online Thread
Article created by: Oleg Tarasenko
Do you know what, for example, Macaulay Culkin, Britney Spears, Galileo Galilei and maybe Antonio Salieri have in common? There is one unobvious detail that unites them all. At different times, tons of public condemnation fell upon these people, literally reaching hatred - although in reality, none of them, of course, deserved such feelings at all.
Nevertheless, it is obvious that society needs not only role models, but also targets for negativity, and it does not matter where this negativity is poured out - in the marketplaces of the Middle Ages, in the aristocratic salons of the 19th century, or in Reddit threads. And, unfortunately, history knows a lot of such people who completely undeservedly received mass hatred.
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#1
Brendan Fraser
Brendan Fraser, after the trailer for The Whale was released the fat acceptance movement had a go at him.
Fat activists went on and on about how fatphobic it supposedly was that he was wearing a fat suit instead of gaining the weight for the role.
They tried to "cancel" the movie and said that as he was a "small fat" he shouldn't have played a role that was made for a "super fat" actor.
The way I see it, Brendan Fraser is one of the few unproblematic celebrities who got the opportunity to make a come back after years of not acting, he made this comeback after being open about being a victim of abuse, and he doesn't deserve to be welcome with more hate and more abuse, especially from people who could make the choice to change themselves instead of moaning a out everyone who happens to be slimmer than them.
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#2
Stella Liebeck
The "hot coffee" McDonald's lady. The story that I had heard and believed for years was that some woman burnt her tongue a little and sued McDonald's for not marking clearly that their coffee was hot.
When the reality was that McDonald's raised the temperature of their coffee way higher than normal, it spilled on her when getting it in the drive through, and her burns were horrifically severe and she needed skin grafts. She was suing for so much because it literally how much her medical bills cost. But so many people ridiculed her and the case for years.
Edit: people calling me out for saying "higher than boiling point". I just meant that it was really REALLY hot.
Michael Goldsberry 5 months ago
she put the container between her legs and then took the lid off. if thats not stupid i dont know what is
#3
Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis
Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis
He was a Hungarian physician and scientist, described as the "saviour of mothers". He proposed the practice of washing hands with chlorinated lime solutions in 1847 while working in Vienna General Hospital's First Obstetrical Clinic, where doctors' wards had three times the mortality of midwives' wards.
Some doctors were offended at the suggestion that they should wash their hands and mocked him for it. In 1865 he allegedly suffered a nervous breakdown and was committed to an asylum by his colleagues. In the asylum he was beaten by the guards. He died 14 days later from a gangrenous wound on his right hand that may have been caused by the beating. His findings earned widespread acceptance only years after his death, when Louis Pasteur confirmed the germ theory.
#4
Keanu Reeves
Y’all probably too young to remember when Keanu Reeves was a late night punchline for years. In the 90’s every reference to the man was about how stupid he seemed.
#5
Sinéad O'Connor
Sinéad O'Connor.
Tried to expose the abuse from the churches and pretty much lost her career. People used her as a punching bag at the time, but nobody ever apologized to her.
#6
Britney Spears
Honestly: Britney Spears. The way we treated her after the breakdown is downright sad. The fact that more people don't crack under the pressure she was going through baffles me; imagine your life is televised almost 24/7 and you couldn't even feel sure that you had privacy in your own home.
Not even gonna get into the conservatorship. We really did her dirty. Regardless of what you think about the music, she deserved and deserves to be treated with more respect than she got.
#7
Monica Lewinsky
Monica Lewinski
#8
Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton’s ex sold revenge [sexual content] to a legit publisher and got away with it. She somehow got treated as if she was responsible.
#9
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter. He was an OK president during some hard times. And now we know that Regan's people delayed the release of the Iran hostages until after the election.
#10
Bella Ramsey
The girl plying Ellie in the Last of us live action. It’s disgusting how people are bullying her for her looks.
#13
Lena Headey
Leana Headey, according to an interview she received a lot of hate when she played Cersei in game of thrones. I guess some people can’t separate reality from film. Shows how great of an actress she is
#14
Antonio Salieri
Salieri. Pretty chill dude. Mozart's biggest supporter. Lent him his libretista so he could write Figaro. Took care of Mozart's kid after he passed away.
#15
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette.
A well meaning, polite teen with next to zero knowledge of a world she wasn’t let near (by those who made the decisions for her). And then she was killed.
#16
Jake Lloyd
The guy who played Kid Anakin
He was bullied so hard that it ruined all the love he had for Star Wars.
#18
Sulli
Sulli
She was a k-pop idol who was driven to [taking her own life] by from malicious netizens who hated her for being outspoken in a conservative society.
When she passed people even said she was just too weak.
#19
Roscoe Arbuckle
Fatty Arbuckle. He went to prison for years when the DA tried him for death of a starlit. Later found innocent he was no longer welcome in Hollywood.
#20
Guy Fieri
Guy Fieri. People dog on him for no reason. He has a fun tv show and I've heard he does a lot for charity.
#21
Rebecca Black
Rebecca Black. Got ROASTED hard at 14 years old for the song Friday. Patrice Wilson was the producer and got paid by both Black’s mom and a good chunk of the proceeds but he flew under the radar from the abuse. Granted, it’s a dumb song, but the hatred was immense for a 14 year old kid.
#22
Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps - IMO, he could have denied that picture of him smoking marijuana was actually him since it was unclear. At the end of the day he didn’t deny it and lost some serious endorsements if I remember right.
Not a big deal.
Michael Goldsberry 5 months ago
Not a big deal to everyone. It is to some. Note: i don't care much about it
#23
Jack Gleeson
The guy who played Joffrey Baratheon (Jack Gleeson) EDIT: if this is untrue then i'll be more than happy to be downvoted, that guy played his role to perfection.
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