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Internet discusion is dead


There used to be a time where you could go to IMDB or some other less popular, but dedicated, message board and have discussions about your favorite movies and stories for hours.

But like every other popular franchise, this board is loaded with idiots complaining about Republicans, white characters, black characters, or DiSnEy; which ironically comes from idiots loyal to Lucas, the prior owner of another huge corporation. Fucking assholes. Talk about the show or fucking leave.

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Talk about the show

Happily. Unfortunatly not possible.

This show for example if you dare criticise Inquisitor Reva (Moses Ingram) you will be instantly called racist, sexist, misogynistic or all 3.

It works in all directions. Hollywood and media pushes these narratives under the guise of diversity and inclusion and when people push back no matter there complaints they are labelled an "ism".

So again. Would love to just discuss movies and shows but untill that narrative amongst others changes that will never happen and will stay partisan.

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This show for example if you dare criticise Inquisitor Reva (Moses Ingram) you will be instantly called racist, sexist, misogynistic or all 3.


It is those that criticize Reva that complain she is a POC and a woman.

That’s why they are being called racist and mysogynistic.

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No. They are complaining she is poorly written and poorly acted and that this will be another Disney bait and switch show.

This then gets turned into "you hate woman", "Because she is black or a woman" like you have just put.

That equals as you so eloquently put racist and misogynistic.

Until somoen can freely criticise withot those "isms" then conversation cannot happen.

Personally I think she is an awful character.

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Then you haven’t been paying attention.

There are several post in this board where the rightwingers are focusing on the fact that she is a POC and a woman.

If they only criticized her character and didn’t bring up her skin color or gender, you might have a point.

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There are several post in this board where the rightwingers are focusing on the fact that she is a POC and a woman.

And there are many that haven't so why are you ignoring those ones. Do you have a specific narrative to push so only your side of the conversation is the only one.

So what if someone mentions her sex or skin colour are they not allowed to, is it off limits. Movies with white characters regularly get told they are not diverse enough and need more black people in them so whats wrong with the same criticsm. Or as i expect anything negative of a black person or woman is off limits.

If you want to have a true discussion that doesn't involve skin colour or sex then why are you solely focusing on those points instead of the others who have genuine criticism.

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You know...I'd be interested in seeing a single example of that. Someone complaining about a poorly written character and someone else jumping all over them calling them a racist etc?
Because I'm as liberal as they come and think she was a poor character...
Where'd you see this?
Know what I think? I think its bullshit...something you hear time and time again about how you just "Can't say anything without being called" whatever. Its not true. At all.

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"Unfortunatly not possible."

This is exactly my point. Same thing on any one of the sequel trilogy. Discussion is IMPOSSIBLE on those boards. It's like that with almost every modern movie.

"This show for example if you dare criticise Inquisitor Reva (Moses Ingram) you will be instantly called racist, sexist, misogynistic or all 3."

I agree with this point, but there's also the people who complain about "black actresses" being in a lead role. It's on this board and it's on Doctor Sleep, which I just recently saw.

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This only happens with bad movies and TV shows.
When you are watching something good you don't care about political fads...

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Which this is not. You trolls are the problem.

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Talk about the show or fucking leave.


If rightwingers would just leave, we could accomplish just that.

They are the ones ruining this message board.

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You came to a Star Wars board and made a post ranting about right-wingers.

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Yes, because I saw a bunch of rightwingers complaining about a black woman because she is a black woman.

I was just identifying the problem.

If they leave, we can have some nice discussions in this board.

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This board has an "ignore" feature so snowflakes can keep themselves safe from opinions they can't handle. Use it.

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I often feel the same, maybe it is just nostalgia, but I felt IMDB forum days were better.

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It is nostagia. When TFA teaser trailer came out, that message board had a meltdown over Finn.

One even called Star Wars a white male fantasy.

In general, we had a bunch of trolls and sock accounts making boards barely readable.

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Well, I suppose it is.

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Nah, that was the turning point. Almost that exact moment to be honest. You could discuss movies on IMDB. Then TFA trailer came out and society lost it's mind. IMDB was downhill since that moment.

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True. But this lasted almost 3 years before the boards shut down.

I am just saying we shouldn’t pretend it was any better before the boards shut down.

But, yes, there was a time discussing movies and shows in IMDB was fun.

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