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Does this movie cover Nader's fascism?

posted 17 years ago by brtd
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Such as how Nader teamed up with religious right leader James Dobson to attack the Democrats over the gambling industry? Al Gore bad, James Dobson good. Got it Ralph. It would be interesting if it covers all the funding he got from the Republicans.

Or how Nader wants to outlaw hard liquor advertising, and the advertising of 3.2 beer, claiming it's targeted at underage people? Or Nader's moralistic crusades against violence in the movies, TV and video games? I wonder how many people who are giving this film high ratings like movies Nader would love to ban. Check out this quote:

"In their quest for larger audiences and greater profits the commercial media predictably races to the lowest and basest standards, with ever more blatant displays of violence, sex, crassness, and nihilism on television, cable, movies, radio, video games, and music. Our society, even 10 or 20 years ago, would not have tolerated such youth-beamed depravity. These are the motivations that relentlessly drive the creation, production, and marketing of ever more Doom, Quake, Basketball Diaries, Marilyn Mansons, Mortal Kombat I and II and III and IV, Jerry Springers, Howard Sterns, South Parks, and the rest of it.

This poison has got to stop. Enough is enough."

Yes, Nader is blaming MARILYN MANSON for a lack of morality in today's youth. Who does that sound like?

[–] eternalbadluckcharm 16 years ago

Nader is also an intense anti-corporatist...so, you obviously don't know what fascism means.

[–] [email protected] 16 years ago

So you'd rather vote for Al Gore; whose VP canidate was Joe Liberman? And his Wife Tipper Gore?

Get real.

It would be interesting to see a movie cover how much the Democrats support the Republicans.

[–] chdach 16 years ago

Exactly- the Democrats were half of the reason he wasn't allowed to participate in the debates, so who's really fascist? Also, there's a difference between promoting regulation and promoting fascism. Nader's best known as a consumer advocate, so it makes sense that he'd point out the depravity in modern marketing. I don't think he's blaming Marilyn Manson or any person in particular, and I'm guessing Nader believes in freedom of expression. He's blaming the media industry for shamelessly promoting that caliber of entertainment and marketing it in such a way that it especially appeals to kids. Most of that stuff is useless, but South Park is good at social commentary even if it is really, really disgusting. But what is with the crap they put on MTV these days? I'm embarassed to admit that I watch The Hills every once in a while, but it looks profound next to Tila Tequila.

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[–] ShellOilJunior 15 years ago

Fascism is two political parties rigging the electoral process and not allowing third party candidates to participate in debates. They even issued a "facebook" of 3rd party candidates to security at a 2000 debate to keep those people away from the event.

Corporate fascism.

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[–] Youwillhateme 14 years ago

Due, seriously, get a life. Nader has been against corporatism majority of his political career, which is antithesis to fascism. Dude Nader has "teamed" up with many people he disagree with, such as other 3rd party candidates, to stand together against the bias debate committee etc. he joined with Ron Paul too, but that doesn't mean he is a Libertarian.

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