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Not.
Ya can’t say the fellow is shy about speaking his mind.
In that regard, I tend to agree with him. My grandparents came from Italy and they were PROUD to learn English and become Americans. After a short while, they stopped speaking Italian, because "that was the old language. We're in America now, we are Americans, so we speak like Americans."
Gene Simmons is a very smart guy. And he has a powerful message regarding America, and all its opportunities and advantages. It’s something that people just might listen to.
Unfortunately, all that will be drowned out by his stupid and insensitive comments about people killing themselves.
Sorry Gene. Epic fail here. Seriously, please try again.
This is out of context. He was talking about about a specific bandmate, not saying depressed people in general should kill themselves.
He was pointing out the absurdity of someone living in a free country, with food, clothing, housing, free education and more luxuries than most third world folks could ever imagine and they whine about how hard life is.... I agree with him - shut up or do it. If they are so freaking miserable and claim they can’t do anything about it - or won’t - then why drag everyone along with them for years. It destroys families trying to deal with people who don’t want help - including drunks, drug addicts and depressives.
Gene Simmons Wins Argument with HuffPo Host over Speaking ‘[expletive] English’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3193730/posts
He’s basically saying to them to stop feeling sorry for themselves and don’t take for granted but appreciate the life you have because it can be way, way worse than what it is.
Were I gonna do it I’d be damned if I’d leave the mess for someone else to clean up.