• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        8 days ago

        I’m saying this is a waste of time. Dude has a MASSIVE platform, and instead of actually using it to continue to slow/stop the spread of fascism, he does this.

        It’s a waste, and he should feel bad about it.

        • arctanthrope@lemmy.world
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          8 days ago

          yeah it’s obviously impossible to convey political messages through art, and especially to adapt LotR in a way that promotes anti-fascism

        • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works
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          8 days ago

          Becoming a martyr of sorts by losing his years-long TV show for making a joke about the president seems like doing enough to me.

          What else do you expect him to do, tell everyone what a piece of shit the president is? I think everyone already knows that.

          • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            8 days ago

            What else could he do? I don’t know, maybe continue to produce biting political satire? Do you really think that’s not useful?

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          He’s literally being deplatformed, though. Fans will follow, but outreach to the general public is essentially gone.

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            8 days ago

            He could go literally anywhere and have a huge platform.

            Hell, he could create his own platform and be wildly successful

            You cannot deplatform people like this, unless you literally arrest them for continuing their work.