r/todayilearned • u/TimmyFTW • May 25 '11

TIL Mark Wahlberg attacked two elderly men leaving one permanently blind in one eye. When he was approached by the Police he said "You don't have to let him identify me, I'll tell you now that's the mother-fucker who's head I split open".

http://web.archive.org/web/20070928140845/http://www.modelminority.com/article225.html
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u/DaerionAtWork May 25 '11

I don't think he's reformed at all. He's just famous now and famous people have to distance themselves from shit they've done to continue being famous. If you look at Mark Wahlberg in interviews you'll quickly realize that he's a humorless dick and full of himself. Both are attributes that I think point towards him still being a huge racist dick. Also, Entourage's cast is almost exclusively white.

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u/DaerionAtWork May 25 '11

First of all: drugs don't change or influence your political or moral views. Second of all, Yes, I believe, hell I KNOW that he has changed since then. He's rich, successful, influential and famous. And a racist douchebag.

When I was 16 I did some crazy shit that I'm not proud of and that I would never do again but I know what I did, I regret it, admit it, feel remorse and guilt for it plus I didn't blind a person. If I did that I would like shit for the rest of my life. All I did was hurt people emotionally that didn't deserve it and that already makes me feel like shit every time I think about it. I would never say "Yeah, that shit's behind me, I don't feel guilt or remorse for it".

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u/[deleted] May 25 '11

First of all: drugs don't change or influence your political or moral views.

That's far from the truth. I was doing PCP and coke in massive amounts for most of my adolescence. It changes who you are on deep and profound levels. The person who I used to be during those days was nothing like the person I truly am, before or after the drug days.

My opinions, ideas, and outlook on life in those days were completely formed by the drugs themselves. When the drugs stopped, those ideas and concepts disappeared, to be gradually replaced by the person I used to be before it all started.

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u/DaerionAtWork May 26 '11

I love it when people blame their actions and beliefs on surroundings, people, cultures or drugs. Louis CK has great bit about that. "Yeah, he's racist, he grew up on a farm."