No. of Recommendations: 1
Dope1,
I didn't say he "deserved to die like that."
But if we are going to use the occasion of his tragic death to evaluate his worth as a filmmaker, a pop cultural icon, a political activist, and as a man--if we as a whole are essentially going to exploit the tragedy of his death (and that of his wife) to say "geez what a great man Reiner was" (thus validating his political opinions--which is the only reason those on the Left care at all about this--to exploit the tragedy)--then we have to look at the WHOLE picture.
That includes what kind of a father he was, or wasn't.
That includes whether or not his parenting, or lack thereof, of his son, contributed to the tragedy.
That includes acknowledging the possibility that Reiner's basically insane psycho raving against his political adversaries was compensating for his personal deficiencies as a parent--AND whether his own psycho ravings may have contributed to his child's psychotic and murderous behavior.
He raised a murderer. Not just a murderer, but a patricidal and matricidal one.
Where did all that hatred towards his own father (and father's wife, not sure if she was his bio mom or not) come from?
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
