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You can just come out as a Nazi at this point, why bother hiding it? (hexbear.net)

submitted 11 months ago by SunriseParabellum@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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[-] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 72 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

He knows that Forrest Gump was a fictional character right?
Maybe I'm just a bleeding-heart, but I thought the take away from the movie was that, despite performing poorly on the IQ test, Forrest frequently proved himself to be worthy of basic human respect and dignity. Is there like an unrated version that is just about how the bullies in the truck chase scene (cw: ableist slurs) were justified in subjecting him to cruelty and violence because of his test results that the libs like so much?

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 44 points 11 months ago

The intended point of Forrest Gump was "Boy, we lived through some good times didn't we? Also, loose women deserve to die"

[-] cryptymythy@hexbear.net 40 points 11 months ago

"If you just put your head down and do your job everything will be awesome. Also all counter culture is bad."

[-] zed_proclaimer@hexbear.net 40 points 11 months ago

The point was "member this boomers? member this? member this? PAY ME MONEY. GIVE ME OSCAR."

[-] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Ready Player One and Forrest Gump are the same movie for Gen X and Boomers respectively.

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 7 points 11 months ago

You cracked the code! ![order-of-lenin](https://www.hexbear.net/pictrs/image/9823c42b-2c78-491a-8333-f6b52d660c3f.png "emoji order-of-lenin")

[-] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 14 points 11 months ago

Boomer: the Movie

[-] xXthrowawayXx@hexbear.net 7 points 11 months ago

The point of Forrest Gump is to absolve boomers of blame for the continued existence of the system of racial and economic subjugation they were raised under and eventually integrated into.

[-] DayOfDoom@hexbear.net 28 points 11 months ago

Americans also watched the movie Babe and still eat bacon. They don't develop empathy from media.

[-] DayOfDoom@hexbear.net 31 points 11 months ago

Coworkers I have, Canadians, main takeaway from the vegan documentary Seaspiracy was that they shouldn't buy tuna because there are dolphins in it and that's it.