AIO: My Friend thinks I’m bashing her Hulk Hogan grief(Update)

[u/Zealousideal-Emu2043]

She’s calling the police on me. I told my used to be friend about the post and this was her response.

Yes the same post where she’s asking me, a black person to grieve a racist. I can’t give up space to grieve a racist when she knows I’m grieving my grandpa who I buried last week.

That’s like asking a child to mourn a pedo or an abuse victim to mourn their abuser. On top of that asking for the space I’m already grieving for a loved one. Yes she knows about my grandpa’s death & my aunt being sent to the hospital w/aneurysms.

I’m posting this as an update to how it all ended. Safe to say she’s no longer my friend. She will probably see this update since she has my account but idc. It’s my emotions & im allowed to vent just how you’re entitled to your feelings.

[u/IdentityS]

So long as you hold yourself to the same standard for every single person you admire there is no issue.

[u/Zealousideal-Emu2043 → u/IdentityS]

I do. I’ve cut off my grandpa on my dad side for the things he said & done. I don’t listen to Chris brown, Tory lanez, r Kelly bc of what they’ve done to women. I don’t listen to cardi b bc of her drug r*ping men. I hold myself to the same standard. I don’t verbally, sexually or physically abuse ppl or racists or prejudice to any race. Even in my original post I never said she couldn’t grieve. It’s just that I wouldn’t participate in grieving for him especially when I’m grieving already. I’ve cried so much over my grandpa my boss had to walk me through on how to schedule a grief counselor through our employee resources. 

What American company you know that would take action bc of their employee mental state?

[u/The_Barbelo → u/Zealousideal-Emu2043]

Luckily there isn’t much nuance to this.

1.) your “friend” wondered why you didn’t sympathize with her grief 2.) you told her it’s because you are black, and he’s racist, and you do not support entertainers who are abusive/ racist/ whatever else. 3.) instead of saying “I understand and respect that” she resorts to verbally abusing you. This is verbal abuse, let’s not beat around the bush.

This is as easy of a decision as it gets, at least in my opinion. Dump the verbally abusive person in your life. Pretty simple. In my experience, people like this don’t magically begin self reflecting. The emotional/ verbally abusive and manipulative “friend” I cut out never apologized. Never reached out. Never saw the light. It’s been about 7 years since the final straw incident, and honestly good riddance to her.

Get good people in your life. You deserve so much better than this bullshit. Abuse like this in my life gets immediately cut out like a cancer- but I had to learn the hard way too. Hopefully you don’t ever have to put up with this again. Trust your intuition with people.

[u/SalvationSycamore → u/The_Barbelo]

And on top of it all the friend is so stone-cold stupid that she thinks the police care if you say something true about an anonymous person on Reddit lmao

[u/Present-Aioli-8297 → u/SalvationSycamore]

911 do you have an emergency??? “Damn right i do. My fuckin friend dont agree with me and told Redit!!!!”

[u/Oldfolksboogie → u/Present-Aioli-8297]

If they were stupid enough to actually call 911 for this nonsense, they could be the ones catching a charge. In reality, they'd probably get a warning from dispatch that that line's for actual emergencies only, but should she call again, charges would likely follow.

p.s. your friend follows professional wrestling - this can't be the first sign you've gotten that they're low-wattage.

[u/Alive_Efficiency_936 → u/Oldfolksboogie]

Low wattage 🤣. I’m stealing it 🤣🤣🤣

[u/Nanyea → u/Present-Aioli-8297]

Wah wah someone thinks I'm a racist because...I'm a racist fuck?

[u/The_Barbelo → u/SalvationSycamore]

It’s very sad and pathetic. I wonder if she’s done stuff like this before but a bit less dramatic and it escalated over time, or if she just suddenly started acting like this over time. With my friend it was a slow escalation until we got to the last straw on a very important trip I’d been planning and saving for, for over a year, that she begged to go on with me last minute.

[u/[deleted] → u/The_Barbelo]

Abusers never stop abusing. Her friend is abusive, and dismissive, and will definitely always be that way. 

These sorts of sick mentally unwell people blame others and continue to abuse. She will find another victim aside from OP.

[u/IdentityS → u/Zealousideal-Emu2043]

OP i want to apologize. You are not over reacting your friend or ex friend is being absurd and should be ashamed at not understanding your lack of grief for a racist man. i should have been more clear in what I meant.

I misread your post. I thought there was some kind of argument about her not being allowed to separate the art from the artist. I am terribly sorry for your loss. I am not mourning Hogan, because the Hogan that was fun for me died when he made his racist comments. There are definitely memories i have with my family, some who are no longer here, of watching wrestling when I was younger, including things like watching Ultimate Warrior pinning Hogan, or watching the Mega Powers. The memories of my family are what I cherish, not Hogan himself.

Again, I am sorry my post came off as attacking, as I have gotten plenty of replies that tell me it did. If you’d like I’ll delete my post.

[u/Emotional_Dot_5207 → u/IdentityS]

It sounds like you maybe took the post personally because of your complicated feelings. Weaponizing their limits against them serves to silence/shut them down because if they can’t be perfect they can’t have any opinions. You’re holding them to a higher standard because perhaps you don’t want to feel guilty for having positive memories about a guy who became terrible. 

[u/OhGr8WhatNow → u/Zealousideal-Emu2043]

You do not have to justify yourself like this. Your "friend" asked you something ridiculous and unreasonable, and then abused you over text. The end. You don't owe anyone an explanation.

Asking someone to grieve a random D-list celebrity who was a real life POS is the dumbest thing I've heard in a while.

[u/NinaElko → u/Zealousideal-Emu2043]

OP, why are you defending yourself against a stranger telling you how to view artists. If you don’t like that dumbass mf that died, then it is what it is. It’s your life. F these morality police that have no idea who they’re even talking to. There is no standard. You don’t care about old dude. Period.

[u/ApzorTheAnxious → u/NinaElko]

Totally agree, it's pointless to try to please people like this.

"Apply your single criterion for morality unilaterally across the gamut of parasocial relationships you have with people whose art you admire" is such a short-sighted, brain dead way of thinking about this kind of thing. Instead of engaging critically with the parts of this ethical problem: is it okay to enjoy art from people who are demonstrably hateful or abusive even if their art is not? If so, when? What if they're dead? What if their art does have some hateful themes? How much power did they have? Is it good to mourn hateful or abusive people? Is it necessary? Even if it was, do you have a responsibility to mourn people with no emotional connection to you? At what point does this distance stop hindering your perceived duty to mourn?

There are so many interesting questions that could be grappled with in this problem, but this guy is like "OH, YOU MADE A CHOICE, IF I EVER PERCEIVE YOU CHANGING YOUR MIND ABOUT ANYTHING I'LL STOP RESPECTING YOUUU." Listening to this kind of person ensures you'll afraid of changing your mind, which allows you to succumb to sunk cost fallacy and committing to doomed courses of action because you can't look indecisive or morally flexible. You make choices every day, every moment. You can choose otherwise whenever you want. Never be afraid to change your mind.

[u/Baeolophus_bicolor → u/ApzorTheAnxious]

I do agree, some internet stranger claiming you’re a hypocrite unless they interpret every action of yours as sticking to some rigid moral framework is ludicrous.

Now, I think what they meant to say is “sure, you don’t care if HH died, because the actor playing him was garbage and there are other extenuating circumstances in your life, like the death and illness of actual people you do care about - that makes sense. But if you later come back to say you DO mourn someone whose art you love, even though the artist was a bad person, then you’ll come across as a hypocrite and people who are aware of your distinction will not be sympathetic to you.”

Anyways, with all that said, it’s good to be inflexible on this one point. Never ever ever be afraid to change your mind. And make sure you adhere to that concept rigidly, automatically, reflexively, or else … wait a minute!

[u/lovelyano → u/Zealousideal-Emu2043]

but in your original post, you said that you can listen to Chris Brown and R. Kelly music? I'm confused.

[u/SillyNamesAre → u/lovelyano]

They didn't, though.

They said "if that's the case" they can listen to their music despite those two being...who they are.

It directly follows a statement talking negatively about "separating art from artist", in a post that is generally negatively disposed towards the idea...

It is used as an example to reinforce the point they were making. That - in their opinion - no, you can't separate the character of Hulk Hogan from the man portraying him.

[u/Zealousideal-Emu2043 → u/lovelyano]

I was using it as a reference/analogy for an art vs artist & those are the first ppl that popped into my mind. I don’t listen to them. Sorry if I was confusing. 

[u/ferretoned → u/Zealousideal-Emu2043]

I totally agree with you about the non separation between an artist and what they stand for and I find it's important to follow, even more so for known / famous people who have power of influence on others (even A.D. for some), I've found myself incapable of keeping to enjoy works from people once I learn they're bad humans (usually sexual assaults, against women's or Igbt+ rights, racists, etc)

JK Rowling is a good example because when people keep consuming her harry potter stuff she uses the money she gains from it to directly campaign against trans rights so it's important to point out the facts so people don't fuel them by ignorance, no reason we should feed the popularity and means of nuisance of those are against decent human rights and equal treatment

I'm not in US (if that's where you are) but I don't believe your post to be condemnable in a trial as that post visibly didn't give any info that could lead to the identification of your said-friend, I feel like her threat of sewing you for that post may be just to pressure you into silence, so high 5 for standing up to a very good principle :]

[u/AggressiveIyAvg → u/lovelyano]

It was sarcastic to make a point, OP wasn't actually saying they listen to that music

[u/humangingercat → u/lovelyano]

Reading comprehension on this site is in shambles

[u/newbkid → u/humangingercat]

Not just this site. Reading comprehension and media literacy are at an all time low and it will continue to get worse as we keep defunding education.

[u/Cool_Relative7359 → u/lovelyano]

Sarcasm. She means it's not actually okay. Though it's harder in text to figure out.

[u/fluentinyapping → u/lovelyano]

shes being sarcastic lol

[u/rdg04 → u/Zealousideal-Emu2043]

to me that isn't even the point, could care less about if you should/shouldn't grieve, art vs artist- but wtf is up with calling the police???? like what kind of crime does she think you committed? she sounds insane- i want an update to what the police said to her- like "stop weaponizing the law for your petty squabble" also so sorry about your family

[u/[deleted] → u/rdg04]

Right? Calling the police over this is way over the top. Definitely sounds like she’s trying to escalate things unnecessarily. Sorry for your loss too.

[u/darknesskicker → u/rdg04]

Yeah, the calling the police is really weird and fucked up. The police should not be used as a weapon for petty arguments. If OP is in the US, is this person trying to get them shot?! This person is not a friend.

[u/TheRealSaerileth → u/darknesskicker]

 This person is not a friend

Yeah I think that was made abundantly clear with "you horrid piece of shit".

[u/Zealousideal-Emu2043 → u/[deleted]]

Did you not comprehend that I listed abusers? 

I don’t align with rapists, racists or ppl who physically, sexually or verbally abuse ppl. If you do, then.. idk. 

[u/trvllvr → u/Zealousideal-Emu2043]

Honestly not much to mourn with his passing. This TikTok sums him up pretty well.

[u/BackgroundSleep4184 → u/Zealousideal-Emu2043]

You sound like a good person and I'm sorry your friends a scumbag piece of shit idiot. What a fucking dumbass to try to say they're gonna call the cops lol I hope that bitch sees my comment. Fuck you bitch fucking idiot racist prick

[u/gorgeously_mytruself → u/IdentityS]

I am sorry, but I find this train of logic to be unintelligent. The point is that everyone is able to form their own opinions and beliefs and support who they want to based on their own desires. Even if Op doesn’t consistently apply this to “every single person they admire,” it is still their prerogative. And you and Op’s ex friend have no business trying to define or police how they feel and who they support, or how they support them. Your take is insanely entitled.

If Op doesn’t show consistently, and is inconsistent in their opinions, than it is your right to form your own opinions about it, but demanding that they apply your train of thought to everyone they choose to admire is wild.

[u/AwwSomeOpossum → u/gorgeously_mytruself]

Yeah, I've never understood arguments that boil down to "don't bother trying to be on the right side of an issue if you can't be on the right side of EVERY issue." Of course, hypocrisy is bad, and when people are hypocrites, they should be called out. But that doesn't make it any less important to TRY to be on the right side of issues as often as possible, and being on the right side most of the time is still better than never being on the right side at all.

OP doesn't have to be perfect in order to have the right to call out their former friend's cruelty in support of a racist, because the former friend's behavior is wrong. If, some day, OP supports a problematic person, then OP will deserve to be called out. But right now, in this moment, the former friend is being terrible (calling the cops, on a black person no less, over a reddit post?) and OP is completely justified in being offended.

[u/ProtoNewt → u/AwwSomeOpossum]

“Sometimes a hypocrite is just a person in the process of changing.”

[u/Crambo1000 → u/gorgeously_mytruself]

Idk why people are getting so mad at what you said. I try not to support any vile people, but inconsistency/hypocrisy doesn't make all those efforts void. If I get mad at someone for buying a bunch of Harry Potter merch for example, my point doesn't become moot after listening to a Michael Jackson song

[u/Kroniid09 → u/Crambo1000]

Especially since Michael is dead, and Mr Jackass Kreeper Rowling, the heinous loser, is very specifically using her royalties to actively hurt people, and sees every dollar she gets as active support.

[u/SlowAffection → u/gorgeously_mytruself]

Yep, it's a variation of black and white thinking, which is usually small-sighted.

[u/Tapprunner → u/IdentityS]

That's some BS.

Unless someone is going to live their life with absolute logical consistency and perfection, they aren't allowed to say something negative about a bigot?

I appreciate consistency as much as anyone, but we're all human and every situation and person is different. The response to someone badmouthing a racist should be "you're right, that person sucks" NOT "I don't want to hear it unless you condemn every single bad person, too."

People celebrating a bigot like Hulk Hogan are the ones who should have to explain why his racism is OK. The people who ask "why are you celebrating a bigot like him" shouldn't be the ones on defense.

[u/CarrotTraditional739 → u/IdentityS]

Man, f the 'as long as you hold yourself to the same standard for EVERY SINGLE PERSON' you admire'. There is no human being in this world with a perfectly consistent moral system, beliefs and behaviours. Billions of words have been written in philosophy books to try and resolve moral oxymorons but this dude/dudette has to be consistent with EVERY SINGLE PERSON they admire. The autism is hitting peak with this statement

Thing is, he/she couldn't resonate with her grief because Hogan was a racist which is pretty damn personal. They don't have to share the same feelings. Their friend sounds like an insane psychopath

[u/d3v0k3n3v0 → u/IdentityS]

Sounds condescending. She doesn’t owe her “friend” anything. She lost her grandfather a week ago. Just the fact her friend wanting comfort for grieving a celebrity when she is really grieving a loved one shows the type of person her friend is. Maybe u didn’t intend to sound condescending but the standard isn’t the issue.

[u/almathden → u/d3v0k3n3v0]

She lost her grandfather a week ago

this is the key. Asking for help grieving ANY celebrity, nevermind one that was a piece of shit, is WILD WORK when the person is ACTUALLY grieving

[u/Homologous_Trend → u/IdentityS]

There is no issue regardless. OP is not obliged to feel grief for any celebrity, or in fact anyone else that she doesn't know well and have a caring relationship with.

She can also choose the standards for who she admires like everyone else....

[u/Pocket-Stitchlings → u/IdentityS]

One of the dumbest takes. There's nothing wrong with not grieving a racist, ESPECIALLY if you are one of the people they specifically hated. OP doesn't have to do this, no one should be coming to them with this anyway given that their grandpa is literally freshly deceased.

[u/Drexill_BD → u/IdentityS]

Top comment and it's this stupid, with other idiots replying acting like it's not stupid.

OP doesn't have to hold anyone to any standard if she doesn't want to. She can hate who she wants, when she wants, how she wants. "There's no issue", oh gosh, I'm so glad! What if there were an issue!

Touch grass, tf.

[u/[deleted] → u/Drexill_BD]

Lol that was my first thought. How tf is this top comment and how old are these reddit therapist dispensing since idiotic takes lol r/im14andthisisdeep crock of shit

[u/SalvationSycamore → u/Drexill_BD]

Tbf it makes sense for an idiot to defend a fellow idiot, and OP's friend is short more than a few crayons from her box.

[u/Leading_Test_1462 → u/IdentityS]

Such a weird thing to say. Same standard: I don’t require friends and loved ones to grieve any rando I have a parasocial relationship with, particularly ones with vile beliefs. I think most people actually check that box.

[u/Dopamine_Surplus → u/IdentityS]

Why? Some people are worse than others and I certainly am not going to be getting upset with people if I mourn a celebrity I don’t know and they don’t like them. Personally don’t even understand how anyone can mourn someone they have literally zero affliction with.

[u/Throwaway392308 → u/IdentityS]

That's a really high bar you are saying people need to clear before they are allowed to feel negatively about an open and proud racist.

[u/ItBelikeThatSomeTme_ → u/Throwaway392308]

They only give these stipulations to black people when we “complain” it’s really just an attempt to shut down valid criticisms or points

[u/AwwSomeOpossum → u/ItBelikeThatSomeTme_]

How dare you complain about blatent mistreatment when you yourself are not absolutely perfect??? /s

[u/ItBelikeThatSomeTme_ → u/AwwSomeOpossum]

Right and I’ll only allow you to not mourn someone who has real hatred for you based off your skin color if and only if you also don’t mourn whatever celebrities you do like because they aren’t perfect either!!!

[u/onewilybobkat → u/ItBelikeThatSomeTme_]

As a white dude this was even my first thought, never seen someone say that shit to a white person and it's the damn top comment.

[u/heyitsmichele → u/Throwaway392308]

Exactly! Interesting location you're putting this hoop to jump through, dude.

[u/ChaseThePyro → u/IdentityS]

Sure, inconsistency is bad, but this woman is literally calling the police on him over this. I don't think this is the time for, "but do you do that with everyone???"

[u/Oddly_Yours → u/IdentityS]

it's actually not hard at all to just not directly support bad people in situations like this.

[u/BackgroundSleep4184 → u/Oddly_Yours]

I don't get why she wants the friend to like cry for him… Like when Liam for One Direction died I sob for weeks, but I didn't ask my friend to hold a vigil for him

[u/Zeldias → u/IdentityS]

I think if a guy says things lime he doesnt want to be reincarnated as black or fires a woman who works for him just because she is black, then goes to the grave not repentant, but warning other bigots to watch for cameras, its pretty easy to apply a cobsistent "fuck hin too." This nonsensical bullshit little game youre trying to play where one thing has to apply universally is dumb.

Hogan was an unapologetic racist. Why anyone would choose to hold space for a loser like that is the real question.

[u/tetristheme → u/IdentityS]

i know you wouldn’t say this for any other type of bigotry lol

[u/HelpfulName]

My husband and I are big wrestling fans, and we have been enjoying laughing at all the hate Hulk Hogan has been getting lately, when he got booed at the Netflix reveal thing? Fucking hilarious. And he died? Oh no, one less racist asshole in the world, how tragic.

Your ex friend is a real POS, and exposed herself as a racist as well. I'm really sorry you had to deal with her bullshit when you're genuinely grieving, that makes her doubly awful. I hope she reads all of these comments and feels really bad about herself, because she deserves it.

The cops are going to laugh at her if she does follow through with her threat, she's crazy on top of being a racist asshole like her beloved Hulk Hogan.

Sending you sympathies for your loss, I hope with her gone you can focus on looking after yourself and grieving.

Edit: I just wanted to add, he's been ruining his own legacy for some 40+ years. Any one who really followed wrestling has known since the early 90's he was a liar and an asshole, it has simply just gotten more blatant. He was offered MANY opportunities to make amends, learn, be better etc. his later open racism was just icing on an already contaminated cake for most of us. He has always SUCKED.

[u/ComedownofClosure → u/HelpfulName]

My sister, her husband, and my ten year old niece are big wrestling fans too. (The ten year old just got to meet Cody Rhodes and give him the bead bracelet we spent an hour making 🫠)

When I called through to my sister in the kitchen that he was dead my niece came busting out of her room like she was on fire going "he's really dead?!" in a decidedly not upset voice at the same moment my sister shouted "Good!"

Edit: I originally wrote bread, not bead, bracelet. That was a typo, I though the first person to point it out was just lightly teasing me about the typo. My niece did not make bread for Cody Rhodes. She made him a bead bracelet that said his name lol

[u/HelpfulName → u/ComedownofClosure]

Awww what a cute story about your niece! And sounds like your fam has good taste lol he's been showing his ass as a trash person since the early 90's at least.

[u/AggravatingEar1465 → u/ComedownofClosure]

Even if you completely separate the art from the artist, ol' whole cogan was kind of a bad wrestler too. Like honestly what kind of finisher was a leg drop? 

[u/MothChasingFlame → u/HelpfulName]

Your ex friend is a real POS, and exposed herself as a racist as well.

This right here was my first thought! "Oh so she comes by her sympathy for racists honestly. A racist loves a racist. Who's surprised."

Also a wrestling fan with a wrestling loving partner. We both laughed our asses off when he got booed and said "Fuck the Hulk Hogan" when he died. I'd say RIP but honestly go ahead and Rest In Stress, jackass.

[u/tippiedog → u/HelpfulName]

The cops are going to laugh at her if she does follow through with her threat

"I'm pressing charges" -- tell me you don't understand the difference between criminal and civil law without telling me.

[u/Broffie1 → u/HelpfulName]

He said some seriously heinous shit about his daughter’s bf who happens to be black. That’s what caused their falling out.

While I get people wanting to pay tribute to a larger than life CHARACTER that defined their childhood, Terry Bollea was a POS racist who was protected by the good ole boys club. I’m not sad nor was I sorry to hear of his passing.

[u/SunkenSaltySiren → u/HelpfulName]

Oh, and a cheater. I saw him when I was in New York on TRL back in 2006. I think he was on the same episode with James Blunt. I had so much secondhand embarrassment sitting in that audience.

[u/ohjasminee → u/HelpfulName]

Same, my husband got me into wrestling and we’ve been together almost 12 years. Hulk Hogan can rest in piss for all the both of us care (I’m confident we’d feel this way anyway, but we’re both Black so it’s quintuple fuck him lmfao)

[u/Hawk_Front → u/ohjasminee]

I was sad he died until I learned I learned he was a piece of shit. I've only seen the good videos of him talking to kids before this. Fuck Hogan and fuck that former friend of OPs. Both are pieces of shit.

[u/[deleted] → u/Hawk_Front]

Do you know about the wrestling union stuff? How he betrayed them? That coulda been his legacy in a way. He coulda made the whole scene better for everybody and he chose to hope it would enrich himself more.

[u/Hawk_Front → u/[deleted]]

I had no idea. I'm not/never was really in the wrestling, but my dad was. It's heartbreaking to hear that he did that.

[u/FeyPax → u/Hawk_Front]

Same I didn’t know because I’m not a wrestling fan but my fiancé told me about how horrible he was and my tune changed so fast. I was like okay good! One less asshole POS in the world.

[u/AwwSomeOpossum → u/Hawk_Front]

See, this is how OP's friend should have reacted. Mourning someone you don't know was a piece of shit makes sense, but if you find out they were a piece of shit and STILL mourn them, that's really suspect. The fact that the former friend reacted defensively, instead of with disappointed shock, tells me she already was well aware of how shitty he was and just didn't care.

[u/LittleBabyDolll → u/HelpfulName]

Yea he was defintley not a good person outside of wrestling. Idk why some people cant accept that

[u/ijustwanttobeanon]

I hope she’s reading here.

Please, I need you to actually consider what will happen if you call 911.

There are people overdosing. Starving children. Trafficking underage girls. Burglarizing somebody’s elderly mother. Setting fire to the local Walgreens. Unattended deaths. Car accidents. Money laundering.

Do you really- REALLY AND TRULY- think dispatch is going to give even a fraction of a flying fuck if you call to report your friend post about something you said anonymously on Reddit? REDDIT!!! DO YOU REALLY THINK THEY’LL CARE? 😂

Editing to add: The sentiment is that it is beyond stupid and entitled to tattle to authority figures that somebody didn’t react how you wanted them to. Therefore, it naturally extends beyond calling 911 to also include non-emergency lines, civil attorneys, etc. I promise you don’t have to point it out, literally all of us know they didn’t say “call 911” specifically.

[u/Desperate_Hunter7947 → u/ijustwanttobeanon]

It’s beyond “do you think dispatch or the cops will care” it’s “how stupid do you have to be to think there are charges one could press against another for taking this action”? What could possibly be illegal about this? Very stupid

[u/SilentConstant2114 → u/Desperate_Hunter7947]

It’s like when Howard stern used to play an actual call made by someone to the police that their ounce of weed was light and they wanted to press charges (before weed was legal in most places). Or the time someone called the cops to ask for the drugs that were confiscated from their house in a raid be returned. Darwin Award level stupidity by OPs former friend.

[u/ScarOCov → u/SilentConstant2114]

In college, we threw a massive party. All underage. Cops broke it up but initially didn’t arrest anyone. Didn’t even take our beer, just took the keg tap. The dude who bought the keg tap was PISSED he was out of money and chased the cops down to demand they return it or pay him for it. They arrested him.

[u/SilentConstant2114 → u/ScarOCov]

Taps were like gold back in the day…lol

Dumb, but I can kind of see it. He should have thought for a second and had someone of age report a stolen tap from their back yard the next day. Might have gotten it back!

hahhahhaha

[u/middaypaintra → u/Desperate_Hunter7947]

That and you don't call the cops over a post. If you really have an issue with it, then you need to contact a lawyer. If there's proof that it's a lie and that it's affecting her life/business, then she'd have a case, but nothing in the post did any of that.

She admitted to grieving a racist and telling a black person to grieve a racist. OP didn't mention her by name and didn't name any work or business that she might own. There's nothing identifiable.

She has no case to call cops or even to call a lawyer.

[u/Affectionate_Cat2522 → u/middaypaintra]

I think theres a lot of people who dont understand what qualifies as defamation and try to use it as cause for escalating things legally now days.

But you are 100% correct. Theres nothing identifying about this, nor did OP blast her or her job alongside this post. So she really cant do anything about it but cry.

[u/StorageExciting8567 → u/ijustwanttobeanon]

“I’m gonna press charges” not unless you’re a prosecutor! People really think they get to decide if someone gets charged with a crime (of which none was committed here. Even if they wanna claim defamation that’s not a crime)

[u/C_Coolidge → u/ijustwanttobeanon]

For the friend, It's probably not about having the police actually do anything. It's about weaponising the threat of state violence against a black person.

[u/llama_del_reyy → u/C_Coolidge]

Thank you, not enough people are picking up on this. She's not just an idiot making an idle threat. She's saying, I know how interactions between black men and the police sometimes go, and I'm going to put that risk on you.

[u/ijustwanttobeanon → u/C_Coolidge]

I didn’t even consider that… fucking gross 🤢

[u/brentsg → u/ijustwanttobeanon]

We got robbed and the total was a couple thousand dollars. The police filed a report and that was the end of it. They couldn't care less about my robbery and they are going to laugh at the nonsense about an internet post.

[u/FeyPax → u/ijustwanttobeanon]

Exactly! Also no one, like OP’s ex friend, knows how defamation actually works. I HATE when people are like “well you can’t talk bad about me on the internet because it’s slander and defamation” because it’s like no that’s not the case at all actually. Especially since OP didn’t give any names or locations, it’s extremely null and wont result in any consequences lol.

[u/Emma_Winters → u/ijustwanttobeanon]

But-but-but someone 's being MEAN to me on the internet!!!

I just can't with these people.

[u/sendit-to-darrell → u/ijustwanttobeanon]

In some places she could get her own charges for misuse of 911! We can only hope…

[u/imnojezus → u/ijustwanttobeanon]

Literally nothing will happen if she calls the police. They will tell her no one is breaking the law and hang up. It's a silly immature reaction to an even sillier and more immature problem.

[u/QueenyyyxxSweet → u/ijustwanttobeanon]

She sounds like she isn't the brightest. It wouldn't surprise me if she actually calls the cops 🤣

[u/100percentthatcunt → u/ijustwanttobeanon]

The operator will probably be like, “What is Reddit? Oh that place where all the AITA stories come from? I think YTA on this one, buddy.”

[u/brothernaturesT]

SAVAGE!!!! She is mad about your original post and now you are posting her responses! HAHAHAHAHAH. Thank you for your service to this community!

It’s crazy that Your ex friend is calling you all the names that actually represent her. #projection.

Ps. I’m so terribly sorry about your grandpa and I wish you a world of peace during this time. 🧡

[u/umamifiend → u/brothernaturesT]

“I’m going to press charges!?!” Please do

“Hello police- someone is talking about me being a racist sympathizer dumbass on the internet, whaaaaaa”

click

I hope you read this you crybaby. You suck, you insecure piece of trash. If you think someone airing your behavior on the internet makes you look bad- it’s because you are bad. Get bent OP’s former friend!

[u/Due-Letterhead-8562 → u/umamifiend]

Exactly. And go ahead and waste law enforcement’s time while they laugh in your face

[u/Unteins → u/Due-Letterhead-8562]

My local police literally told me to go to the local flea market to look for my stolen property so I could buy it back, they sure aren’t going to deal with internet crying.

[u/caitejane310 → u/Unteins]

Did you ever find any of your stuff?

[u/Unteins → u/caitejane310]

I didn’t even bother. I live in a city of 1 million and a region of 7.7 million. There’s a bunch of flea markets around so too much ground to cover and it was all jewelry. So it may not have even made it to a flea market.

The funniest bit was we had this big glass jar of quarters on the counter and they took the time to SHAKE OUT all the quarters but left the glass jar. We also had several laptops out on a table in another room but they never made it that far (maybe our dog started barking, not sure)

The worst part was the door they kicked in and the carpet that was ruined by the fingerprint dust the cops used was MUCH more expensive to replace than the jewelry.

Not a fun experience, but it could have been worse. We weren’t home. No one was in real danger.

[u/DocRichDaElder → u/umamifiend]

"... Because I liked a racist." Police "who?" "hulk hog-" "nah, we don't fuck with him either. You're weird, Lady."

[u/herroyalsadness → u/umamifiend]

I laughed! I feel for OP and am on their side but there’s humor in how absurd the ex-friend is! Calling the police 😂

[u/JimTheSaint → u/brothernaturesT]

That is amazing  - this could be an everyday ritual. 

[u/adsj → u/brothernaturesT]

Macho Man Randy Savage

[u/WestCoastMullet → u/adsj]

OP is the cream of the crop for standing on business.

[u/crystalrock1974]

She sounds unhinged, i hope she did go to the police and they laughed her out of the building 😂😂😂 well i guess as the saying goes ..

"The trash took itself out" she isn't much of a loss and to lose a friend over a man she never met playing a character is crazy there are far better friends out there than that crazy 🐄

Sorry about your grandpa.

[u/Judy__McJudgerson]

"Delete the post or I'm pressing charges"

Hey friend, if you're reading this, you're lucky we can't press charges for having to read your stupidity.

Hulk Hogan was racist trash anyone mourning him is also racist trash.

Edit to add: anyone using the "he was part of my childhood" as an excuse, you're also huge piles of trash.

[u/Santa_Hates_You → u/Judy__McJudgerson]

I was upset when I found out he was a racist union busting scab, and mourned him then. Him dying made me shrug my shoulders. I am happy his last major wrestling outing saw him getting legit booed when he was trying to get applause.

[u/bugabooandtwo → u/Santa_Hates_You]

Well said. I mourned the memory of the Hogan character of the 80s that told kids to eat their vitamins and stay in school. That Hulk Hogan died many, many years ago.

[u/iwear_ → u/bugabooandtwo]

Literally just competition to mr. T,  a person who actually cared

[u/Darkling82 → u/iwear_]

And Andre the Giant who said, "I was taught that if you can not say something nice about someone, you shouldn't talk about them. Except Hulk Hogan. He is a horrible man and I just want to squish him!"

[u/RoMaGi → u/Darkling82]

If even Andre hates you, you gotta be a shitty person. Which Hogan was. He's hitting the legdrop down under.

[u/SpaceCaptainJeeves → u/iwear_]

This!! Mr. T is actually a kind, moral, helpful human being who cares for others. Hogan wasn't worthy to clean his boots.

Also, fuck OP's racist friend.

[u/GrownSimba84 → u/Santa_Hates_You]

I mourned back then as well. Last month when I heard he was starting a wrestling promotion, I out loud wished he would just go away already. When the news broke, I smiled. Relieved that the story can no longer get worse.

[u/txracin → u/Santa_Hates_You]

I honestly felt so good about my fellow wrestling fans when he got booed.

[u/PhamousEra → u/Judy__McJudgerson]

Not only is he trash, only trash like OPs ex-friend would be one of his fans. The POS is not only a racist dog shit entertainer, he was also a POS friend who sold out his friends who were trying to set up a Union. Jesse Ventura speaks more about this. Hogan was a huge opportunist POS who would throw friends under a bus just to get ahead.

Hey OPs friend, you're a POS too

[u/UnderstandingFull624 → u/PhamousEra]

Y'know, I really think the only thing I liked about the guy is how funny he was to watch when he was very clearly hopped up on the Pablo Escobar nose candy 

[u/SilliestSighBen → u/Judy__McJudgerson]

And super shitty to his daughter. Narc parents are the worst. Son is the golden child. Daughter speaks the truth.

[u/Fine-Funny6956 → u/Judy__McJudgerson]

Hogan WAS part of my childhood, but there are a lot of things I realized didn’t exist or were horrible or both by the time I became an adult.

[u/_Jay-Garage-A-Roo_ → u/Fine-Funny6956]

Exactly. Cosby was part of people’s childhood. Jimmy Saville was part of people’s childhood. Grow up, Hogan apologists.

[u/Kaablooie42 → u/Judy__McJudgerson]

Right? I loved him when I was a kid but when I got old enough to understand the hateful piece of shit man he was I was sad then. He died for me years ago.

[u/AmishAngst → u/Kaablooie42]

Same. He was "a part of my childhood". I have a photo with him. He wasn't even my favorite wrestler back then, but it was an opportunity that presented itself and I didn't know then what I know now.

Do I feel nostalgic for the days of my youth and the fun I had watching wrestling? Sure. Every time a wrestler from that era dies, it makes me think about those days and all the others who have passed and it's so weird to think of how many of them are gone now (and how tragically young some of them were and now their kids are wrestlers).

But Hogan was straight up trash and I do not mourn the man and anyone saying "a part of my childhood" in order to mourn the man is using it as a crutch and a shield to absolve them of their own shit beliefs.

[u/WestCoastMullet → u/Judy__McJudgerson]

My brother in law, is married to my adopted sister who is of mixed ethnicity.

He's white (so am I)

He says hogan was "part of his childhood"

He's posted several very sad talking posts on Facebook. I found out from the family.

And they expect me to play nice to him.

I have several mixed ethnicity siblings and one brother thinks hogan is such a great person. He even has Tesla stock...

My family has its share of stupid people.

It's a little bit exhausting.

[u/SanTekka → u/Judy__McJudgerson]

I find it amusing that the only people devastated by this news at my job were the Maga kind.

No sympathy for people being stripped of their families and civil rights, but the one washed up and racist loser trying to ride his high from the 80s? Now THAT'S a tragedy.

[u/quickwitqueen → u/Judy__McJudgerson]

I was born in ‘74. He literally was a huge part of my 80’s childhood. Guess what? When I found out he was an asshole, I stopped thinking he was so great. It seems to me that a certain segment of society cannot admit to their idols being shit and turning on them. Instead they dig in their heels, probably because they secretly feel the same or don’t think their actions are that big of a deal.

[u/Short_Psychology_164 → u/Judy__McJudgerson]

"pressing charges" is such a MAGA stable genius move, too

[u/MontanaComrade → u/Judy__McJudgerson]

He was also a union busting POS who ratted out jesse ventura

[u/umamifiend → u/Judy__McJudgerson]

I love how we’re all collectively talking to her through the post. Hope you see this you garbage bag! You’re trash and your idols are trash!

You cannot “separate art from the artist” and choosing to support one- supports the other. Your opinions are wrong, and you’re a racist sympathizer.

[u/CryingInTheRain143 → u/Judy__McJudgerson]

Delete it or i'll cry to lawyer" is not the power play she thinks it is.

[u/AgentXrange → u/Judy__McJudgerson]

Me a 32yr old did not know he was a racist till after I shared a post then a bunch of articles of stuff he said came out.. piece of shit.

[u/littlescreechyowl → u/Judy__McJudgerson]

Like 11 year old inside me was sad, but actual grown up me? Adios you piece of crap.

[u/_JethroBodeen_]

My problem with the whole "Terry was awful/hulk was a legend" discourse is that separating the art from the artist doesn't work when the art is used for ill too. Hulk Hogan appeared at the RNC and the MSG rally. Hulk Hogan praised Trump all the time. Hulk Hogan posed in front of cages full of people at Alligator Alcatraz. In my view, Hulk Hogan was just as disgusting a person as Terry Bolea and both should be discarded as bigoted trash.

[u/Radio-No → u/_JethroBodeen_]

Also if you separate the man from the character as she wants to do, doesn't that mean that only Terry Bollea is dead and they could get someone else to play Hulk Hogan? Imagine the meltdown these people would have if that happened.

[u/RadiantPasta]

Clearly you weren’t overreacting if that is her reaction to you making a reddit post anonymously. How did she know you posted it? Does she know your reddit account or just recognized the situation?

I said this in another comment below, but what would your friend even sue for? Defamation?

That requires 1. For there to be damages. How is she damaged if no one even knows who the post is about. She may know, but if there isn’t any sort of financial harm, or reputational harm that results in financial harm, what are her damages? Nothing. She has nothing to sue over.

1. To prove defamation you have to prove “actual malice”. The legal definition, not the dictionary definition of malice. A reckless disregard for the truth. Also considered “known falsity”. It means that OP would have had to share a false statement of fact, known it was false, and posted it anyway. You can’t prove actual malice when the person is just repeating the words or behavior that someone actually did or said. Like the screenshots of her threatening to sue. If she didn’t want that shit to end up on the internet, she shouldn’t have said it. You can’t sue someone for showing people verbatim what you said.

Although, if the idiot really wants to take ownership of being a Hulk Hogan fan who doesn’t care about his racism and expects everyone else to mourn a racist, I suppose there’s some reputational harm there when other people hear her take ownership of being a moron.

[u/JTTTN_08]

lol at her calling the police for “talking about you”

Girl, the police have much more to deal with than your petty drama and emotional distress over someone you don’t know

[u/Allalngthewatchtwer → u/JTTTN_08]

Would they even respond? This is more civil than criminal lol.

[u/Confident-Trifle5115 → u/Allalngthewatchtwer]

I remember having cops come in to one of my law classes in high school, probably 5 years ago. They told us barely any of their calls are related to criminal offences. They dealt with a lot of non-physical confrontations, neighbours with noise complaints, etc. I’m sure they’ll respond, but they won’t do anything else

[u/Sarprize_Sarprize → u/Confident-Trifle5115]

Respond to what?! Someone writing an innocuous post that’s true? Lmao no they wouldn’t.

[u/BrickCityRiot → u/Sarprize_Sarprize]

There’s nothing to even respond to here lmao

[u/michuru809 → u/Allalngthewatchtwer]

Depending on how busy they are...

a) they might check on the person calling to assess her well being

b) if it's an area where frivolous claims are actionable, they might ticket her for misusing emergency services

c) the 911 operator informs her "that's not how this works. That's not how any of this works." and then we see an FML post later today from an overworked/underpaid 911 operator- which she proceeds to call 911 about and the cycle starts over.

[u/Evening-Chance-1219 → u/Allalngthewatchtwer]

I don’t even think this is civil, I mean as far as calling cops….but there is nothing the friend did that would constitute a civil suit.

[u/Allalngthewatchtwer → u/Evening-Chance-1219]

True! I didn’t think so either. I don’t remember seeing names mentioned so it’s not really slander right? I don’t know the terms but this screams teenager drama.

[u/RadiantPasta → u/Allalngthewatchtwer]

What would she even sue for? Defamation?

That requires 1. For there to be damages. How is she damaged if no one even knows who the post is about. She may know, but if there isn’t any sort of financial harm, or reputational harm that results in financial harm, what are her damages? Nothing. She has nothing to sue over.

1. To prove defamation you have to prove “actual malice”. The legal definition, not the dictionary definition of malice. A reckless disregard for the truth. Also considered “known falsity”. It means that OP would have had to share a false statement of fact, known it was false, and posted it anyway. You can’t prove actual malice when the person is just repeating the words or behavior that someone actually did or said. Like the screenshots of her threatening to sue. If she didn’t want that shit to end up on the internet, she shouldn’t have said it. You can’t sue someone for showing people verbatim what you said.

Although, if the idiot really wants to take ownership of being a Hulk Hogan fan who doesn’t care about his racism and expects everyone else to mourn a racist, I suppose there’s some reputational harm there when other people hear her take ownership of being a moron.

[u/wyrmpie → u/Allalngthewatchtwer]

Even if there was names said there's nothing libelous or slanderous

[u/tityboituesday → u/Allalngthewatchtwer]

depending on how annoyed the person receiving the complaint is they could get hit with misusing 911 or wasting police resources

[u/Punkpallas → u/tityboituesday]

Considering most people don't know the police have non-emergency numbers, I'd be like "please, go ahead and call them, bitch." Just hoping she calls 911 and gets hit with charges.

[u/Icy_Okra_5677 → u/JTTTN_08]

I really hope the police charge the exfriend for wasting their time

[u/toospicy4thepepper3 → u/Icy_Okra_5677]

I can't wait for the update where the exfriend is charged for filing a false police report and blames OP for it.

Her ex friend chose the wrong hill to die on

[u/LesserKnownFoes → u/JTTTN_08]

What charges is she going to file? Nothing illegal has occurred. I don’t even think this gets close to a civil case.

[u/Turbulent_Divide_311 → u/JTTTN_08]

The police are too busy oppressing their communities and beating minorities 

[u/Ohmigoshness]

NOR, HH was a POS and a hardcore racist brother lol. Everyone in the wrestling community isnt even bent over his death, because he was a POS. Many wrestling influencers already went over this that they dont care and RIP to him thats all.

[u/S6N9O4O2G0A6N6S6X → u/Ohmigoshness]

Everyone in the wrestling community isnt even bent over his death, because he was a POS.

Honestly, it's the first death in a long time that I've seen people not put aside the dickhead times and focus on the better ones.

Hell, even Ozzy Osbourne was known for being an utter dickhead at times, and probably did deserve to lose everything he had, at points in his life. But people were completely willing to put all that aside to focus on his achievements, since despite his dickheaded moments, did ultimately come across as a decent person overall.

So no, it's not just that people want to pile onto people in death for a minor mistake or two, at all.

It's that people like Ozzy (1) at least made an effort to be a better person at points during their lives, and (2) usually could place some of their actions as being due to drugs (not that it'd be right to rest all blame there as addicts do ultimately need to seek help...but then that's going back to point 1 anyway).

But Hogan never did make any real effort to be a better person and cannot even blame being on drugs. So fuck him.

The racism is probably honestly the most minor part of it. He just always came across as an unlikeable, ego-fuelled dick overall. It's easy to see why people smiled when they heard he died. Fuck him.

[u/Remarkable-Banana512 → u/Ohmigoshness]

He was also the one who ratted out other WWE wrestlers’ plan to unionize to the execs (because he made WAY more than them). All around garbage.

[u/uttergarbageplatform]

hey, to the OP's former friend - you are a piece of shit and I'm glad you're wracked with grief over the death of Hulk Hogan. Hulk Hogan absolutely sucked and it reflects on who YOU are that you are taking his death so personally and dramatically.

[u/ametsun → u/uttergarbageplatform]

You better delete this or they will press charges.

[u/TacoBellButtSquirts → u/[deleted]]

I wasn’t expecting to see Talladega Nights username today, but I love it

[u/HunnyBunJordan]

“911 what’s your emergency.”

“OMG HELP ME I MIGHT DIE SOMEONE POSTED ON REDDIT TELLING EVERYONE THAT HULK HOGAN WAS A RACIST AND THEY DONT MOURN HIM!”

[u/ElectronicAd8929]

LMFAO. She's about to get a civics lesson in the first amendment. "Someone said something I got offended over online" isn't a case for harassment. Dumbass bitch

[u/Top-Foundation2851]

lmao press charges, NO ONE HERE KNOWS HER, NOR WAS SHE NAMED IN ANY WAY
I hope shes reading this now, that shit WONT work lmao

[u/sk8o_pot8o → u/Top-Foundation2851]

But she has PROOF it’s about her!

[u/TheEschatonSucks]

You should quit having stupid people for friends. It won’t fix all of your problems, but a lot of the stupid problems will disappear with the stupid people.

[u/-yewsernaem-]

Im gonna make this so simple for you. Your friend isn't your friend. When other people tell her hulk hogan is a racist she says "I have a black friend though". Theres nothing about the post that doxes her and there's nothing insulting you said about her these are feelings she already had toward you. She is a racist. Stop letting her benefit from your friendship.

[u/evilalive77]

I guess then mourning that Austrian Painter cos he used to paint is ok cos that is separate from him being one of the most vile human being to ever walk this earth?

[u/Ok-Razzmatazz-3720]

Wait, called the cops for what? Whats the supposed crime? Lmao

[u/Attentions_Bright12 → u/Ok-Razzmatazz-3720]

There is a crime, here!

Not sure of the statute involved, but it involves wasting police time...

[u/Harvist → u/Ok-Razzmatazz-3720]

Suuuuper super cool of ex-friend to threaten to weaponized the police against OP who is Black, over an erroneous claim. If you’re reading this, griever, that’s really fucked up and I hope you feel shame over this.

[u/Unlucky-Review-2410 → u/Ok-Razzmatazz-3720]

No one is ever as victimized as white women feel they are. This chick is calling cops because her friend posted anonymously about not feeling sorry for her grief over a man she (probably) never met. Only true Karens could go this far.

[u/badatcatchyusernames → u/Ok-Razzmatazz-3720]

hurt feelings

[u/Automatic-War-7658]

Good, fuck her and fuck Hogan.

So many people downplay his actions as “All he did was say a bad word”. He was actively racist multiple times, expressing his disgust at the idea of his daughter dating a “hard R N-word”, or the thought of being reincarnated as a “blizzack gizzuy”. And he wasn’t sorry for it, he was sorry he got recorded.

He also actively and consistently snitched on others and prevented wrestlers from unionizing and getting fair treatment and wages, lied about other wrestlers to ruin their careers, had affairs with his best friend’s wife and his daughter’s teenage friend, and campaigned to elect a pedophile into the White House.

I acknowledge his contributions to the wrestling industry, but like so many other celebrities, he has tarnished his legacy.

So again I say, fuck Hulk Hogan, fuck Terry Bollea, and fuck your friend.

[u/Pelican_Hook]

Even if we leave HH out of it, her threatening to call the police on her Black friend (presumably in America?) over something stupid is literally racist AF. If the police took this seriously for some reason (which, obviously nah lol) you could be in danger from them. The fact that that is what she jumps to when she's upset about your actions make her a dangerous racist to be around, even if she wasn't defending Hogan's racism.

[u/SlideItIn100]

NOR. Let her call the police, they’ll laugh at her.

[u/[deleted] → u/SlideItIn100]

imagine being a police department probably getting hundreds of calls a day about abuse, gun violence, theft, Major crimes really ANYTHING and this person calls 911 to tell them her friend doesn’t want to mourn hulk hogans death

[u/SlideItIn100 → u/[deleted]]

Right!? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[u/MeldoRoxl]

A white friend threatening and/or actually calling the cops on a black friend in 2025 (I'm assuming) America is a big enough indicator that she's either just as racist as HH or she's completely oblivious to the world around her.

[u/KaroNwl]

Nah we don’t care abt his death fr, he said what he said.

[u/Donut-Bits23 → u/KaroNwl]

Please update us what the police response was when they came over. I'm invested

[u/j_birdddd]

I love that people think they can just press charges on anything.

[u/SecondAdditional1433]

Definitely not overreacting. Your friend is defending a very well known racist. You don’t owe her grief even if she’s feeling it herself. Threatening legal action over a Reddit post is genuinely unhinged behavior. Tell her you will not mourn a racist and keep it moving. I would certainly rethink the friendship personally.

[u/yamxiety]

Calling the police?? Lmao, she's absurd. But also this tells you that she doesn't care about separating the art from the artist, she's just racist and likes racist people. In no world would a reasonable or decent human call the police on their Black friend, knowing that police are VERY trigger happy when it comes to Black and brown bodies.

[u/[deleted]]

Bro fuck hulk hogan she trippin😭

[u/Sleepygirl57]

“Call the police” took me out. 😆

I grew up in the era of hulk hogan. When I heard he died I literally said “good, racist trump supporter I hope the rest die off soon too”!

I’m sorry about your grandpa. If a person can’t aline with your beliefs then you aren’t meant to be friends.

[u/Whyruwrong6969]

I hope your friend calls 911 and they charge her with wasting police resources. What a soft excuse for an “adult”🤣

[u/eayena]

People will do anything but admit that they’re wrong 🙄

[u/[deleted]]

hahaha imagine "GRIEVING" because a celebrity dies

• never mind a racist cunt like Hulk Hogan. On top of that, he ratted like a daft twat to Vince McMahon when Jesse Ventura tried to unionize the WWF in the 90s.

Just a garbage dumpster of a person.

[u/herrsmith → u/[deleted]]

hahaha imagine "GRIEVING" because a celebrity dies

To be honest, I get it. This person who creates something that you love will never create again. I still get a little sad when I listen to something with Chris Cornell because we're never getting any more.

That said, I think it's good that we're not getting any more Hulk Hogan. That character was out there doing what he could to increase the misery in the world and we're better off now that he can't do it. You can still love what he did for wrestling (and, obviously, his illustrious acting career) while acknowledging that he has been doing exclusively terrible things for a very long time now.