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Cancel culture strikes again

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  • taiwan_girlT Offline
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    The whole thing is a bit goofy. If there is a movie that is set in China, is it okay for a Japan person to play one of the characters from China?

    Does it specifically have to be someone born in China? Could an ethnic Chinese from Vietnam qualify?

    Goofy!!

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      Link to video

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      • JollyJ Jolly

        There may not be many conservative entertainers or personalities, but I thought Rubin made an interesting observation today...Some of the most Far Left people he knows in Hollywood, have recently bought guns. They're towing the Far Left line in public and learning how to shoot in private.

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        @Jolly said in Cancel culture strikes again:

        There may not be many conservative entertainers or personalities, but I thought Rubin made an interesting observation today...Some of the most Far Left people he knows in Hollywood, have recently bought guns. They're towing the Far Left line in public and learning how to shoot in private.

        It’s so true, but guns are no longer an issue. Sorry you didn’t get the memo.

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          This is interesting.

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          • KlausK Klaus

            This is interesting.

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            @Klaus said in Cancel culture strikes again:

            This is interesting.

            It appears Elihu Yale may have only lived in the US from birth to 3. Near the end of his life someone asked him for money and someone named Dummer gave more but they didn’t want it named Dummer College.

            Sounds like Yale could definitely be vulnerable to a name change. Someone could easily go after his statue at the University.

            Not sure how many progressive lefties admire Yale except for maybe the well heeled ones.

            Interesting indeed.

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            • 89th8 Offline
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              I’m surprised the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Park wasn’t torn down earlier this month.

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                @Klaus said in Cancel culture strikes again:

                This is interesting.

                It appears Elihu Yale may have only lived in the US from birth to 3. Near the end of his life someone asked him for money and someone named Dummer gave more but they didn’t want it named Dummer College.

                Sounds like Yale could definitely be vulnerable to a name change. Someone could easily go after his statue at the University.

                Not sure how many progressive lefties admire Yale except for maybe the well heeled ones.

                Interesting indeed.

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                @Loki said in Cancel culture strikes again:

                Not sure how many progressive lefties admire Yale except for maybe the well heeled ones.

                Interesting indeed.

                https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/cancelyale-elihu-yale-slave-trader/
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                Ann Coulter is pushing a brilliant campaign to compel Yale University to change its name:

                How about a bill withholding all federal funds from Yale University until it changes its name? The school’s namesake, Elihu Yale, was not only a slave owner, but a slave trader.

                Quite a dilemma for the little snots who attend and teach there! It will be tremendously damaging to their brand. After all, true sublimity for a Social Justice Warrior is virtue signaling and advertising their high SAT scores at the same time.
                Elihu Yale was certainly that: a slave trader, and a cruel man. Yale University bears his name because he was an early benefactor of the school.

                Yale changed the name of Calhoun College in 2017, because its namesake, 19th century Yale alumnus John C. Calhoun, was pro-slavery. So why is Yale not jettisoning its name? Why the hypocrisy?

                The answer, of course, is that “Yale” is a global brand of almost matchless prestige. In terms of branding — which is not the same as quality — Harvard, Oxford, and Cambridge are among its only competitors. To surrender “Yale” would be a severe blow to the value of a Yale diploma, precisely because of the sense of elite identity Yale has accrued over the centuries.

                So, how serious do the leftist Yalies — alumni, faculty, administrators, and students — take their moral commitment? They are very happy to strip other people of their problematic historical identities, in the name of moral purity. How do they justify not applying the same standards to themselves?

                Surely it cannot be the case that they want other people to pay a price for historical identity, but don’t want to pay it themselves. Yale was founded as the “Collegiate School,” before changing its name to Yale in honor of a major donor. Why not switch back to Collegiate School? The answer is that to do that would be like Marilyn Monroe at the height of her fame choosing to revert to her birth name, Norma Jeane Baker. Not quite the same thing, is it?

                It would mean a tremendous sacrifice for Yale University and its alumni, and a meaningful loss of identity and prestige. But how could they do otherwise, given their moral commitments, and given that Elihu Yale was a slave trader? So what if there might not be a Yale University if not for Elihu Yale? We must be morally perfect.

                Of course I don’t believe at all that Yale should do this — but nor do I believe other places should jettison their history because of this contemporary moral panic. Yale lefties, of whom there are many, do not share this view. So what’s their excuse? A Yale by any other name is just as good, right? Right?

                Yale’s leftists should put up or shut up. Ann Coulter is right to troll them hard. My guess is that all those campus crusaders would not at all be willing to surrender their identity as Yalies. These culture-war controversies are not about morality, but about power.

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  All history is tainted. Erase it all.

                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                    #20

                    Trying to find the pearl buried in this shit pile, once they have erased all record of slavery, when they start kissing and moaning about slavery we can say "what slavery? Prove it or it didn't happen...."

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                      George K
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                      #21

                      Jesus....

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          Christ

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                            Shaun King is reliable.

                            Education is extremely important.

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                            • 89th8 89th

                              I’m surprised the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Park wasn’t torn down earlier this month.

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                              @89th said in Cancel culture strikes again:

                              I’m surprised the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Park wasn’t torn down earlier this month.

                              https://news.yahoo.com/protesters-try-pull-down-andrew-022526909.html

                              They tried last night.

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                                  Absolutely LOVE this move by Trump.

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                                    Do it

                                    Lock 'em up

                                    Retroactively would be great, get them all, every single one

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                                      So when are the mosques going to start coming down? I mean, Islam does have a history tied up with slavery, doesn’t it?

                                      The Brad

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                                        Indeed Islam does and in some places continues to do so. But that is an inconvenient truth best left alone.

                                        Elbows up!

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                                          From Connecting Vets.Radio.com:

                                          "The Veterans' Memorial Preservation and Recognition Act of ➡ 2003 ⬅ establishes criminal penalties for anyone who "willfully injures or destroys, or attempts to injure or destroy ...veterans' memorials" including "any structure, plaque, statue or other monument on public property commemorating the service of any person or persons in the armed forces of the United States."

                                          Under that statute, anyone convicted of those acts could be fined and/or imprisoned for ➡ no more than 10 years, ⬅ or both."

                                          Oh, well. His heart's in the right place. 😑

                                          Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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