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Such an intense and incredibly sad film!

posted 4 years ago by CinemaDemon989 (1286)
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So I haven't watched this film since I was a teenager. Back then I remember watching this mostly for just the shock factor of skinheads, racism, hate, and what not. But not really reading into the overall message. I was young and dumb back then.

But last night I watched it. Now at age 26, all I can say is...wow, this movie hit me differently. So incredibly sad. Some really intense and disturbing scenes. Edward Norton was amazing. The whole cast was great. The ending was so sad.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Sad he sells out his white pride. The points he made are so relevant about what is happening to America.

[–] moviechatterer (15583) 4 years ago

so what is hapopening to America?
its being taken over by a rise in white supremacy?

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

"We're so hung up on this notion that we have some obligation to help the struggling black man, you know. Cut him some slack until he can overcome these historical injustices. It's crap. I mean, Christ, Lincoln freed the slaves, like, what? 130 years ago. How long does it take to get your act together?"

Flash forward from the 90s to 2020s and they're looting and burning and wanting to defund police and get repatriation payments from the tax payer for their "historical injustices".

[–] moviechatterer (15583) 4 years ago

That 130 years thing is bullshit .
Black wernt alowed on the buses in the 60s for christs sake.
That is a black and white stone cold hard fact .
The problem is - what about all the other little things like that that are not as black and white and easy to see as a sign saying "off the bus darky!"
Thats racism inscribed IN LAW as recent as the 60s

(yes , it was back of the bus not 'off the bus' , point still stands)

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

“There's over two million illegal immigrants bedding down in this state tonight. This state spend three billion dollars last year on services, on people who had no right to be here in the first place. Three billion dollars. 400 million just to lock up a bunch of illegal immigrant criminals who only got in this country because the fucking INS decided it's not worth the effort to screen for convicted felons.”

That's now jumped to 3 million illegals.

It costs the state 23 billion these days.

Source:

https://www.fairus.org/issue/publications-resources/fiscal-burden-illegal-immigration-ca-taxpayers

[–] juviejay (456) 4 years ago

Sad he sells out his white pride. The points he made are so relevant about what is happening to America.

Yeah, I mean it did lead to him curb stomping a guy, getting put in jail, being anally raped and losing his brother; but yeah, those points he made were totally worth it!

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

That's neo-nazism, not his pride. The points that are made about the latinoization of america and black culture are still relevant.

If he was raped by the blacks in jail would you say he was justified to hate them?

[–] moviechatterer (15583) 4 years ago

are blacks and Latinos not allowed to have a culture in America?

[–] HarlemEagle42 (17725) 3 years ago

Hasn't lost its relevance, unfortunately, in a post-Charlottesville climate.