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In 1992, Sinead O'Connor tore a picture of Pope John Paul II in half during a performance on SNL in protest against generations of abuse toward children within the Catholic church.(youtu.be)

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Marine_Mustang@lemmy.world
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And she was vilified for it. Ahead of her time.

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xuxebiko@kbin.social
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She said “Fight the real enemy” while tearing up the pic.

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shellkr@fedia.io
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She was ahead of her time and extremely strong. Doing the right thing was more important to her than money. RIP.

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watson387@sopuli.xyz
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I remember that…

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Ktheone@lemmy.world
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Joe pesci did a SNL special the following week after that where he threatened to beat the shit out of Sinead. Makes me lose much of the respect I had for the man.

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