Conservatives Outraged!

[USFREEDOM911]

"dingy"???? is that what you fat, gay, pansies call it? How cute!

I'll bet you don't walk down the street as much as you sashay.

faggot.

And now, the lying gun smuggler shows his homophobic nature.

[Rune]

And now, the lying gun smuggler shows his homophobic nature.

When were you a gun smuggler?

[USFREEDOM911]

When were you a gun smuggler?

I'm not Maineman, so I've never been one.

That was a really pathetic attempt, on your part; but it's probably the best you could do.

[Minister of Truth]

Taft - you are making up an 'anti-semitism' that hardly exists nowadays, to justify your own position. In fact, not only is Jew-hating dead, it is almost impossible to express even a detestation of Nazi 'Israel', with its well-documented child-killing, ethnic cleansing and torture. I think you are on a hiding to nothing there.

You should probably get out more if your not aware of modern anti-semitism. As for people being critical of Israel, I went to college about 15 minutes drive from where famed martyr Rachel Corrie went to school. Obviously, she suffered death for her protest, but there was always a pretty large pro-Palestine/anti-Israel presence on campus and in the general area of Western WA.

[iolo]

nobody made it to California and found gold? really?

Just to keep the story straight, one of my wage-slave family made it to what was then California, like a chattel-slave escaping North, and had his silver-mine fall in on him. Collapse of escaped worker! Still, he left enough to take my gt-gt-gran to Argentina, so there you are then! Every sort of power over people stinks, it is hard to escape, and if you do it may well mean nothing. Chattel-slavery is worst, however, because they kill you much more immediately if you organise!

[USFREEDOM911]

Just to keep the story straight, one of my wage-slave family made it to what was then California, like a chattel-slave escaping North, and had his silver-mine fall in on him. Collapse of escaped worker! Still, he left enough to take my gt-gt-gran to Argentina, so there you are then! Every sort of power over people stinks, it is hard to escape, and if you do it may well mean nothing. Chattel-slavery is worst, however, because they kill you much more immediately if you organise!

So they paved the way for the rest of your Nazi family, to go there; HUH!!

[Doc Dutch]

Ignored by a 3 week old sock puppet with only four posts to his name....

Lord, how will I carry on?

Suicide is Painless.

[AProudLefty]

Holy fuck this is an ancient thread. I see that some of those members are still here.

[AProudLefty]

As to the OP, been a while since I've seen the movie. The focus is on the main character, not the rest of them.

Yes there are "contented" slaves. Some of them were treated well and fed well. Some plantation owners even worked with them.

[Rune]

Holy gravedig Batman.

[Doc Dutch]

Holy fuck this is an ancient thread. I see that some of those members are still here.

It came up as part of another subject. I see some people haven't grown at all. Just the same old pieces of shit.

[blackascoal]

I'm kinda pissed myself and I'm not even a conservative. I sat through 12 Years a Slave and I definitely found myself wondering "Where are the happy slaves?". Not to mention all the meals they got for free. Funny how the film leaves all that out.

It's just like Hollywood isn't it? They don't want you to know about the slaves who were all like, damn this is the best gig ever.

I think Tom wrote this article btw:

"If ever in slavery's 250-year history in North America there were a kind master or a contented slave, as in the nature of things there must have been, here and there, we may be sure that Mr McQueen does not want us to hear about it. This, in turn, surely means that his view of the history of the American South is as partial and one-sided as that of the hated Gone With the Wind."

http://spectator.org/articles/56909/...%E2%80%98truth

THE MEALS THEY GOT FOR FREE?

Yeah, I can see why conservatives would be pissed by all the free-loading by people they forced to work 16 hours a day.

[blackascoal]

I'm kinda pissed myself and I'm not even a conservative. I sat through 12 Years a Slave and I definitely found myself wondering "Where are the happy slaves?". Not to mention all the meals they got for free. Funny how the film leaves all that out.

It's just like Hollywood isn't it? They don't want you to know about the slaves who were all like, damn this is the best gig ever.

I think Tom wrote this article btw:

"If ever in slavery's 250-year history in North America there were a kind master or a contented slave, as in the nature of things there must have been, here and there, we may be sure that Mr McQueen does not want us to hear about it. This, in turn, surely means that his view of the history of the American South is as partial and one-sided as that of the hated Gone With the Wind."

http://spectator.org/articles/56909/...%E2%80%98truth

Have you watched “The United States vs Billie Holiday?” I highly recommend it.

[AProudLefty]

There were plenty of Oskar Schindlers during that time.

[Doc Dutch]

Have you watched “The United States vs Billie Holiday?” I highly recommend it.

On the list. Watched "Palm Springs" earlier. Enjoyable movie. Watching "Nomadland" now. It's like a fictionalized documentary. Slow, but interesting and beautifully shot.

I recorded the Golden Globes and watched, about an hour later, after Andra Day won. We'll watch "The United States vs. Billie Holiday" tomorrow.