This is exactly how you deal with Woke absurdity.
You mock it.
You let everyone know you’re mocking it.
But…
You don’t actually say you’re mocking it.
You let everyone see the absurdity.
You make the Woke be the bigots they claim you are.
Enes Kanter is brilliant.
Don't let communists run your state, folks...they'll drive the most ambitious and determined industrialist in the world to go build an empire in friggin' Texas. Our good weather isn't enough to rely on anymore.
Hats off to doctoral student and podcaster Zhong Shu in Beijing, China, who did this fascinating and smart interview with Christopher Nolan about THE ODYSSEY yesterday, originally posted to Bilibili.
A great listen/watch.
Tim Dillon just said what everyone is thinking.
Trump is in “lockstep” with the deep state.
“He’s in Iran.”
“He kidnapped Maduro.”
“Flock cameras are everywhere.”
“Surveillance technology’s everywhere.”
“The tech people are getting all the money.”
“The pace at which unregulated AI is going to grow and become a real problem is harrowing.”
“Why isn’t he investigating his own assassination attempt?”
“If you were just gonna blame everything on the deep state, then what the hell was the point?”
“I’m not saying there’s not some permanent government apparatus.”
“I’ve talked about it a million times.”
“But for the people that ran on upending the deep state to then come in and blame things on the deep state, it seems like you have to be an idiot for that to work.”
“Why did anyone think it would be interesting for this guy to win if he was just going to do all the things that this deep state wants him to do?”
“What is he doing that they don’t like?”
“Who are these people that are really upset and up in arms with him?”
“He seems to be pretty lockstep with all of these people.”
@TimJDillon
Saw the Odyssey last night.
The irony of the right wing backlash is that this is a deeply small-c conservative film. It's about the consequences of defying the gods, and how society crumbles when we violate sacred traditions.
It's such an own goal that the right hates it.