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Huh? what? Why was I included in some weird and incoherent post?
2020 Presidential election
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Huh? what? Why was I included in some weird and incoherent post?
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You clearly don’t know what you’re even complaining about. @Zombie has done a good job of explaining things and it sounds like you just don’t want to admit that you freaked out for no good reason. And it’s laughable to claim that facts fall “somewhere in the middle.”
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It also glorifies slavery, the confederacy, and has been used as a rallying cry for those who wish to turn the country back from progress.
Again, I really hope Republicans embrace this line of thinking. “Like racist movies? Racist statues? Racist cops??? Vote Republican in 2020!”
Zombie
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Lol nah, the idea that the correct position must lie in the center of whatever the debate is is silly. I don't know why this idea has caught on in policitics when it's nonsensical in just about any other arena.
Zombie
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I don't really have strong opinions about what businesses decide to put on their platforms, at the end of the day they're going to go after content that people want to watch because that's what gets them subscribers. Maybe I just missed it but I haven't seen a large movement (certainly nothing like we saw in the nineties with rap music) to get HBO to pull GWTW. The only outrage I am aware with was from the right when it went down for a few hours so they could add a disclaimer.
Beer
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Well you've got Thriller on your side so you are obviously wrong.
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Been thinking about this lately. Is it because the media is so focused on “balance” rather than “accuracy?” I mean, it doesn’t seem to matter what crazy **** trump says or baseless right wing conspiracy, the media gives it Unnecessary credibility which gives Republican the framework to always control the narrative. It was ridiculous to watch CNN give time debating that nonsense Trump spewed earlier this week when he accused that poor elderly man in Buffalo for being some member of ANTIFA. He claimed that he purposely fell down after trying to disable police scanners with his george Soros tech.
Others claimed that he was an elderly man who belonged to a pacifist group who was shoved by police, lost his balance, and the tech in his hand was his cellphone.
Is the truth somewhere in the middle?
If so, then the most extreme and most shameless will always win the argument by constantly pulling “the facts” further to their side of “the middle.”
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I mean yeah, they are a business trying to toe the line between PC'ness and $$$$. It's a tough line to walk for sure.
I mean is HBO going to put disclaimers on every movie with murder making sure everyone know's they don't condone it? It's just so ****ing stupid.
And so is this article below.
https://www.glamour.com/story/the-help-white-savior-movies
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why would they be wrong? Explain with facts and be as specific as possible. Or are you just running ad hominem attacks now?
Zombie
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The irony of course is that I'm pretty sure I'm a fair bit to your left politically lol.
But there are a lot of politically illiterate people around here and because you post a lot you get to be the "far left" poster lol.
Beer
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Lol. I'm sure this moron has GWTW as his favorite movie. Probably has it on blu ray.
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you're not wrong. But there’s greater context here.
Republicans are struggling to figure out politics in this century. Just like the post 2012 autopsy that Priebus ordered, the GOP needed to change and appeal more towards minorities or they wouldn’t be able to compete in national elections.
Trump bought the homogenous GOP some time. But the day of reckoning is coming. Probably faster due to all of these cellphone videos and cases of police brutality.
So what does the GOP do? Support democrats in taking down these statues and addressing areas of racial tension (like media)? Or do they stick with Trump and his racist base?
Trump is taking the party in one direction. But demographics and polls are taking the party in another. Some senators seem to get it (Romney and Tim Scott). Others are sticking with Trump (ted Cruz). A blue wave may expedite the need for a change in platform this fall.