Originally posted by dadudemon
What kind of garbage did I just watch?Dems really control Hollywood. Even the Simpsons is not Democratic Propaganda. Lame.
And remember this was only a few years ago:
It's not like that is the most hilarious thing ever, but it is loads better than the other clip.
Originally posted by SquallX
Here’s a new one, China bands South Park because they made fun of China.Or Yao Ming cutting ties with the Rockets.
It kinda makes me smile knowing how much Hollywood cucks to China while they virtue signal about no longer producing stuff in Georgia or certain other states cuz of transgender bathroom laws or abortion laws.
It is god damn adorable lol. Remember how China was allowed to alter the movie "2012" so the Chinese government were the heroes? Giggle. And the usual suspects will defend it the same way they defend actors who whined about Georgia while filming movies and tv shows in much worse countries.
So final story of the day: an example of TDS. Just pure TDS. So, Ellen Degeneres was spotted over the weekend at a football game sitting next to George W. Bush. Pathetic souls got butthurt over this lol.
CNN...managed to twist it into a reason to talk shit about Trump, I shit you not:
What the friendship of Ellen DeGeneres and George W. Bush should teach us
And site note: nah, our country must not be in that bad of shape if leftists can find the energy to whine over this.
Originally posted by Surtur
And remember this was only a few years ago:It's not like that is the most hilarious thing ever, but it is loads better than the other clip.
Oh, so they only just became leftist morons after Trump took office?
Ellen is now a Horrible Person!!!!!
"In an interview on MSNBC, Brennan, unblinkingly states that "people are innocent, you know, until alleged to be involved in some kind of criminal activity."
Lol.
Originally posted by Adam_PoE
You know that the problem with Snowden and Manning is that they did not follow the established whistleblower protocols the way the whistleblowers in this case did, right?
On top of that, they had direct evidence and were involved in collecting the direct evidence and not hearsay.
Here is a breakdown of both sides:
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Activision Blizzard suspends a professional player from an esports tournament and strips him of his earnings after he made a statement over the weekend in support of protests in Hong Kong.
Chung "Blitzchung" Ng Wai appeared to shout a slogan often associated with Hong Kong protesters: "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our time."
Chung's comments during the stream sparked swift action from Blizzard, a subsidiary of California-based Activision Blizzard.
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Activision Blizzard suspended a professional player from an esports tournament and stripped him of his earnings after he made a statement over the weekend in support of protests in Hong Kong.In a post-match interview on the Taiwanese stream of Blizzard Entertainment game Hearthstone, Chung "Blitzchung" Ng Wai wore a gas mask and goggles and appeared to shout a slogan often associated with Hong Kong protesters: "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our time."
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"Effective immediately, Blitzchung is removed from Grandmasters and will receive no prizing for Grandmasters Season 2. Additionally, Blitzchung is ineligible to participate in Hearthstone esports for 12 months beginning from Oct. 5th, 2019 and extending to Oct. 5th, 2020. We will also immediately cease working with both casters," Blizzard said in a Tuesday statement.
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Big, big risks doing this. He's right, that this puts him in the firing line.
The kid has more backbone then every Executive in the world, imo.
If there's more like him, all these punitive acts will only embolden a grassroots movement.
Did you hear about that whole thing with the NBA and China?
Steve Kerr, an outspoken NBA coach, can go on and on about Trump, but suddenly is silent:
https://www.foxnews.com/media/coach-steve-kerr-criticized-nba-china
Leftist Oppression on the Rise in the World!!! China takes a Stand against Internet Freedom! Portland takes a stand against Men's Bathrooms!
Originally posted by Surtur
And I didn't know China had actually altered the movie "2012" to make their own government the heroes. It's why it's weird to see Hollywood cuck to them, but cry cuz Georgia passes an abortion bill they dislike.
Nothing wrong with localizing certain elements of your plot so you can sell tickets.
Only an idiot would ignore this for the sake of your stupid hipster "original qwality!" obsessions.
Unless you're movie is about how terrible China is, alter your minor plot elements to sell tickets. Don't sacrifice your underlying narrative, obviously, just to appease and sell tickets. But if there's no harm in it, do it.
I'm a capitalist. I want to sell as much of my products as possible within regulation and legality, of course. So Imma localize my merch, mang.
Originally posted by dadudemon
Nothing wrong with localizing certain elements of your plot so you can sell tickets.Only an idiot would ignore this for the sake of your stupid hipster "original qwality!" obsessions.
Unless you're movie is about how terrible China is, alter your minor plot elements to sell tickets. Don't sacrifice your underlying narrative, obviously, just to appease and sell tickets. But if there's no harm in it, do it.
I'm a capitalist. I want to sell as much of my products as possible within regulation and legality, of course. So Imma localize my merch, mang.
Then as a capitalist I'd expect you not to complain and take your business out of a state like Georgia(where you're getting some generous tax breaks to film your movies) cuz fee fee's and yet cuck to somewhere like China of all places.
Just like you probably shouldn't be complaining about Georgia or North Carolina if you're willing to film movies in countries that treat gays and transgender people way way worse.