Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Ubiquitous Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: The Alec Baldwin Left Hook Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 04:30:43 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 86 Message-ID: References: <1144903136.735583756.202196.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> Injection-Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 13:55:09 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="92a858159a0d8a9ea6edabc105b15c7d"; logging-data="3856550"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18BEbevmmAgiKdIoZVJyEIH5xeziVCMeLQ=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:PI1SM6TdC9N3XS3z1JPBlETxATU= X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.12N (x86 32bit) Bytes: 5094 In article , super70s@super70s.invalid wrote: > On 2024-04-25 19:06:46 +0000, moviePig said: >> On 4/25/2024 2:01 PM, shawn wrote: >>> On Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:12:03 +0000, BTR1701 wrote: >>>> "super70s" wrote: >>>>> On 2024-04-23 17:04:10 +0000, anim8rfsk said: >>>>>> BTR1701 wrote: >>>>>>> For once I'm on Alec's side. This girl deserved a Baldwin Shot to the >>>>>>> jaw. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> https://apple.news/A9M48T4LsTYOCvCmG3eY14Q >>>>>> >>>>>> "The agitator, who hosts a show on social media called Crackhead >>>>>> Barney & Friends and is known for ambush interviews" >>>>> >>>>> They showed it on TMZ Live, from "why did you shoot that girl" to "say >>>>> Free Palestine...say it just once"? >>>>> >>>>> She's gonna ambush the wrong person one of these days, probably from >>>>> her own hood. >>>> >>>> What is it with this thing protesters do these days where they demand >>>> their target repeat a phrase? They did this to Occasional-Cortex and now >>>> Alec Baldwin-- in both cases they wanted them to recite "Free >>>> Palestine". >>>> >>>> Even if Baldwin doesn't believe it, she wants him to just say it. If >>>> you're a normal person and you watch that, you think, what value is >>>> there in making him say it? >>> >>> I'm not sure what she intended. I'm sure someone would clip out his >>> just saying the phrase and use that to show more support for Palestine >>> but I'm not sure if that was her point. More likely it's just the hot >>> phrase that can generate clicks so she's using it. After all she can >>> use it as a title to draw in the clicks "Alec Baldwin says Free >>> Palestine!" >>> >>>> Let's say you succeed and he says the phrase. He's only saying it >>>> because you have hectored and harassed him into saying it and he figures >>>> you'll go away if he does. He's only saying it because you won't shut >>>> up, not because he believes it. You haven't changed his mind or >>>> anything. He's just repeating a phrase that you have assigned to him. >>>> What do you get out of that? What does that accomplish? What's the >>>> point? >>> >>> The clicks are all that matters. >>> >>>> They did this during the BLM Summer of Love riots, too. They'd burst >>>> into restaurants and surround white people eating dinner and demand >>>> that they say "black lives matter". >>> >>> My response as a nobody who doesn't have a social media following >>> would be to say "Black lives don't matter" just to watch them lose >>> their minds. Demanding any sort of comment from me isn't going to get >>> the desired response unless I'm in fear of damage to my person. >>> >>>> Leftists seem to take this approach on every issue, in every situation. >>>> It seems intellectually adjacent to the pronoun stuff with the troons. >>>> You *must* say the words they want regardless of whether you believe >>>> them or not. >>>> >>>> Not only don't they care if you actually believe the words, they almost >>>> *prefer* that you not believe them. Because that shows their power over >>>> you. If you believed the words, then they haven't really exercised any >>>> power over you, but if they can make you say shit you don't believe in >>>> because they've scared or intimidated you into doing so, then they have >>>> bright line evidence of the power they wield. >>> >>> Power that amounts to nothing in the real world. Maybe it makes them >>> feel good but it is only going to make people turn against them and >>> their ideas. It's like winning the battle at the cost of losing the >>> war. >> >> I doubt there's evidence this is the province of "leftists". > >I understand Jesse Watters started his (in)auspicious career doing >"ambushes" for Bill O'Reilly. Your understanding is wrong. -- Let's go Brandon!