Not to mention the “progressives” reaction to Matt Walsh’s movie “what is a woman?”
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PolarPerspective@discuss.online 11 months ago
Keep in mind this works both ways. The progressive outrage machine is arguably even more active than the conservative machine. Look at the reaction to Sound of Freedom. An extremely neutral movie when you consider the politics of its content. But the main actor is a conspiracy theorist, so I guess that means the movie is a far right propaganda vehicle? By that logic most movies are far left propaganda vehicles.
A similar phenomenon has always followed Trump around. Media gets insane hits for anti-Trump content. Some people built entire careers off of reporting on his tweets. The more shocking and exaggerated they could make the content, the more money came flooding in. That’s why so much of the coverage of Trump was sensationalized and uncharitable. It’s also why moderates couldn’t help but root for him. There’s only so much the established powers that be can lie about someone before you want to support him regardless of his character flaws. It helped that his policies were generally great, focusing on anti-war and populist market adjustments.
This is why you should always take the news with a grain of salt. They’re all out to make money, and they all have agendas.
Whirlybird@aussie.zone 11 months ago
Eleazar@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Remember when Velma pissed everyone off equally and there was a brief moment of bipartisan unity? That was fun.
Kabloink@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Matt Walsh’s movie “what is a woman
I didn’t know who Matt Walsh was, but Googling him these tweets are the first things that popped up. I can see why people react badly to him.
This is a good time to remember that feminism has killed far more people than the atomic bomb. It is perhaps the most destructive force in human history. Trans ideology, its off shoot, is competing for the title.
I was already looking forward to watching Oppenheimer but then I saw a bunch of people on Twitter complaining that it mostly features white men and it isn’t inclusive enough and now I’m even more looking forward to watching it
BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social 11 months ago
bOtH sides tHoUgH!!!
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 11 months ago
“Just because there are two sides doesn’t mean they both have points worth listening to.”
I’m well aware of what the right’s “side” is. It’s bigoted and out of date. Unless they suddenly start accepting people for who they are I don’t need to give them any more of my time or thoughts. That’s not being “dug in” or “stubborn”, it means I’m saying no to hating people and they need to change their stance if they want to get me to vote for them ever again.
Whirlybird@aussie.zone 11 months ago
You can think whatever you want about him, that’s not the point. The point was that the actual movie was basically him giving “experts” enough rope to hang themselves with, and hang themselves they did. It was about pointing out the absurdity of the situation, a situation where not even the people spouting the views could give answers.
AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social 11 months ago
Fuck you
reclipse@lemdro.id 11 months ago
They’re all out to make money