The Reason Leftists Hate This Movie - The Whale (2022) Discussion

[–] GingerbreadPimp (1767) 2 years ago

They hate it because apparently portraying someone who is overweight as unhealthy is offensive now? They can't be happy and always need to be outraged about something.

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[–] Otter (24464) 2 years ago

Actually, the sane Leftists aren't saying that being hundreds of pounds overweight is healthy, what they're actually saying that everyone should stop being mean to fat people. Why something so sensible gets up people's noses I do not understand, but requests for basic decency get up a lot of people's noses.

Which is why the Right has no room to talk about the Left's lunatic fringe.

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[–] GingerbreadPimp (1767) 2 years ago

There isn't such a thing as a sane leftist

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[–] Otter (24464) 2 years ago

https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.2fLY7epLR4TiItd7KROPQQHaFj?pid=ImgDet&rs=1

You guys got no room to talk.

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[–] Gd5150 (11747) 2 years ago

There are no sane leftists.

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[–] Hybrid66 (1516) 2 years ago

Left. Right.

Fuckin grow up.

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[–] AckbarsRevenge (3800) 2 years ago

This Matt Walsh guy generally makes good points against all kinds of woke and leftist bullshit. But on the other hand he literally believes in Satan, heaven and hell. Can't take him seriously with his religious nonsense.

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[–] BlackMass (988) 2 years ago

Yup. One can't claim that trans and obesity activism is anti-scientific, while in the same podcast shilling prayer CDs.

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[–] Boromir (10004) 2 years ago

If the left hate this movie, it's good reason to watch the movie.

Really good video by Matt Walsh.

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[–] liscarkat (18367) 2 years ago

I give it four exploding woke heads out of five.

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[–] Jinx (3721) 2 years ago

The Left don't hate this movie. Matt Walsh's job is to say provocative things that are his OPINION. That's how he makes a living.

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[–] MrMovie (897) 2 years ago

Now I know why Reddit hated the movie. Also, I get why the movie has like a 67 on RT, but Strange World has good ratings.

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[–] Information-Police (4889) 2 years ago

What did you think of it?

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[–] blue1981 (7735) 2 years ago

They hate it because Brendon Fraiser is pretending to be one of the gays when he's a straight white guy. That's a big no no to them now.

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[–] stickman38 (3346) 2 years ago

He's fat and gay in this movie?

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[–] blue1981 (7735) 2 years ago

I haven't seen the movie but I've seen reviews saying his character is gay.

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[–] stickman38 (3346) 2 years ago

Fat and gay. I think I'll pass. Nothing against gay/fat. Just sounds like a sad movie..

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[–] mudsharkbytes (170) 2 years ago

The best thing about this discussion is it provided lots of fascists accounts to add to my ignore list.

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[–] RipRoss (557) 2 years ago

Why are modern leftists so incapable of handling opposing viewpoints?

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[–] xanthas (3215) 2 years ago

Because these "viewpoints" are usually based on lies and propaganda.

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[–] RipRoss (557) 2 years ago

It seems like I see that a lot more from the left, but I can handle it and don’t feel the need to censor or block anyone. If it’s an egregious enough statement I’ll even argue against it. Far more effective than ignoring it and allowing it to propagate.

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[–] JustSparks (111) 2 years ago

Fine, I'll "argue". It's pretty simple. Leftists do not hate this movie, at least, not more than people with other political views. I'm not going to watch a Matt Walsh video to dissect why he believes that, but as a leftist who has many leftists friends and participates in leftist communities, I can tell you this movie is generally well received (and also, not very political).

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[–] RipRoss (557) 2 years ago

Your real-world experience contradicts what I'm seeing from online leftists, but it's a very good point. It's good to hear what regular people are thinking versus those making noise on the Internet.

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[–] JustSparks (111) 2 years ago

Like everything online, the extremes are amplified, on both sides.

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[–] Burk48917 (11354) 2 years ago

I love it when people try to use buzz words incorrectly. Please, explain how any of the above posts are "fascist".

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[–] RipRoss (557) 2 years ago

It's a favored buzzword of the left because they think it gives them an excuse to censor any viewpoints they don't like. A recent example is the mods of /r/WhitePeopleTwitter proudly declaring they will automatically delete any posts that agree with Ron DeSantis on any issue because they consider him a fascist.

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[–] Burk48917 (11354) 2 years ago

Lol, I'd challenge any lefty to explain how Ron is a fascist too. I think we are starting to see that this outrage is actually a very vocal minority. The same outrage was floating around boycotting JK Rowling and the new Harry Potter Universe game...and it sold 12 million copies in the first 2 weeks. and it hasn't been released on 3 major consoles yet.

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[–] RipRoss (557) 2 years ago

That's true. I should start referring to them as "the far left" instead of just "the left".

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