She tried to grift on the left, before realizing there is more money on the right for grifting. Look at Rubin. At this rate he will convert to Christianity and pronounce he is no longer gay any time now.
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She tried to grift on the left, before realizing there is more money on the right for grifting. Look at Rubin. At this rate he will convert to Christianity and pronounce he is no longer gay any time now.
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Honest question: when did "grifter" become a racial slur?
(To my knowledge it's a term without racial connotations.)
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(To my knowledge it's a term without racial connotations.)
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The "New Plantaiton?" Looks like a quality product.
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tzrider
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I don’t think it has. Was it used as one here?
Climber
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Glenn Beck. 'nough said. 
How the fuck did you read all the posts above and came out that it was a racial slur?
TylerW
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Glenn Beck. 'nough said.
And Andrew Breitbart!
Climber
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I didn't see his name on the front of the movie box.
TylerW
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Yeah, I gotta imagine his name is a pretty big boner-killer for most folks.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2205591/
Karbon
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It's not. And when i referred to her as one, it wasn't used in a racial context.
Eldritch
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They are not wrong. The video is by members of the Black Community so it focuses on the Black Community and their history in this nation specifically, but really it is more about the systemic cycle of inescapable poverty people and families get trapped into once they become dependent on the government run welfare state.
I'm certainly no Glen Beck fan either, but you know, Marketing is Marketing. The different perspective was refreshing and it really does bring up a lot of good points about the systemic oppression of low income people in this country and the Black Community in particular.
TylerW
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The director/writer is a white dude and among its staff of five producers, only one of them (C.L. Bryant) is a Black man, as far as I can tell.
That's not "The Black community"
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2205591/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm
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Eldritch
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C.L. Bryant seemed to be the guy running everything from what I could tell, and the speakers, people interviewed other than C.L. Bryant certainly didn't seem to be operating under any script.
You can just be honest and say you would never accept anything presented from the other side of your war as valuable.
Climber
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It looks like a political propaganda piece.
With Glenn Beck heavily involved, that's a guarantee.
Herman Cain is a favorite Black Guy that they like to trot out and read from a script to undermine the black community.
With Glenn Beck heavily involved, that's a guarantee.
Herman Cain is a favorite Black Guy that they like to trot out and read from a script to undermine the black community.
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Eldritch
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Oh, for sure it is, but that doesn't mean it is without value. I recommend it as a thought provoking piece. I do not recommend anyone pay to watch it, but when I saw it, it was free on Prime.
As someone who works in the one of the Industries being criticized in the film, if my recommendation is not enough for you to see it, that is totally fine. It won't change your life, but like i keep saying, if you don't listen to positions from both sides of a conversation before making judgements, you are a part of the problem, not the solution.
I'm not going to waste a lot of time trying to defend a film to a bunch of people who have never seen it though. If anybody sees it and has talking points, I'm down to hear them.
TylerW
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Certainly. But there's some remarkable language use similarities.
Even weirder, many months ago over on Bookface I got into a discussion with a friend of a friend, who was also a refugee from communist Romania. His political views, talking points, and argument style was a near-direct swap in for Corb.
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norcalAF
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pretty sure he was referring to the typo on the cover
TylerW
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A propaganda film is a structured lie, designed to evoke an emotional reaction based upon those lies.
You stating that this film is "not without value" undermines pretty much every single socio-political argument you've made here.
GAJ
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"Battle against Whiteness?"
I'm being attacked as a White person?
News to me.
My privileged position is hardly being threatened by the success of other races or many rightly pointing out the struggles they face trying to achieve the "American Dream" that I never had to deal with.
Whites in the Western World still hold most of the "cards."
Why are you so fearful?
TylerW
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Any time folks are fearful of racial justice, is because they worry about being treated in the same way they've always treated others.
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