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Three things messed the movie up

posted 9 years ago by robert-macc
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The movie was almost perfect except for three things:
The name of the racist politician -- should have been more of a David Wallace or a Jack Lester. Metzger, who is a neo-Nazi is the antithesis of any of the racist politicians that administered and ran American places during the time of segregation and lynchings. David Duke -- don't even get me started on how wrong he was for the picture.

A racist politician being the owner of a slave house is where another fallacy of enormous stupidity proportions begins. Being for slavery doesn't make you a racist. And the other cases is true -- that being against slavery doesn't make you for other races. Racism and slavery have nothing to do with each other. Never did.

The last one is the most annoying error. The racist guy was a perfect villain. However, his tattoos give the error. Hitler was no Nordicist (as the movie tries to imply the opposite being true). His main man, Hans Gunther, repeatedly said, "The Meditteranean race is superior, culturally, to Germanic peoples." Now, if the tattoo guy had pictures of white segregationists on horses wearing hoods killing non-whites. Now that would have been believable. On a side note, countries that were Allied were the real racists. Denmark, Britain, and later on Israel, had racism against non-whites that were purely violent. In Denmark, German women were beaten and shaved and had swatikas tattooed on them.

[–] michael-watkins-laj7 9 years ago

the only thing messed up was the lack of a sequel. Creepshow spawned 2 sequels, of varying quality.

[–] TampaOutlaw84 8 years ago

Exactly i agree

[–] Neptunechild87 9 years ago

Being for slavery doesn't make you a racist. And the other cases is true -- that being against slavery doesn't make you for other races. Racism and slavery have nothing to do with each other. Never did.

Ummmm what??? Are you retarded? White people werent lynching raping and enslaving other white people. If race was a non factor then White masters wouldve owned and sold White slaves. They wouldnt have gone to Africa to get slaves if race didnt matter. Why not go to Europe and kidnap White people?? Either You are trolling or a total moron. Either way its frightening that you have computer access.

[–] A1nut 9 years ago

Actually race didn't have as much to do with it as you might think. During the height of slavery, most slave owners did not believe that blacks were even human. Blacks were believed to be an advanced animal which could be trained to act appropriately in a human environment. In their minds, it wasn't racism, it was dominance over animals.

[–] Neptunechild87 9 years ago

Ummmm that sounds like race having ALOT to do with it to me......

[–] robert-macc 9 years ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Miller

[–] robert-macc 9 years ago

"If race was a non factor then White masters wouldve owned and sold White slaves."
This is a common red herring used. The trade was illegalized in 1808, but did it really end?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanderer_(slave_ship)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clotilde_(slave_ship)
As late as 1859, slaves were being shipped. It's important to understand that since the trade was going on, the same reasoning for choosing African slaves was also being used. Since the Natives weren't as immune to diseases or familiar with domestic farming the way Africans were, they were discontinued. Africans were, thus were chosen. The trade went on, so the same thing went on.

If the trade would have really ended our descendants of slavery today wouldn't be pure black, they'd be more like Al Gore, since slaveowners raped and bred new slaves with each generation.

Clearly the fact that there are blacks that are descendants of the trade proves the trade was still going on.

[–] Stigger 8 years ago

Ummmm what??? Are you retarded?

One who lacks the intelligence to comprehend the purpose/use of the quote button should definitely refrain from calling anyone else "retarded" and "moron."

If race was a non factor then White masters wouldve owned and sold White slaves.

Fact: Blacks owned black slaves.

They wouldnt have gone to Africa to get slaves if race didnt matter.

Fact: Blacks in Africa conquered other blacks for the purpose of selling them into slavery.

Fact: You clearly lack the intelligence to even comprehend the purpose/use of an apostrophe.

Either way its frightening that you have computer access.

Fact: Your inability to grasp even the simplest of concepts is quite frightening.

[–] NotForMeThanks 8 years ago

That's called social Darwinism which IS racism. Is the op serious? Just wow.

[–] TampaOutlaw84 7 years ago

This movie was the best

[–] jpssteveshanahan (400) 2 years ago

"Racism and slavery have nothing to do with each other" 😕