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27th November 2022, 08:07 AM | #521 |
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30th November 2022, 11:33 PM | #522 |
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Ahh... and then there's this.
QAnon leader inadvertently outs himself as a pedophile "groomer" - and not very intelligent |
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1st December 2022, 05:02 AM | #523 |
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8th December 2022, 09:23 AM | #524 |
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More Q-nuttery.
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26th December 2022, 11:08 AM | #525 |
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Didn't she used to be a real journalist?
Newsmax Bans Lara Logan After She Goes Full QAnon, Spews Blood Libel on Network (thedailybeast.com)
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8th July 2023, 07:25 PM | #526 |
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Sound of Freedom: the QAnon-adjacent thriller seducing America
Jim Caviezel stars as a hero trying to stop child traffickers in a paranoid new movie turning into a surprise box-office hit Charles Bramesco Type the words “sound of freedom” into Twitter (decent people who wish to live good, happy lives should under no circumstances actually do this) and the search will yield dozens of triumphant reports crowing about the improbable victory of a film by that title over the likes of Indiana Jones at the box office this week. That’s not, strictly speaking, accurate – Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny had already been out for five days, the first three of which out-earned Sound of Freedom’s opening-day take, when the new independent thriller came to theaters on Tuesday. But for a fleeting moment this past Fourth of July, while the intended audience of Indy’s latest outing was presumably spending time with their families and friends at barbecues or in other social situations, an unoccupied fandom rallied by the star Jim Caviezel claimed the day with a $14.2m gross versus Dial of Destiny’s $11.7m. No matter that these figures require selective, almost willfully misleading framing to allow for the David-and-Goliath narrative trumpeted by supporters; as the copious tweets accusing Disney of being in cahoots with a global cabal of high-power pedophiles make clear, the truth doesn’t have too much purchase around these parts. https://www.theguardian.com/film/202...n-jim-caviezel |
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9th July 2023, 05:17 AM | #528 |
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She was a rising star at CBS until she was fired in disgrace for allowing herself to be hoodwinked by a sketchy source telling a whooper of a BS story about the Benghazi embassy attack, resulting in an embarrassing retraction from her employer.
It's interesting how often personal failure and disgrace seems to be the triggering incident that leads to right wing radicalization. Not sure if this is purely psychological or that conspiracy cranks are the audience of last resort for people with an otherwise poor reputation. |
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9th July 2023, 11:52 AM | #529 |
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It's been observed a number of times that one of the main drivers for the attraction to CTs is emotional. If people have unhealthily low levels of self-esteem, they're much more likely to engage in unhealthy means to compensate for such and at least treat the symptoms of that. That's also one of the main reasons why such beliefs can be so resilient against reality - real needs are incentivizing such, so until the support that they provide can be replaced, relatively few will let go. There certainly are those who will seek to exploit that for gain, but influencers can very much be influenced by their audiences, too.
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13th July 2023, 07:19 AM | #533 |
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Impossible to please these freaks:
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As human right is always something given, it always in reality reduces to the right which men give, "concede," to each other. If the right to existence is conceded to new-born children, then they have the right; if it is not conceded to them, as was the case among the Spartans and ancient Romans, then they do not have it. For only society can give or concede it to them; they themselves cannot take it, or give it to themselves. |
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The highest highs and the lowest lows. Tim Ballard, topic of the surprisingly successful movie Sound of Freedom, parting ways with Operation Underground Railroad. Some rumors that essentially got fired by the board.
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14th July 2023, 04:48 AM | #536 |
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Weird thing going on were some people are going to sold out showings of sound of freedom but the actual theatre is sparsely populated. Q anon weirdos assume this mean the deep state is trying to suppress the film.
Right wing donors are buying up tickets in bulk as part of a "pay it forward" campaign to try to get people to see this movie. It's not just entertainment, it's being framed as an important "message movie" that people need to see. I'm reminded how churches and such were group buying tickets and trying to get everyone to see "Passion of the Christ" when it came out According to the studio, nearly 5 million tickets have been bought to offer for free, though it's unclear how many people are actually claiming them. https://www.angel.com/pay-it-forward/sound-of-freedom Wonder how many people are actually seeing this flick and how much the box office returns are just the result of right wing weirdos getting really excited and buying up multiple tickets. Edit: a similar thing often happens in the book world, where people will bulk buy books to shoot it to the top of the bestsellers list, often with the books being given away as free swag or whatever. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifes...9e4_story.html |
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I'll admit, it's been some time since I've been to the movies, but it used to be, you bought a ticket at the box office, entered the theater, which was then subdivided into assorted different cinemas where whichever movie you wanted to see was showing. Could it be, people are taking the free tickets and then seeing a different movie besides the Smell of Flimflammery?
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As human right is always something given, it always in reality reduces to the right which men give, "concede," to each other. If the right to existence is conceded to new-born children, then they have the right; if it is not conceded to them, as was the case among the Spartans and ancient Romans, then they do not have it. For only society can give or concede it to them; they themselves cannot take it, or give it to themselves. |
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As human right is always something given, it always in reality reduces to the right which men give, "concede," to each other. If the right to existence is conceded to new-born children, then they have the right; if it is not conceded to them, as was the case among the Spartans and ancient Romans, then they do not have it. For only society can give or concede it to them; they themselves cannot take it, or give it to themselves. |
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14th July 2023, 04:48 PM | #540 |
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I think you misunderstood. I believe Mike! is saying someone could take the hypothetical free ticket to the dumb movie and, once past the ticket checker, detour into a movie they'd actually like to see. Most theaters don't police this practice seriously unless people are lining up for a sold-out flick.
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14th July 2023, 05:08 PM | #541 |
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I absolutely loved when my usual theatres switched to being able to pick seats in advance. Usually a lot more comfortable AND I don't have to show up twenty minutes early or more. If I'm running a little late I can waltz in during the previews, soda and Reese's Pieces in hand and know I'll have decent seats, or as good as I was able to pick in advance. Arrival time doesn't affect it, which makes it a more relaxed experience.
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Not really. "I'm in your seat? I'm sorry and I'll find mine." As for near-full theaters, yeah, that was a problem I noted. In any case, given the number of theaters in most multiplexes it shouldn't be difficult to find a movie at least marginally better than the free one and with available seating.
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Similar here. Advanced booking is for a specific seat, on-prem purchase gives you a nominated seat but you generally specify something like "right side, half-way up" to the seller. Unless it's a kiosk machine. Ticket are checked and torn when entering. |
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In my area the seats are all numbered like they are in sports arenas.
Not a fan of this, I love movies, I worked in a movie theater. A big part of the fun of going to the movies is picking your seat on the spot. Maybe I don't want to sit next to loud or rowdy people, or the folks who bring young children to R-rated movies. I don't like choosing my seat blind. |
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Still pretty easy to theater hop in the US, assuming the movie isn't sold out. Just stroll in a few minutes after the movie starts and find a vacant seat. In the US at least, often tickets are checked before entering the general lobby area, but not at specific screens.
No idea how many people are using this "pay it forward" campaign to see other movies, but it absolutely would be possible in most US theaters. Hell, people do this at sports events too. People in the cheap seats will notice better seats are vacant after the game start and try to slyly move down, often to get confronted by stadium security and moved back to the nosebleeds or ejected. |
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I was listening to a podcast where they were interviewing Miles Klee about his Rolling Stone article "'Sound Of Freedom’ Is a Superhero Movie for Dads With Brainworms" and generally discussing the film.
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movi...ie-1234783837/ There was an interesting perspective given that I hadn't considered before. These Qanon folks, for all their raging against the supposed "deep state sickos", are themselves engaged in extremely perverse thinking. If you strip this whole thing of its political valence, it's basically a huge fan-fiction community that spends a lot of time daydreaming up increasingly sadistic child rape and torture fantasies. Even though they put themselves into the "hero" role in these fantasy situations, they are essentially fantasizing about a world in which child rape and torture hyper-abundant. These people are straight up perverts. Nothing they do or think about has any real connection to the actual problem of child and sex trafficking, and the tropes they fantasize about often put them at odds with real solutions proposed by those who actually try to take a sober, realistic view of the problem. Another comment I saw elsewhere speculated that perhaps much of the appeal of Qanon, beyond tarring their political enemies as the most evil people imaginable, is that this expression of fantastic anti-pedo sentiment is their way of dealing with their community's past and ongoing total failure to safeguard children from pedo priests or other figures of authority. the best defense is a good offense, and hyper-focusing on the "pedo elite" is a great way to distract their attention from the real child abuse that their hierarchical worldview allows to run unchecked. |
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It's the Spanish Inquisition Redux, with endless thought given to what exactly those witches are doing with Satan.
With the same ratio of Inquisitors to witches and the same chance to be found not guilty |
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And the TRUE complaint is:"" why don't I get invited to these satanic orgies? I could squeeze way more adrenochrome out of these little brats than an old hag like Pelosi can!"
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Wasn't sure where to post this, but since it involves 'Q' balls, I figured here was as good a place as any...
Originally Posted by Yahoo!
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Not surprising, as there were over 6,000 funders, but that wouldn't make the headlines.
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Yeah, but this guy funded some $5 million of its budget. This isn’t some rando donating $20 on gofundme.
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Appreciate the honesty. Now, for the record, I know Qanon is pretty idiotic, but in our criticism. praise or in-betweens for any subject, we must continue to strive for accuracy and truth. And, IMHO, one of the hardest things to do is to admit and publicly acknowledge our mistakes. Still, when one does so, it is a clear sign of honesty and integrity. Thank you. |
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