• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      5 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.

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        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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        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.

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          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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          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.