barneypiccolo

In the end, well build a beautiful monument to honor the 1% who died to destroy the Sociopathic Oligarchs. The SOs wont be on that monument, let them build their own, and we can vansalize it routinely.

Oh, yeah, they can't build their own if they're all dead and their fortunes confiscated

If he is acquitted, expect the MAGA Nazis to raise the stakes, and go with the classic Nazi strategy - you kill one of us, and we choose 10 random innocent people from the community and publicly execute them.

The first time i saw that perp walk photo, it had a caption like "Jesus walking to appear before Pilate, accompanied by the Roman Praetorian Guard." And that was EXACTLY what it looked like.

I love it when their clumsy propaganda gets stolen by the Resistance.

Absolutely. This will be a show trial that will eclipse even the OJ trial, and will lead to a lot of civil unrest, whether he's found guilty or not.

I watched it multiple times because in a democratic household, I occasionally lose the vote for what we watch, and in the interest of family unity, i accept my fate.

I don’t think you know what condescension is. I am not trying to show my superiority in undetstanding art, i would like people who are afraid of art because of the sense of being judged to ignore the snooty gatekeepers, and learn how wonderful it is - while not dumbing it down at the same time.

Over my lifetime, i have helped many people learn to see art without fear of humiliation. I didn't do that by being condescending and pretentious, and insisting they see art my a specific way. I did it by being welcoming and encouraging them to embrace their own opinions as valid, and not tell them that they have "a strange view of films." That's gate-keeping behavior, and i always push back against it. That doesn't make me condescending, just the opposite.

Nah, then he's a fugitive forever.

All that is required is for one juror to say that they cant identify him from the shooting video, so they have reasonable doubt, and stand on the courage of their convictions (a poor word choice in this context, but all i could think of).

They would have to also reject the supposed corroborating "evidence" as well, like DNA they found at the scene, but there is a high likelihood that was planted, certainly high enough that there is reasonable doubt there as well. Nobody trusts NYC cops, or the Sociopathic Oligarchs who are demnding justice for one of their own, who is a Corporate Serial Killer for Profit, responsible for the deaths and suffering of thousands of people who purchased his fraudulent service/ product. They will pay anything to send a message to the poors to stay in line, and do what they are told.

If i was a juror, i could easily find him not guilty, and it wouldn't even be jury nullification. Its just an incredibly weak case, built on propaganda.

That certainly violates the spirit of the law.

Being dismissive of my contradictory opinion, and characterizing the way i view films in general as "strange," just because i dont see them the same as you, is pretentious. I noticed you didnt question the word "condescension" though.

I was asked to defend my opinion of a specific film, and i did, and was called "strange" for it. I didn't knock anyone else for having an alternative opinion, they are perfectly entitled to it.

Pretention/ condescension is a common occurence in films, and all other art forms. My son, a very knowledgable cinephile, is guilty of it all the time, and i call him out on it regularly (he LOVES Phantom Thread). I have a degree in music history, and have fought against pretention/ condescension in the classical music world as well, where it is rampant. I think non-classical music should be held to the same standards as classical music, and embraced by the classical community when it succeeds. Progress has been made in the last 50-60 years, with acceptance of jazz and Broadway composition, but still has a long way to go for rock and pop music.

I dont like snootiness in any form. One the reasons i appreciate artist Roy Lichtenstein so much is because he elevated the use of comic book art techniques to be "high art."

I'm old now, but when i was young, i deliberately made the decision to not be dogmatic about art, and support democratizing it for everyone without compromising the quality. The main thing that keeps most people from exploring higher forms of art, is the chance that their perfectly valid opinion on something will be criticized by some pretentious gatekeeper, and make them feel humiliated.

Eh, maybe you're right, maybe the way I view the entire art world is strange. If it is, I find it liberating. More people should try it.

Its not how i "view films," it's how i view THAT film. I am under no obligation to view films in the same way you, or anyone else does. I am allowed to have my own opinion about them, without seeking anyone else's approval.

Take your pretentious condescension some where else.

Ive been warning my family and friends that at my age, I've got nothing to lose, and if the government were to do something to my son (who fits a few vulnerable groups), i would become a very dangerous man. And my danger wouldn't be random, or aimed at innocent civilians, it would be tightly targeted.

You want to talk about concentration camps? We're already expanding our own Black Site.

America has the highest incarceration rate in the world. The average maximum security prison holds 800-1200 prisoners. The largest, Angola, LA, holds over 8000.

Our most famous black site, Guantanamo Bay, located in CUBA (WTF?), currently holds about 120. They are now building a facility there, that will hold 30,000 prisoners. That's nearly 4 times our largest prison, which is already about 8 times larger than average.

The question is: Who do they intend to put in that new facility, which is far from any oversight by the media or the courts. It's in fucking Cuba, which is controlled by...well, you get it.

I was a victim of the recent Reddit bloodbath, with a 12 year/ 900K+ karma account. Clearly, they reviewed my high-volume posting account, and they know how I feel about them, and the punishments they have earned. I expect that at some point, there is a pretty good chance I'll be getting a free vacation to Cuba.

They'll be looking for any excuse to throw people in there. In a war with China, theyll go right to the top.

Authors don't read their own books.