tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post9206119238216840317..comments2024-03-28T05:38:04.618-04:00Comments on Bless Our Hearts: Rainy And Bleak But With Great GratitudeMs. Moonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-25415827408142155022014-11-23T17:50:45.672-05:002014-11-23T17:50:45.672-05:00Go I LOVE Garrison Keillor. And I'm so sad abo...Go I LOVE Garrison Keillor. And I'm so sad about Cosby. Noah and I saw him live (Cosby) years back and he was so funny. I don't want my deeply funny people to be deeply, well, awful, at the same time. My parents have seen Keillor live and hopefully one day, I will too. Vesuvius At Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02783271096885148080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-25729983215845367002014-11-23T16:54:03.513-05:002014-11-23T16:54:03.513-05:00I hope he is not going to blame is reprehensible b...I hope he is not going to blame is reprehensible behaviour on the death of his son. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-46871236625306873072014-11-23T11:24:00.350-05:002014-11-23T11:24:00.350-05:00Jo- WE are all, most sadly, getting jaded. Still, ...Jo- WE are all, most sadly, getting jaded. Still, Bill Cosby? Fucking shocking. And the weird part is- he probably could have had any of those women but he choose to drug and rape them. Sickness and evil.<br /><br />ditchingthedog- I hear you. On every count. And yes, abusers and rapists so often count on shame to prevent women from coming forward. It's the truth. <br /><br />Angella- Did you read that account of the woman from National Enquirer doing a huge, well researched story on Cosby with all of this information back years ago? And the magazine 86'ed it? <br />Sickness. And we protect the guilty and shame the victims. <br /><br />Steve Reed- You're right. I think as long as he was under the radar, so to speak, things were controllable. And I did read that article. And yes, that biography just glossed over all those accusations which of course shone a big bright light on them. Not the author's intention but for the sake of his victims, I am so glad this is coming out. I wish, though, it had never happened. <br />And yes, if he is guilty, there needs to be judgement. <br /><br />Syd- We all just keep doing the best we can, don't we? Most of us do. Which is why the world is as sweet as it is. I guess. Sometimes it sure doesn't seem sweet. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-44938833923482907072014-11-23T08:44:59.712-05:002014-11-23T08:44:59.712-05:00I never did really care for Bill Cosby--can't ...I never did really care for Bill Cosby--can't explain it. He just wasn't on my radar screen much. People hide so much about themselves. We don't know who they are really. Some are suffering from deep depression, others are criminals and sadists--the list goes on and on. But then there are the good people who just do their best to do the next right thing. Like you. Sydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642843245634635843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-83569953064591271452014-11-23T04:57:45.856-05:002014-11-23T04:57:45.856-05:00The Cosby story breaks my heart too. I have always...The Cosby story breaks my heart too. I have always admired him so much, and seen him as a role model. I don't doubt that what those women say is generally true. I'm sure it is. It speaks to the fact that our heroes are flawed human beings. That's just reality.<br /><br />I think in addition to the comedian that Angella mentions, the reason all this is coming to light once again is because Cosby has produced a new biography and had several projects in development to relaunch his career. (As The New Yorker wrote several weeks ago -- you probably saw that article.) So I don't think it's ALL down to that male comedian and his routine. I wish there were a way to bring closure for everyone -- prosecute Cosby if need be, find him guilty or innocent, render justice, rather than just letting all this hang out there.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-80405627990318899792014-11-23T03:35:49.239-05:002014-11-23T03:35:49.239-05:00One of the crazy things about the whole Bill Cosby...One of the crazy things about the whole Bill Cosby thing is women have been saying he did these things for years, going back to a case he settled in 2006, and yet it was only when a man, a comedian, made the rape allegation in a stand up routine that the story gained traction. No one listened to the women all these years. Yet everyone took what the man said seriously; they believed the accusation he made in a comedy routine. How many women would have been spared if the very first one who came forward had been taken at her word? Why did a man have to say it for everyone to finally hear it? 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-64142952224658646282014-11-22T22:59:48.684-05:002014-11-22T22:59:48.684-05:00Addendum - I adored Mr. Cosby and god help me, I h...Addendum - I adored Mr. Cosby and god help me, I hope I am wrong in my accusations. I am throwing him to the dogs. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-64545861855632003572014-11-22T22:58:01.562-05:002014-11-22T22:58:01.562-05:00Before my mom died I bought her and my dad two tic...Before my mom died I bought her and my dad two tickets to see Bill Cosby and seeing him was one of the best moments of her life. She, being raped herself would have been sick to hear this news. She was a believer in women taking years and years to tell their stories. She was raped when she was about 15 and it took her 45 years to tell my dad, her best friend and lover. If it took her that long I have to stand by these women, my tribe and believe them. When my mom told me her whole body shook with shame. Shame! Oh, god. The sadness that went with that shame. It was then my own mother became my daughter and all I wanted to do was protect her. I even had the absurd thought of hunting this man down and telling his family but apparently he died years ago. What I would like to know is how many women he shamed. And how many women has Mr. Cosby shamed. Fuck it all. <br /><br />Anyway, my heart is also full tonight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-52583594628010201792014-11-22T21:40:21.772-05:002014-11-22T21:40:21.772-05:00At the moment here, horrible revelation after reve...At the moment here, horrible revelation after revelation about the favourite children's entertainers of the seventies and eighties are coming out - and even worse, the tv stations' collusion in keeping secrets, suppressing stories, and even providing the abusers with victims. <br /><br />It's horrific, but somehow more believable each time. I suppose I'm getting jaded :( Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08988685736635515808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-27146841130360481222014-11-22T20:33:23.222-05:002014-11-22T20:33:23.222-05:00Elizabeth- Me too. It's like another fucking e...Elizabeth- Me too. It's like another fucking example of abuse. And I hate that it comes from this man whom I have admired so much for so long. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-74879335426738263412014-11-22T20:19:31.529-05:002014-11-22T20:19:31.529-05:00When Cosby started all that moralizing about "...When Cosby started all that moralizing about "the old days" is when I stopped thinking he was funny, but it's still difficult to wrap my mind around what he's being accused of -- Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-85358753187787169262014-11-22T20:02:25.718-05:002014-11-22T20:02:25.718-05:00Jo- I hope you are right. It still breaks my heart...Jo- I hope you are right. It still breaks my heart that someone I loved SO much did such evil. Fuck. Really. <br />And that nap- I hope I remember it on my death bed. It was that sweet. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-3482014975510945132014-11-22T19:52:39.467-05:002014-11-22T19:52:39.467-05:00I'd believe it of Cosby, with his controlling,...I'd believe it of Cosby, with his controlling, moralistic paternalism before I'd believe it of Garrison Keilor, I'll say that.<br /><br />Oh, your bed story was so beautiful.I savoured it. Reading and nappy in the middle of the warm bed with the rain outside - so perfectly perfect. Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08988685736635515808noreply@blogger.com