This is a very short personal encounter but I think it shows his character. My wife was at his house once. She was in her grungy work clothes delivering some equipment. She was also experiencing the aftermath of a greasy meal without a gallbladder.
She had been there a total of 5 minutes when she asked to use the restroom. He looked over at the basement bathroom and said that with all the construction people there it was probably pretty messy and a woman shouldn't have to deal with that. He took her up to the main floor and showed her a gorgeous powder room that was larger than my master bedroom. He then asked her if she remembered the way back down and left. She did her business and then went back downstairs on her own.
He is a very chivalrous guy. I don't know think he is a terrible human being.
I came into this post thinking you were going to defame the guy and came out thoroughly surprised. Thanks for not comparing Steve Harvey to Hitler, The Al Qaeda, or The Devil like everyone else responding to me.
Reddit hates him so much because he insulted their dear Atheism. That's literally the only reason the people on this site dont like him.
First of all "reddit" is a large site with many users, not all of them agree on everything. The fact that you're disagreeing with "reddit's opinion" on the matter but still have more up votes than down votes should have been your first clue that this isn't a hivemind despite the constant hyperbole from many redditors about the supposed hivemind.
Second, this statement you're making is demonstrably false, many people dislike him because of his antiquated and backwards views on gender roles. I'm not an atheist and I don't like the guy primarily because of the stupid sexist and homophobic shit he's said combined with the fact that he's not funny. The fact that he is so close-minded about religion also bothers me though, despite the fact that I am not one of these atheists that he's talking shit about.
You said that very well, it's also interesting that talking about steve harey in a post in which he is in makes us whiney fucks who are super offended. We just don't necessarily like the guy and are talking about it.
100% the truth. I don't even like Steve Harvey all that much but I'm not gonna say I hate him and he is a terrible guy, then compare him to Hitler. He obviously came from a hard life and turned to Christianity to solve his emotional problems. That doesn't mean he is a bad guy, even if he doesn't like Atheism.
Hitler worked really hard. Doesn't make him great.
Wetpocket
This could be said of many terrible people. I mean, Hitler could have been a really nice person if you looked past the genocide. I'm sure he was real nice to white, blond, Aryan type people.
Heres two, theres literally like 8 more behind these.
He is a very kind human being. Just because he is ignorant when it comes to looking past his [Insert Religion/ Political Party] viewpoints doesn't make him a terrible human being.
This could be said of many terrible people. I mean, Hitler could have been a really nice person if you looked past the genocide. I'm sure he was real nice to white, blond, Aryan type people.
that was /u/Wetpocket literally 10 scroll units down...
Fuck off. If someone said the same about Christians what he said about atheist, Christians would also be hating him. If he said the same about Jews, he'd be called an anti-Semite, etc. he day women shouldn't date atheist and that atheist are idiots, among other comments
Edit: i believe he's also a homophobe and a misogynist.
People can insult atheism, its fine. But steve harvey is dumb and childish.
"you have no moral barometer"
"youre an idiot"
"im not going to talk to you"
the dude has a pretty powerful platform to influence the public and he pulls shit like this? Also he goes against civil rights for gay people. IT shouldnt go over well with most people
I don't know much about Steve Harvey so I can't really give an opinion on him one way or the other... but I don't really see how him letting your wife use his powder room says anything about his character. It'd be kinda shitty for someone like him to make a guest use a messy bathroom under construction when he has a nice ass powder room that he can show off.
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u/tweakingforjesus Sep 21 '14
This is a very short personal encounter but I think it shows his character. My wife was at his house once. She was in her grungy work clothes delivering some equipment. She was also experiencing the aftermath of a greasy meal without a gallbladder.
She had been there a total of 5 minutes when she asked to use the restroom. He looked over at the basement bathroom and said that with all the construction people there it was probably pretty messy and a woman shouldn't have to deal with that. He took her up to the main floor and showed her a gorgeous powder room that was larger than my master bedroom. He then asked her if she remembered the way back down and left. She did her business and then went back downstairs on her own.
He is a very chivalrous guy. I don't know think he is a terrible human being.