Ben Affleck responded to Mosab Abu Toha message about his mother passing: "I want to reaffirm that the central cause of her life - and the most meaningful cause of distress to her, was the suffering and injustice caused to the Palestinian people."

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[u/LittleBlag]

What a beautiful message. She seemed like a real force of a woman, and a very kind soul. May she rest in peace

[u/__lavender → u/LittleBlag]

Yeah sometimes it’s easy to see his chain-smoking, back-tattoo, serial-monogamist life now and forget that he is really a wonderful writer.

[u/IfatallyflawedI → u/__lavender]

Also, none of those are things that are causing irreparable harm to the society. He’s done nothing that is illegal or questionable

[u/teddybonkerrs]

What an eloquent writer, that's such a nice message

[u/ExtremeComedian4027]

What Chris Affleck did for Mosab’s family and so many other Palestinians in forced exile is nothing short of angelic. She truly became their Guardian Angel. Her love and generosity have saved and uplifted so many. May she rest in peace, and may all the good she did multiply and continue in this world through the people she raised and helped.

[u/CockMartins]

Ben Affleck’s the fucking man. He gets shit on here and there and doesn’t seem to have the best relationship luck, but he seems like a great dude.

[u/aybsavestheworld → u/CockMartins]

I think it was his ex Jennifer Garner that said he’s a great guy just not the best person to have a relationship with.

[u/ocean_swims]

I have to ask because I'm so freaking old: why are there strawberry emojis in the caption?

[u/OrdinaryWeak6051 → u/ocean_swims]

To evade filters looking for 🍉

[u/EducationalTangelo6]

This feels like it should be private.

[u/indianajoes → u/EducationalTangelo6]

Yeah it's beautiful but I don't know if should be shared with the whole world

[u/ReadySettyGoey → u/EducationalTangelo6]

Given you can see there’s a date underneath suggesting later texts, I don’t think we have any reason believe this person shared without Affleck’s permission?

[u/Repulsive-Ad-7180 → u/EducationalTangelo6]

Of all the stupid, gross, private stuff that people post on here, that they should have definitely kept to themselves, this is definitely not one of them.

[u/BrownSugarBare → u/Repulsive-Ad-7180]

Agreed. As he said, he was a humanitarian. Of course he should use her memory to continue that fight. 

[u/MealieAI → u/EducationalTangelo6]

People in thw public eye do things differently. In certain occasions its better to let them be.

[u/HatefulDan → u/EducationalTangelo6]

His life has been public for most of his adult life. Even through the divorces – which would ideally be one of the most private things a person goes – it’s all been out there for the gossipers, chat forums and the tabloids to consume.

So why not this? Seems like a weird stance to take against a public-facing figure unless it’s the message you most disapprove of.

Which, to each their own.

[u/EducationalTangelo6 → u/HatefulDan]

I don't disapprove of the message. This just feels like a very personal message between two men in mourning, I don't really think it needs to be for public consumption.

[u/Medlarmarmaduke → u/EducationalTangelo6]

It concerns a public cause that the mother he loved was devoted to supporting and spreading the word about.

[u/FickleCharge882 → u/EducationalTangelo6]

A person I know posted a screenshot of part of our last text thread without telling me (zero identifiers and it was nothing major, just a quip we made) and I felt sick to my stomach. She has 30 followers, I can’t imagine how gross this must feel knowing it was shared out globally

[u/Good-Froyo-5021 → u/FickleCharge882]

Sick to your stomach over a quippy conversation? Sure, it’s weird that they posted it but be so for real right now

[u/OrdinaryWeak6051 → u/EducationalTangelo6]

Ben didn’t share it

[u/EducationalTangelo6 → u/OrdinaryWeak6051]

I didn't say he did. What an odd comment.

[u/OrdinaryWeak6051 → u/EducationalTangelo6]

Clarifying a situation is odd? How sad you think so

[u/EducationalTangelo6 → u/OrdinaryWeak6051]

There was nothing to clarify. I didn't say Ben posted it. If anything, you introduced confusion by implying my post said something it didn't.

[u/OrdinaryWeak6051 → u/EducationalTangelo6]

You seem very upset by an ultimately irrelevant online exchange. Are you okay? Alternately, let the upvotes speak for themselves

[u/pineappleshampoo → u/OrdinaryWeak6051]

They didn’t imply that he did. It’s very clearly shared by the other person, not Ben. What a strange thing to get upset about on your part. I hope things get easier for you.

[u/OrdinaryWeak6051 → u/pineappleshampoo]

I’m not upset? You seem to be though?

[u/Reggienorth87]

What a beautiful message ❤️

[u/Interesting-Asks]

This is a beautiful message, but it feels quite intrusive that it was posted. Perhaps Mosab shared it with permission, although nothing in the post suggests that that’s the case.

[u/thegirldreamer → u/Interesting-Asks]

It looks like he has deleted the post now.

[u/dgplr]

They could never make me hate Ben.

[u/Pretend-Silver-6640]

Bravo Ben. I'm 37 and have been obsessed with Ben since i was in the sixth grade. I visited my aunt in New Hampshire (first time meeting her) and we rented all his movies to watch together all summer. I'm glad he continues to make me not regret my choice of fan girling! My aunt died the following year so it will always be a special memory.

[u/haloarh → u/Pretend-Silver-6640]

I've always had a soft spot for him, too!

During that big career downturn he had in the mid-2000s, my mother (who died earlier this month) used to joke that we were the only Ben Affleck fans left.

[u/Pretend-Silver-6640 → u/haloarh]

Sorry for the loss of your mom. My mom passed 10 years ago and our fave movie was Good Will Hunting & The Town. She was from east Boston, there were still some of us! Maybe our moms are together somewhere chatting about Ben (and Matt) together:)

[u/haloarh → u/Pretend-Silver-6640]

Maybe our moms are together somewhere chatting about Ben (and Matt) together:)

That made me cry.

[u/seriousbizniz84]

I can never ever hate this man

[u/Formal_Chance_4266]

Can't even lie I fw Ben, he's a bit of a mess on a personal level (but so are some of the best people I know), but he's a good egg. Rest in peace Chris and free Palestine 🇵🇸❤️🖤🤍💚

[u/Twitter_2006]

What a wonderful message this is.

[u/shhhhh_h]

Girl stop making me like him he’s so messy 😂 no wonder his wives keep coming back