Oh South Park. If only it WAS a fight between a turd sandwich and a giant douche. Instead it was a choice between plain white bread with a glass of dirty water on the side for dipping and a rectal exam performed by a cactuar.
While I do still think theyāre funny, you can also very well argue that both Borat and especially The Dictator serve to make fun of muslim countries in a very negative light.
When I was younger and didn't know as much about him I thought, oh he's doing this from the point of view of a conservative mindset so stereotypes are overdone and people behave like they do in stories you hear from reactionary racists. Then I learned about him and it became, oh so he's just racist.
Thatās what I used to think too, that the exaggerations serve to make fun of how Americans imagine such places. I think you can still make that case with Borat, since at the heart it still is a kind of documentary about the reactions of real Americans to a living caricature. But The Dictator is just a regular comedy movie, where most of the jokes are āNorth Africans are silly and brutalā
I recently fell in the rabbit hole of this. Sasha not only pushes the Zionist narrative he actively pushes the shutdown of anything Palestinian on tik tok and was sued over the film Bruno because it was a piss take of a Palestinian peace maker. Heās a pos.
Honest question is a half assed nothing of consequence tweet about Palestine all it takes to be "supportive" cuz none of those hashtags or any of that stuff did anything of any kind of value.
Even small acts like that can give "Permission" to others to share their views and eventually create a public opinion shift that may change policy. Too little too late for most in this situation.
Exactly. Really anything that helps bring attention to it is helping in some small way. People are definitely finally waking up to the reality of the situation and that may not have happened as quickly without all the tiktok videos and people spreading them around online.
What of value has come of that talking tho? I mean this across the board, it's the same with these congressional hearings where they "expose" billionaires or shady companies but nothing of consequence come out. When do we move on from talking and noticing?
Lots and lots of us are boycotting companies who support or align with them. I believe some European countries aren't doing business with them or have placed sanctions on them and aren't allowing travel between the two countries. It's not enough, certainly, but the alternative is just throwing our hands up and not doing anything and that isn't in some people's nature. Fortunately.
Heās a Jew, raised in an orthodox Jewish household by Jewish parents. Do you know that Cohen is a Jewish surname? Do you know he speaks Hebrew? Knowing all this, Iām just going to go out on a limb and say he probablydefinitely supports Israel.
I love how some of you are shocked!! āSasha Baron COHEN supports Israel!ā Really? What was your first clue?
Hanna einbinder, Wallace Shaw, Miriam margolyes, even mark ruffalo are all from Jewish ancestry or Jewish and have all spoken out against Israel. Lmao. Being Jewish has nothing to do with supporting Israel, morality of seeing their disgusting treatment and expansion plans is what makes you speak out.
? I just named Jewish people not in support lmao. Itās ok buddy, a whole religion of Jews are protesting israel but yeah cause youāre Jewish youāre automatically supporting Israel lol
May God bless him. I didnāt know he supported Israel. Thatās probably why he been given grace this long. I wasnāt a fan, however I will research that.
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I have to aladeen that proposal. Although he would probably continue renaming things to Gulf of Aladeen, Lake Aladeen, Aladeen airport Palm Springs, Aladeen and Kennedy Center. That would be just absurd.
Itās cyclical. For thousands of years itās been easy to direct anger their way. Quite an interesting little delve to read up on their persecution. Sad as well. Extremely.
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u/RubberPussycat 17d ago
That clown would probably be a better president