A group of settlers just lynched Hamdan Ballal, co director of our film no other land. They beat him and he has injuries in his head and stomach, bleeding. Soldiers invaded the ambulance he called, and took him. No sign of him since.
I think AI bros are the best evidence we have that some people don't have a "soul." They fundamentally don't understand the point of art or why people engage with it.
@elextra__ There is a threshold between people two states: happiness and sadness. Neither can ever seem to understand each other. It's why adults don't know how to treat children, and why children can't believe their parents forgot they were once kids. There's no need to optimize your life.
I’ve been reflecting on this over the past day or so, and I’ve come to a realization.
Many of my friends on the center-right who are upset with me for making what I believe to be very obvious observations aren’t necessarily angry at me—they’re angry at the implications of what I’m saying.
The idea that neo-Nazism has entered the mainstream, potentially influencing the White House, is so alarming and existentially terrifying that it's easier to lash out at the messenger than confront the reality.
If they accept this, it means that the political home they've invested so much of their identity in, the movement they've championed for years, has become something so morally repugnant that accepting it feels like breaking their own brain.
The cognitive dissonance is overwhelming.
What's striking to me is the selective outrage. Many of these same people are quick to call everyone communists, often with little more than circumstantial evidence.
Yet, when it comes to countless instances of glaringly obvious signs of fascism in their own movement, they either look away or attack those pointing it out.
@perpetua Dog what the fuck is this post? What discussion is it meant to spark? Just enjoy art, you don't have to be a "music person" or a "film person." You can have one as your profession. But if you can't see the beauty in all these different mediums, then you are an artist.