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minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down6·7 days agoI’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.
minus-squarearctanthrope@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 days agoyeah it’s obviously impossible to convey political messages through art, and especially to adapt LotR in a way that promotes anti-fascism
minus-squareJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 days agoYou’re right. There’s no way to do more than one thing at a time.
minus-squareCmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 days agoBecoming 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.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·7 days agoWhat else could he do? I don’t know, maybe continue to produce biting political satire? Do you really think that’s not useful?
minus-squaredoc@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 days agoHe’s literally being deplatformed, though. Fans will follow, but outreach to the general public is essentially gone.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down3·7 days agoHe 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.
minus-squareeestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·7 days agoLook at Tucker Carlson. He kept plugging away and will probably be president in three years.
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.
yeah it’s obviously impossible to convey political messages through art, and especially to adapt LotR in a way that promotes anti-fascism
You’re right. There’s no way to do more than one thing at a time.
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.
What else could he do? I don’t know, maybe continue to produce biting political satire? Do you really think that’s not useful?
He’s literally being deplatformed, though. Fans will follow, but outreach to the general public is essentially gone.
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.
Look at Tucker Carlson. He kept plugging away and will probably be president in three years.
Exactly