Mainstream media bias and Sound of Freedom

[Dave Gray]

If you want, you can go see Sound of Freedom for free.  A bunch of tickets have been paid for.   All you gotta do it go online, claim one and promise to actually use it.

After that, money will be rolled over to allow claims on video on demand.  After that, the money goes directly to the filmmaker to fund other projects, but they're being cagey about it and not reporting.  My guess is that the guy is going to become very, very, very rich off getting people in on the grift.  It's a smart scam.

More power to him.

[Spider-Dan]

Dave, where did you get that info from?  A coworker and I were discussing exactly how that "Pay It Forward" grift is supposed to work.  Do you go on to the filmmaker's website and buy ticket vouchers or something?

[Sunstroke]

If the people who's job is to make up crazy conspiracy theories for profit want to blow their wad on a B-movie, that's fine.

I have no interest in watching it. Like ever...

[Dave Gray]

Dave, where did you get that info from?  A coworker and I were discussing exactly how that "Pay It Forward" grift is supposed to work.  Do you go on to the filmmaker's website and buy ticket vouchers or something?

It's a combination of information I got from my movie podcasts, as well as from just reading articles about it.

There is some kind of online way to sign up through Atom tickets, as I understand.

[pondwater]

I mean, if you want to make fun of people who go see certain movies, that's fine. But by the same token, I find it hilarious and kind of sad that grown men are flocking to that Barbie movie. I don't plan on seeing either one.

So on one side you have people talking about stealing children's blood and on the other side you have grown men playing with Barbie dolls. It's turned into quite a strange world indeed.

[Spider-Dan]

So on one side you have people talking about stealing children's blood and on the other side you have grown men playing with Barbie dolls. It's turned into quite a strange world indeed.

Do... do you think grown adults who go to see a Transformers movie are "playing with Transformers"?

[pondwater]

Do... do you think grown adults who go to see a Transformers movie are "playing with Transformers"?

Don't know and don't care. Enjoy your Barbie movie LMFAO

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

[Dave Gray]

I mean, if you want to make fun of people who go see certain movies, that's fine.

I don't think you're getting the point of the discussion.  It's not making fun of people who would see this movie.  It's just a regular movie.  But the marketing and money making scheme around it is noteworthy.

[Fau Teixeira]

Can i make fun of people who went to see Sharknado 2?

Sharknado 1, you can excuse, you didn't really know what you were getting into. But Sharknado 2? no excuse.

[Phishfan]

Can i make fun of people who went to see Sharknado 2?

Sharknado 1, you can excuse, you didn't really know what you were getting into. But Sharknado 2? no excuse.

You absolutely should make fun of anyone that went to a theater because it was a TV movie.

[Spider-Dan]

With the recent talk about Florida's Department of Education detailing the benefits slaves received from their bondage, like learning a trade or appreciating the value of hard work, I'm wondering if their next move is to detail the "benefits" that victims of child sex trafficking receive from their subjugation.

For example, they learn valuable interpersonal social skills, which they could potentially parlay into a job as a social worker.
Or perhaps they could leverage their experience into a career in physical therapy.

I mean, as long as they don't die before they escape their captors, which would be a serious hindrance in their career prospects and would put all that valuable On The Job Training to waste.  You know, like the millions upon millions of slaves who died before slavery was abolished in this country.

[pondwater]

With the recent talk about Florida's Department of Education detailing the benefits slaves received from their bondage, like learning a trade or appreciating the value of hard work, I'm wondering if their next move is to detail the "benefits" that victims of child sex trafficking receive from their subjugation.

For example, they learn valuable interpersonal social skills, which they could potentially parlay into a job as a social worker.
Or perhaps they could leverage their experience into a career in physical therapy.

I'm not sure how any of that is actually "on topic" in this thread. Seems like more pivot and spin to me. But then again, that's the way it goes in the echo chamber.

However, I would encourage you to listen to Dr. William B. Allen on the topic, he's a black Michigan State University emeritus professor. He is also an actual historian, who knows more about history than you, Kamala Harris, or the majority of the population.

[Spider-Dan]

The topic was, at least partially, about sex trafficking.  And I imagine that those of you who support Florida's efforts to make sure children are taught the whole story about slavery, including the valuable career skills taught to the small minority of slaves who happened to be alive when slavery was ended in this country, should be equally enthusiastic about making sure that we also teach the whole story about sexual exploitation of children, and how these children gain useful expertise that they can leverage for future employment.

I mean, it's not like this whole teach-both-sides-of-slavery exercise is just another example of conservatives taking any and all available steps to diminish black people, in a manner that they would never even consider for a group (e.g. children trafficked for sex) that they considered to be REAL victims.  That would be racist.

P.S. William B. Allen does not have a PhD in history; he has his degree in government and he is a professor of political science.  But importantly, he is black, so when Republicans need someone to explain why slaves-gained-valuable-career-skills is not transparently racist, he is the kind of person they run to.  You see, he CAN'T be advancing a racist ideology... look at his skin!

[pondwater]

Oh well, another thread derailed and gone down the shitter. Abandon ship....