As you knew it would, sigh, the Will Smith bitchslap youtubed around the world has become a race issue. Indeed, if you look around at liberal and black twitter and the such, you will see that Will Smith's suspension is 100% about race. Is it really?
For anyone who doesn't know, Will Smith walked on stage at the Oscars and slapped (giggle giggle) Chris Rock because Rock just isn't that funny anymore. The joke that set Smith off was a really weak joke about Smith's wife shaving her head. It set Will off because she has a condition which causes her hair to fall out... join the club, lady. What's been interesting about that event, other than the speculation that the whole thing was staged (probably), is watching the liberal whipsaw at work.
First, the crowd applauded Smith for... ug, slapping... Rock. Dudes punch Will, they don't slap.
But then the liberal thought machine kicked in. First, the everything-must-follow-procedure section of liberalism and the nebulous-forces-are-always-to-blame section ("society did it!") screamed about the failure of the Academy to prevent this, to protect Rock, and to kick Will Smith out of the auditorium after he did this. The Academy lied and said it tried, and then issued a corporate apology, saying it would form a distraction committee to determine what course(s) of action to take.
But the ball had started rolling. Now that Chris Rock was identified as the victim, the liberal hags who bloviate on day time television declared this the outrage of the century. "You sir, are worse than Donald Trump, which is worse that being worse than Hitler!" And like that, liberal opinion shifted.
Encouraged by this, hoards of liberal celebritiesexploited the event went on the air to make this about themselves to virtue signal to tell us that they were still "traumatized". Seriously? From watching one man slap another man from a great distance? Really? Sadly, that makes sense though as the current driving force of celebrity culture is claiming victimization no matter how fake or petty. Yup. To their collection of fake eating disorders, pretend bully experience, exaggerated mental health issues, fake phobias designed to make them seem not quite as arrogant and unlikable ("I've always felt ugly, which is why I rushed to become a model"), histories of being abused by spouses, dates and parents, they now proudly held their heads up high and declared that they were all the victims of one man's desire for unheard of savage, PTSD-inducing revenge. Booyah!
Liberals screamed that he should be fired from movies. His awards should be revoked. They demanded (and naturally then rejected) his public apology. CANCEL HIM!!!
Then the Academy decided to jump in and ride this wave. It banned Will Smith for career life! 10 years of not being allowed to come to the Oscars without an invite from another member. Damn that's harsh!!
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That's racist!!! You only did that to Will because he's black! You would never ban a white man! And that's where we are now.
Here's what comes next, if liberal history is any judge: the same people who demanded that he be cancelled will rush to the other end of the spectrum and scream that it's only the white, racist Trump-lovers who run the Motion Picture Academy who punished him so harshly because they hate black people. In fact, punishing Will Smith at all is racist, you monsters! Then the Academy will relent, Will Smith will tearfully do the hag circuit talking about what it feels like to be a black man in racist America, and the same people who called for his head without trial will pat themselves on the back for being genuine civil rights heroes who saved Will Smith from the mob.
Does anybody remember Ray Rice? He was an NFL running back who knocked his girlfriend cold in an elevator (note: not slapped, Mr. Smith). The liberal sports media wrung their hands about violence against women, but talked about him being talented and suggested that he be traded to another team for a fresh start (in the NFL, you get as many second chances as you need as long as you have talent). Then a video appeared of him clocking her. The public reacted angrily. The same liberal sports machine writers raced to post articles and twits saying that Rice needed to be destroyed: kick him out of the NFL right now without giving him any chance to explain or justify himself. A crime like this deserves no process! So the NFL did. They banned him. Then someone screamed racism because another white player (a kicker) hadn't been kicked out for the same thing. And like some giant dying beast laying on its side in the burning sun, the sports liberal media machine turned 180 degrees on its other side and declared that "the NFL" was racist for kicking him out. You read that right: They literally were on both extreme ends of the same argument: "kill him without letting him speak!" and "how dare you ban this poor soul?" and they screamed that the NFL was racist for not doing whatever they were demanding at the time. Will Smith's situation is the same. Liberals are flip flopping from one extreme to the next and accusing everyone else of racism or sexism for not being with them at each turn.
The reality is that those pushing injustice in this instance, whatever that may actually be, are liberals. The Academy is run by liberals. The media is dominated by liberals. The hags are liberals. The exploitive celebrities are liberals. There isn't a conservative in the bunch, just like with the Ray Rice situation. This is what happen when you let liberal emotions make policy.
Thoughts?
For anyone who doesn't know, Will Smith walked on stage at the Oscars and slapped (giggle giggle) Chris Rock because Rock just isn't that funny anymore. The joke that set Smith off was a really weak joke about Smith's wife shaving her head. It set Will off because she has a condition which causes her hair to fall out... join the club, lady. What's been interesting about that event, other than the speculation that the whole thing was staged (probably), is watching the liberal whipsaw at work.
First, the crowd applauded Smith for... ug, slapping... Rock. Dudes punch Will, they don't slap.
But then the liberal thought machine kicked in. First, the everything-must-follow-procedure section of liberalism and the nebulous-forces-are-always-to-blame section ("society did it!") screamed about the failure of the Academy to prevent this, to protect Rock, and to kick Will Smith out of the auditorium after he did this. The Academy lied and said it tried, and then issued a corporate apology, saying it would form a distraction committee to determine what course(s) of action to take.
But the ball had started rolling. Now that Chris Rock was identified as the victim, the liberal hags who bloviate on day time television declared this the outrage of the century. "You sir, are worse than Donald Trump, which is worse that being worse than Hitler!" And like that, liberal opinion shifted.
Encouraged by this, hoards of liberal celebrities
Liberals screamed that he should be fired from movies. His awards should be revoked. They demanded (and naturally then rejected) his public apology. CANCEL HIM!!!
Then the Academy decided to jump in and ride this wave. It banned Will Smith for career life! 10 years of not being allowed to come to the Oscars without an invite from another member. Damn that's harsh!!
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That's racist!!! You only did that to Will because he's black! You would never ban a white man! And that's where we are now.
Here's what comes next, if liberal history is any judge: the same people who demanded that he be cancelled will rush to the other end of the spectrum and scream that it's only the white, racist Trump-lovers who run the Motion Picture Academy who punished him so harshly because they hate black people. In fact, punishing Will Smith at all is racist, you monsters! Then the Academy will relent, Will Smith will tearfully do the hag circuit talking about what it feels like to be a black man in racist America, and the same people who called for his head without trial will pat themselves on the back for being genuine civil rights heroes who saved Will Smith from the mob.
Does anybody remember Ray Rice? He was an NFL running back who knocked his girlfriend cold in an elevator (note: not slapped, Mr. Smith). The liberal sports media wrung their hands about violence against women, but talked about him being talented and suggested that he be traded to another team for a fresh start (in the NFL, you get as many second chances as you need as long as you have talent). Then a video appeared of him clocking her. The public reacted angrily. The same liberal sports machine writers raced to post articles and twits saying that Rice needed to be destroyed: kick him out of the NFL right now without giving him any chance to explain or justify himself. A crime like this deserves no process! So the NFL did. They banned him. Then someone screamed racism because another white player (a kicker) hadn't been kicked out for the same thing. And like some giant dying beast laying on its side in the burning sun, the sports liberal media machine turned 180 degrees on its other side and declared that "the NFL" was racist for kicking him out. You read that right: They literally were on both extreme ends of the same argument: "kill him without letting him speak!" and "how dare you ban this poor soul?" and they screamed that the NFL was racist for not doing whatever they were demanding at the time. Will Smith's situation is the same. Liberals are flip flopping from one extreme to the next and accusing everyone else of racism or sexism for not being with them at each turn.
The reality is that those pushing injustice in this instance, whatever that may actually be, are liberals. The Academy is run by liberals. The media is dominated by liberals. The hags are liberals. The exploitive celebrities are liberals. There isn't a conservative in the bunch, just like with the Ray Rice situation. This is what happen when you let liberal emotions make policy.
Thoughts?
The mechanism behind both of these instances and everything like it is a media that discusses its own actions and reactions as though it isn't talking about itself. It's the reporters who unreflectively ask, "How could reporters have done this?"
ReplyDeleteA- I'm 56 years old and reading has been one of the great loves of my life. I've been reading ever since I learned how, and "Like some giant dying beast laying on it's side in the burning sun" is one of the greatest lines I've read in my whole life.
ReplyDeleteB- This column may be your best work yet.
GypsyTyger
Thanks GypsyTyger. I liked it. :)
ReplyDeletetryanmax, The media seems to do less and less actual work these days and has become little more than gossipists. So it's not surprising if they see commenting on each other as the way to "report news" these days.
ReplyDeleteHey Andrew, any thoughts on Disney having their privileges stripped by Florida? Personally I believe its for the better; if Disney wants to go politically woke then they don't deserve the special treatment they have been given.
ReplyDeleteTo be specific many higher ups in Disney were pushing sex reassignment surgery for children (not just late teens; were talking 12 years old and younger).
IMO: I have no problem with adults wanting to transition, but stay away from the kids… these children can wait until they are old enough to make an informed decision themselves. At their age these kids are primed to be manipulated into this life altering choice; usually at the behests of a much older person in their life's.
Disney having the nerve to step into this argument really disgusts me, but it does not surprise me considering our cultural decay.
-Kyle
Hi Kyle,
ReplyDeleteOn the bill, I totally agree. I have no problem with people transitioning, but when it comes to kids, I have real problems with it. First, as a kid, you have no idea what you are or will be or want to be. Doing something irreversible and so destructive before you are at least 17, 18, 19 is simply stupid. Moreover, kids are far too often tools for adult voices and we are seeing a lot of experts saying too many people are pushing kids to think they are something they are not. I have a story in my own family of a child who realized they were being led to believe something they were not by a gay coach who was using the school's LGBT club to be a predator. That's obscene. And all this bill does is keep some "activist" teacher from trying to brainwash a kid at a young age -- something we see has happened in California and Virginia, where the teachers tried to keep the parents from finding out and the districts backed the teachers. That's deeply rotten and should be a crime just like grooming is a crime.
And honestly, if you had teachers secretly indoctrinating kids in the KKK or even religious fundamentalism, the left would be losing their minds. So its disingenuous to scream about this. Wrong conduct isn't right just because you agree with the ideology of the person performing it.
On Disney, I've never been a fan of companies getting special legal treatment just because they are large. And from everything I've seen over the years, Disney has used this to abuse employees and cover up a vast number of sex crimes. So based on that alone, I think this it's about time Disney needed to follow the same rules as everyone else.
On the politics of it, politicians do this stuff because they think it will win them votes. They do it left, right and center, so I don't feel any outrage over this anymore than when California forces toy stores to have gender free aisles. Is this good politics? Yes. I think the voting public will support it because Disney has been such a bad actor for years. The left has hated on Disney for their roots and not pushing propaganda race issues -- and has blocked Disney's attempt to create a park in Virginia as a result. Now the right is doing it because Disney has gone inexcusably woke, which I view as the new Nazism. So I think it's refreshing to see.
And as you say, if you choose to play politics, which Disney has chosen to do, you can't whine when you get burned by the other players.
Agreed Andrew, if the right wing was low key pushing some shady alt right indoctrination tactics to kids, the left would scream. My opinion of what the left is doing right now: Regular Liberals look the other way while far left idiots try to indoctrinate kids into transitioning. These are not just pronouns, this is full on sex surgery that will alter theses kids permanently for the rest of their life's.
ReplyDeleteIn other news, I’ve read Elon Musk just bought a majority of twitter. Apparently he intends to make the platform more free speech oriented and end the left wing censorship of other view points. The leftoids are melting down over it... It makes me smile as I type this lol. Just go read some of the top comments from the Left in regards to “Twitter is doomed” lol. So yea, not a bad Monday I have to say… and hey no nukes have been dropped yet. So that's a plus! ( :
Oh and sense this article is quasi-Hollywood related: I felt I should bring up Johnny Depp & Amber Turd. Its been revealed in the defamation trial that Amber took a dump on Johnny’s side of the bed… yea. This is why I don't comment on Hollywood related stuff, its just a bunch of crap. ( ;
-Kyle
Hi Kyle. Did she really? Wow. I've seen some bad things so far, but I missed that. Crazy!
ReplyDeleteI'm really hoping Musk does what he promises. Right now, he's doing a great job of breaking up the Silicon-Left monopoly. I saw that their employees were in tears about him, which I think is both a sign that conservatives have been right and that what he's planning will be great for the country. Fingers crossed!
I agree about the transitioning stuff. I think a LOT of liberals are turning a blind eye to the crazies in their midst who are trying to convert kids, stoke massive racial hate, destroy functioning male-female interaction, and a lot of other things.
As an aside, have you ever heard the expression, "Judge a man by the quality of his friends and the caliber of his enemies?" Or said differently, the phrase "having the right enemies"? Musk has rocked the leftist boat hard and I'm seeing it everywhere as they all crawl out of their nests to smarm about how he's endangering the world with free speech. Isn't it amazing how people who hide behind free speech to justify so many attacks on society think that free speech for the other guy is a cause to sour grape the world.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I will be publishing again soon. Sorry, I got wrapped up in taxes and then trying to get caught up after losing 5 days to that nightmare. My taxes are super complicated because I'm self employed.
ReplyDeleteAndrew, paying taxes are a beating to say the least. Glad you made it through & will be posting again soon.
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping Elon is on the right track and will bring at least a semblance of balance to social media. The far left has dominated both social media & the elite side of society under the guise of being “center left” or “liberal”. The reality is these “centrists/liberals” are far left activists. They have to hide their nasty authoritarian politics under the guise of unifying liberal messages. Otherwise they would be exposed as horrible dictator wannabes & completely ignored.
Elon on the other hand comes off as a genuine classical liberal which is pretty rare in the elite side of society… more to the point he is blatantly NOT “Right Wing”. Why this matters: Everyone of these Leftoid idiots that has come out calling Elon an “alt right extremist” has been exposed as the far left wack jobs that they are (not centrists or center-left liberals like they claim). Normal people will see this and say “Hey, Elon isn't far right! What are these left leaning people talking about?”
I believe as a result normal people are going to start questioning these leftoids actions & motivations.
A result of so many regular people taking notice could mean the end of woke politics being mainstreamed. In general it may even begin to end the far lefts hold over social media.
In my opinion this would be a huge net good for society; it would mean less social division & more independent thought.
The left is trying to act like if they are not in control of media (what you can & cant see), that suddenly humanity will fall apart at the seams. This simply isn’t true, and to be frank the left has been causing far more damage to humanity than the right as of late.
I also don't believe people will suddenly become far right fascists with the left not in control of every aspect of social media.
We will see how this plays out over the next few years. I genuinely wish Elon the best & hope he turns Twitter around into a more balanced place… A revamped & balanced twitter could lead as an example for the rest of social media to strive to be like. The more balance & less restriction on speech the better society can weed out the good & bad ideas humanity has to offer. I'm not saying it will be a utopia or any nonsense like that. I just think a more balanced media will be a net good over the unbalanced leftoid-light crap were being shoveled now. Less walking on egg shells and more to the point conversation will be good for society & individual people alike.
-Kyle
Lol you will get a kick out of this Andrew:
ReplyDeleteWilliam Shatner from Star Trek just came out defending Elon Musks buyout of Twitter. As a result higher ups from the Twitter/left are accusing Shatner of supporting right wing fascism!!
So let me get this straight. William Shatner is a long time liberal & Democrat. He strongly believes in free speech. Elon musk is also a long time classical liberal who also strongly believes in free speech. The left is angry that their echo chamber may be ended and turned into a balanced place to put forth ideas. Since Elon & Shatner both support ending the echo chamber to install balanced free speech, the left is now trying to connect these two people to alt right extremism?! Because they want free speech? WHAT?!
So William Shatner is now right wing according to the woke left.
On a side note I miss Star Trek. It envisioned a post scarcity world where humanity had managed to rise past its trouble's. Today just feels like were going down the toilet instead.
-Kyle.