Oh okay. I didn't know anyone was surprised by the criticism. The issue is that the most vocal/publicised criticism doesn't engage with the movement constructively, at all. From the earliest days, when people just said, "stop shooting us" to the more clearly defined now, when they call for the demilitarisation of and…

So a chapter was a "tad jerky" (in your opinion) and BLM as a movement doesn't take a narrow approach to addressing police death issues because they are about "dismantling entire systems" as you quoted earlier in your comment.

Which Black Lives Matter chapters "turned kind of violent" specifically? And who makes money from it? And what makes it now "leftist"?

Ah, I didn't know Compton was a major studio release, so I will count it, because this list needs to be longer.

Right. They are always part of the ensemble and never the star of it. Like Avengers, right? Nice, safe back ups to the real stars, so it don't look too white but it ain't about them in any real sense. (Star Trek might work differently. I stick to the tv series, don't know about the newer films.)

Who else besides Lawrence (which would bring the total up to 2, wooowweeee)? If you can only name one Will Smith flick out of the long & established career he's had, well….

I don't remember any other black actor in a significant role besides Martin Lawrence…and I don't really wanna watch it again to find out.

I was sort of hoping against hope that that wasn't the answer and something got past me, somehow….

I was worried about that and how heavily Pine's character was featured in the trailer. I'm just…we'll see, we'll see, it's just a trailer after all….

I can't name a major Will Smith flick that had as many black persons in leading and secondary roles like Black Panther that weren't his wife & kids…besides Fresh Prince. Maybe the Ali movie? Never saw it. Black Panther is on a different level to me. And they're not even playing African Americans.

I honestly don't remember the last time a major studio did a blockbuster flick where the major and secondary roles are black actors. Someone help me out here…

I suppose it depends on the accounts you follow. There are news magazines, journals and individuals who very much have a distinctive narrative and presence. Unless twitter decides to go algorithm crazy like Facebook, it's fairly easy to curate one's experience. Your descriptions sounds no different than tv news, tbh,…

It's quite good for disseminating information (a lot quicker than FB—isn't that Old People Land anyway?), networking and advocacy work, in my experience. The most prominent example of this would be the Black Lives Matter movement.

They could only be sued if Taylor had a reasonable expectation of privacy during the phone call. However, Kanye had her speakerphone, with other persons interacting with Taylor on the call, so, no dice. (I would also think the Kardashian reality show would be a deciding factor as well.) It's said that Taylor's legal…

Except the lines he used as comparison weren't really alike at all so…I'm confused.

Except that these persons are not perpetually running in an election. At some point they have won, they have certain issues presented to them, and instead of doing some kind of research to learn — as I do in my job all the fucking time — they are still stupid. We don't need towering intellects in government, we need…

"…I think it a great error to persist in attempting to find in the Christian doctrine that complete rule for our guidance, which its author intended it to sanction and enforce, but only partially to provide. I believe, too, that this narrow theory is becoming a grave practical evil, detracting greatly from the value…

This whole thread is very Toast-y. Thank you.

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Yeah. The weirdest thing in the whole thread is that Kaminski has seemed to buy into the government line on why the film wasn't "allowed" to be shown. It's disorienting.