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onehandle

(51,122 posts)
Sat Aug 16, 2014, 08:10 PM Aug 2014

Gene Simmons Is Sorry for Telling Depressed People to Kill Themselves

Not going to even post an excerpt. Just going to make the headline accurate:

Libertarian Asshole Gene Simmons Told By His Manager And Banker To Lie And Say That He Is Sorry For Telling Depressed People to Kill Themselves

http://gawker.com/gene-simmons-is-sorry-for-telling-depressed-people-to-1622726277

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Gene Simmons Is Sorry for Telling Depressed People to Kill Themselves (Original Post) onehandle Aug 2014 OP
If he's now feeling depressed, he knows what to do corkhead Aug 2014 #1
Empathetic Gene Simmons is way off. I feel robbed! immoderate Aug 2014 #2
Will he be joining the Ted Nugent tour? rurallib Aug 2014 #3
they should start a band - KT2000 Aug 2014 #9
GSCFOAD. WinkyDink Aug 2014 #4
He's sorry alright mtnester Aug 2014 #5
When my college roommate introduced me to Kiss 40 years ago I never imagined... Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2014 #6
"...might have suggested" VanillaRhapsody Aug 2014 #7
You think? Baitball Blogger Aug 2014 #8
Always remember that Franken segment on Air America Strelnikov_ Aug 2014 #10
Somebody told him it was costing him money. Iggo Aug 2014 #11
Kiss your greasepaint, m---f---er Jack Rabbit Aug 2014 #12
My response on Facebook: davidpdx Aug 2014 #13

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,847 posts)
6. When my college roommate introduced me to Kiss 40 years ago I never imagined...
Sat Aug 16, 2014, 09:04 PM
Aug 2014

...they'd never go the fuck away.

Strelnikov_

(7,772 posts)
10. Always remember that Franken segment on Air America
Sat Aug 16, 2014, 10:24 PM
Aug 2014

where he related a story, Franken and Simmons playing racquetball together in NYC.

Simmons . . . unbelievable at the time, understated now.

. . . Nugent, small change.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
13. My response on Facebook:
Sat Aug 16, 2014, 11:45 PM
Aug 2014

Mr. Simmons, I have to admit that I was going to come here to tell you to fuck off, but I've had second thoughts about that. Your apology is not accepted on behalf of those who deal with mental health issues everyday. I have dealt my entire adult life with depression (well over 25 years). I am on 5-6 different medications to keep me stable. Not everyone is fortunate enough to be able to afford them like I can. If we treated mental health issues as an illness instead of a joke, our society would be much better off and we would have less people in prisons, jails, hospitals, and on government assistance. The sad fact is we don't. I seriously urge you to go volunteer for a day or a week at a mental health facility or jail and talk to people who are dealing with mental health issues. I think you will be surprised at what you find. Finally, I want to say that I object to the way you brought up your mother being in a concentration camp and the comparison to someone who is suicidal. It seems as though you treat one as serious and the other as a joke. This shows me you truly have no empathy for others.

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