Tony_Tarantula on 7/1/2018 at 15:42
Yep. Part of that's just because of some historical reading I've been doing on the side: the old world power struggles between Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish political blocs is an interesting topic and had a huge impact on the US because in the 1900's through the 1930's you had a number of trends in play such as hegemony of old Protestant capitalists (like Rockefeller and Morgan) being challenged, the emergence of American jewish factions into a distinct economic interest group, and immigration from Europe threatening to cause a demographic shift in the NorthEast that would empower Catholics as a voting bloc. If you take the think tank types at the time for their word that demographic shift was a major motivating factor for pushing people out into the suburbs: it broke up those ethnic neighborhoods and prevented them from ever becoming a major political force that would challenge Anglo Saxon "Capitalism".
The religions as political entities have had a significant influence on media as Protestant and Catholic groups have attempted, largely unsuccessfully since the collapse of the Hays code and the National Legion of Decency, to challenge Jewish control over the movie industry....in no small part because their own attempts at alternatives have largely consisted of boring, in your face moralizing with terrible production quality.
Meanwhile though. Keep arguing about what that scary working class white man is going to do to rape you.
Hollywood is circling the wagons. Headline has to be seen to be believed: (
https://pagesix.com/2018/01/06/academy-members-now-regret-banning-weinstein-so-hastily/)
Academy Members Now Regret Banning WeinsteinSD on 7/1/2018 at 16:16
Quote mine much? This is the full headline, with the two words that completely alter the meaning restored to it:
Academy members now regret banning Weinstein so hastilyAre you remotely capable of representing anything in an honest manner?
Trance on 7/1/2018 at 16:35
"Headline has to be seen to be believed."
Proof positive that Tony spends more of his time reading headlines than reading the articles underneath them. And he can't even get THOSE right.
SD on 7/1/2018 at 16:48
No, he knows exactly what he's doing. He relies on the fact that most people will not actually bother to check whatever source he's misrepresenting. I'm sick to death of it.
Pyrian on 7/1/2018 at 23:14
He was right about having to be seen to be believed, lol.
Renzatic on 7/1/2018 at 23:29
You know, I just can't help but think how much smoother Commchat would function without Tony and Gold's random wild flights of conspiratorial fantasies. It's hard having an actual political discussion when you have people popping in to scream about THE JEWS ARE SHITTING IN YOUR CEREAL AND THE BABIES ARE BEING RAPED AND YOU'RE ALL TOO STUPID TO SEE IT!
But on that same note, I can't help but think how much quieter it'd be, too.
Tocky on 8/1/2018 at 01:25
It's true we all need a foil. It sometimes brings out the best in us and sometimes the worst but it brings things out and that's where they need to be. Out.
So why haven't you written me a story?
Pyrian on 8/1/2018 at 04:11
It's occasionally nice to see what the other side is... I hesitate to use the word "thinking" because that's clearly not involved. Opining?
Starker on 8/1/2018 at 06:35
I can certainly say that I wouldn't have taken as much interest in US politics if it hadn't been for the Lord Dampnut thread.
Renzatic on 8/1/2018 at 18:08
Quote Posted by Tocky
So why haven't you written me a story?Ukulele's broke.
