nickie on 15/8/2017 at 19:12
I thought this was rather classy.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40940044) Trump tweets cartoon of train hitting CNN reporter
Quote:
US President Donald Trump has posted an image of a train hitting a CNN reporter three days after a hit-and-run left one person dead at a far-right rally.
The post was apparently deleted after 30 minutes. I don't do/understand Twitter so I'm not 100% sure it is a Trump tweet but the BBC is usually vaguely correct.
Starker on 15/8/2017 at 19:13
So what, something like The Man in the High Castle? Could be interesting.
Kolya on 15/8/2017 at 20:14
It stops being "interesting" when you have Confederate Nazis marching in America at the same time, because then it's distracting from an actual problem by fictionalizing it.
Renzatic on 15/8/2017 at 21:24
If it's anything like Man in the High Castle, the fiction could serve to illustrate the true terrors of the ethos when placed in every day situations.
Starker on 15/8/2017 at 21:40
I think it would be especially interesting in that case, as it would contrast the pro-slavery views of the seceded southern states with the modern but diminished USA. Also, just because something is fictionalised doesn't mean people will dismiss real life problems because of it. In fact, I suspect that the opposite could be the case and the show might shine a spotlight on some of these lingering issues.
Renzatic on 15/8/2017 at 22:44
I think most of our lingering issues have now been blown open, and exposed for all the world to see. Honestly, I don't think a simple show about this most contentious of issues will be anything more than white noise backing the screaming, hateful reality we're now facing.
[video=youtube;P54sP0Nlngg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P54sP0Nlngg&oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DP54sP0Nlngg&has_verified=1[/video]
heywood on 15/8/2017 at 23:11
I think this HBO show just adds fuel to the fire. There's a risk that it will further glorify the Confederacy in the eyes of white conservative southerners and people with white supremacist leanings. And it's certainly going to offend a whole lot of people and stir the BLM movement. I'm afraid that interpreting the Confederacy and Civil War from a non-historical perspective just encourages people to dream up their own version of history to suit their world view. Best case is that the show is horribly ham fisted and caricatured and offends everybody then goes away. Worst case it gets some people thinking about another civil war.
In other news, Trump is waffling again, seeming to backtrack to his Saturday assessment of Charlottesville.
And last night a group of protestors in North Carolina tore down a statue of a Confederate soldier.
Kolya on 15/8/2017 at 23:30
Quote Posted by Renzatic
I think most of our lingering issues have now been blown open, and exposed for all the world to see. Honestly, I don't think a simple show about this most contentious of issues will be anything more than white noise backing the screaming, hateful reality we're now facing.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P54sP0Nlngg)
Hard to believe that this is in the USA. I hadn't seen the video of that car... And then the stupid self-righteous grin of that guy at the end who is so pleased with himself to say the most disgusting things.
Nicker on 16/8/2017 at 01:25
As predicted, Trump left plenty of wiggle room in his "unequivocal" condemnation of Nazis.
He took two days to finally and reluctantly read his third party rebuke and less than a day to turn it right around and walk it back to the dugout. Now he's comparing statues of Washington and Lincoln to General Lee, and asking when does the desecration of history stop.
