Delaying repentance of sins because you have all your life to do so is a risk like the driver in today’s Indy 500 who was in first but delayed pitting too long so when a car crashed behind him he had to take a penalty to fuel up that might cost him the race.
Nothing is more empty than a leftist following the rent-a-crowd protestors under the theory that they are doing something virtuous when they are in fact try to find meaning for themselves that real life hasn’t provided.
I know I’ve said this before but all those folks who keep trashing western civilization, oil, nuclear energy and industry are in danger of being reminded that the natural state of humanity is starvation and scrounging to find food to feed themselves and shelter from the elements.
The more I see of the modern left there more I’m of the belief that they would not only exterminate or enslave us if we were unarmed, but would consider it being virtuous.
The number of fully vaccinated and boosted famous people who keep getting COVID doesn’t surprise me as much as the fact that this development hasn’t convinced the majority of the public that they have been played big time.
I watched the first episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi last night, and I’d say it was pretty good. I’ve been warned by a few people its a “bait and switch” and we’ll get less Obi-Wan and more Sith Inquisitor Reva, but that remains to be seen. Her character so far is decent: dark, conniving, and ruthless, if a bit hot-headed, but certainly not dumb.
In her interview with the Independent, the “Obi-Wan” actress tackles diversity issues in the franchise. “To me, it’s long overdue. If you’ve got talking droids and aliens, but no people of colour, it doesn’t make any sense. It’s 2022, you know. So we’re just at the beginning of that change. But I think to start that change is better than never having started it.”
The Post Millenial.com
No people of colour?
So this guy is white?
Lando Calrissian, from Wikipedia
And this guy?
Finn from StarWars.com
And this guy?
Ahmed Best, from IMDb
(No, seriously, Jar Jar was played by Ahmed Best)
And who can forget this guy, the MOST iconic voice in Star Wars?
James Earl Jones, from IMDb
Star Wars has always had people of all races. It’s Science Fiction, which gives you the license to bring in darn near anyone with any background. Almost all of the portrayals have been good, and when they aren’t, its normally the studios fault. Lando Calrissian plays an awesome character in The Empire Strikes Back, and fans love him. James Earl Jones will never be forgotten for voicing Darth Vader.
Finn would have been a cool chracter had Rian Johnson not gutted his backstory to prop up Rey. I and many fans thought it was cool to see the man behind the stormtrooper helmet, but then Rian Johnson sacrificed him to become the butt of jokes in The Last Jedi. Remember when he uncovered that the Resistance was buying weapons on the black market illegally while on Canto Bight? That cool side story lasted for all of 30 seconds, so you could be forgiven for missing it. Wouldn’t it have been cool if Finn spent the films coming to grips with the Resistance using similar methods to the First Order? What if he had come from a crappy backwater planet that the First Order had rescued? The fact that Finn was a mediocre character had nothing to do with fans and everything to do with crappy directing, crappy plots and a box-ticking thinking when it comes to putting diversity on screen.
But the article doesn’t stop, because it has this gem:
John Boyega of the “Star Wars” sequel trilogy has said that their experience with the franchise has included a racial component to it. In order to comply with Chinese authorities, Disney shrunk Boyega’s character on the “The Force Awakens” poster in December 2015.
The Post Millenial
So where’s the outrage over this? Please actors and actresses, jump all over this one like you do with every single social issue here in the United States. But we know you won’t, because that sweet, sweet cash will keep your mouth shut.
To recap: there have always been people of color in Star Wars. Always. Some get great characters, some don’t. When the character is well acted and well developed, people love it. When that doesn’t happen, fans don’t like it. That goes for every character in Star Wars. Americans love good Star Wars characters, but the Chinese Communist Party doesn’t like black people.
Now, I’m sure some dumbass on Reddit will claim to be a Star Wars fan and make a bunch of racists remarks on black characters. To which I say…so what? I’m sure some racist loser wishes Lando Calrissian was white. Nobody takes that guy or gal seriously. Heck, one could say that when fans fall in love with good, well developed characters that are portrayed by black people, it helps breakdown any racist tendencies they might have had.
I hope Disney gives us some good characters in the Obi-Wan series, and I hope they make Reva an intriguing, cool anatagonist. Because perhaps what we need is a new hope.
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Funny how the left is using the Texas shooter to tell us we don’t need guns when it turns out the armed people that they provide us with (the police) were unwilling to act. ‘
I would think that this demonstrates that we need armed citizens more than ever.
It’s rather insulting to see singers cut and run over the NRA convention because of the school shooting. The whole: because one person is guilty all the innocent have to be punished should be beneath them but it’s even more insulting to see fools in congress doing the same. I hope conservatives remember both in November and when it’s time to spend their entertainment dollars.
It’s been three or four years since I suggested the easiest way to permanently solve this problem is recruiting a group of ex police/military among the grandparents to act as armed guards in schools. Not only would such sixty somethings be highly motivated to protect their grandkids schools but they would serve as excellent role models for the kids.
That’s why it will never happen, the left goal is not to protect kids it’s about having an issue to run with politically and disarming the American people who they see as serfs at best and enemies at worst.
You know there was a time in living memory when schools were awash with guns and with gun clubs yet these type of school shootings never ever happened. By an odd coincidence these were times before prayer was removed from schools by judicial fiat and when corporal punishment was removed by the cultural fiat of those who had no respect for what they now call the greatest generation.
Hey, the left wanted a post Christian society where the principles of “Thou Shalt not Kill” and “Love your enemies and “pray for those who persecute you” were gone. So that Godless society, how’s that working out for you?
Finally what the Democrat/left would really like is a Uvalde every other week from now till election day to change the subject from their horrible performance in office. Of course Don Surber pointed out a rather obvious bit of reality that the Democrats have been providing a Uvalde every other week when it comes to kids getting shot in America and that’s just in Chicago
14 school massacres in 23 years led to 169 deaths
415 children ages 17 and under were killed in Chicago alone in 2021
We should talk about the media obsession over 7 deaths a year while ignoring the daily carnage in inner cities
— DonSurber.substack.com (@donsurber) May 27, 2022
Don Don Don Don Don, don’t you know that since those kids are shot in Democrat Cities controlled by Democrat Mayors and Democrat City Counselors and Democrat activists (all places with though gun laws btw) you are not allowed to bring this up as it doesn’t advance the narrative that is being advanced?
When I see Elizabeth Warren or Gavin Newsome of Beto outraged over the biweekly Uvaldes that take place in Democrat cities then I’ll take their outrage seriously. Until then they’re to be ignored.
Immediately after the news of the tragic school shooting at Uvalde, Texas broke, Democrats and other leftists began their customary shrieks demanding gun control. Their arguments are just as contemptible as their timing.
Guns are not to blame for mass shootings. The National Rifle Associations is not to blame. The vast majority of gun owners are not responsible for mass shootings. The individuals committing the heinous crimes are the only individuals who are responsible for the mass shootings. These individuals are aided and abetted by Democrats through their gun free zones.
The empirical data show just how dangerous gun free zones are. As pointed out by John Lott Jr., fully 98 percent of mass public shootings since 1950 occurred in places where citizens are banned from having guns. Most shooters recognize that they will encounter less resistance if their intended victims are unarmed. Or stated differently, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun; and the criminals know it.
This quote debunks the lie about the necessity of ‘assault weapon’ bans
However, it turns out that the overwhelming majority of mass shooters don’t actually use AR-style rifles. The Congressional Research Service wrote a lengthy report on this subject in 2015, defining a mass shooting as one in which three or more people are killed in a single incident. The study found that out of 317 mass shootings between 1999 and 2013, offenders used AR-style rifles in 31 incidents – or only 9.78% of the time.
Evil has discovered a fast and easy way to become famous: shoot up a school. Better yet, shoot up an elementary school. We’ve known this going all the way back to Columbine. Worse still, we’ve known the pattern since Columbine…
Evil shoots up a school. A corporate media desperate for blood, ratings, and furthering its fascist agenda makes Evil the center of the world for as long as the media can milk it. This OBVIOUSLY gives other Evils ideas. And here we go again…
We live in a free country. A country where we have wisely decided that all the downside — and there are wheelbarrows of downside — that accompany free speech and a free press is worth the upside. Okay, fine. There’s nothing we can do about a craven media that exploits and pimps Evil in a way that encourages more Evil. So what’s the alternative? Protect our schools. That’s the alternative. Duh.
Democrats do not want mass shootings to end. They want them to continue. IF mass shootings stopped Democrats would not be able to shriek for gun control. If we the American people are not disarmed, then we will be able to prevent the Democrats from stripping away all of our rights.
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