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‘American Sniper’ Complaints Grow in Hollywood: Should Clint Eastwood Be Celebrating a Killer?
thewrap.com ^ | on January 18, 2015 @ 3:56 pm | Steve Pond

Posted on 01/18/2015 4:30:14 PM PST by BenLurkin

But Academy members seem to be paying attention to the criticism that Eastwood and star/producer Bradley Cooper shouldn’t be celebrating a man who wrote that killing hundreds of Iraqis was “fun.”

“He seems like he may be a sociopath,” one Academy member told TheWrap, adding he had not yet seen the film but had read the article, which is being passed around.

Neither distributor Warner Bros. nor the filmmakers have responded to TheWrap’s request for comment, though the studio said they intended to make someone available.

A piece in The Guardian by author Lindy West was an early critic of Kyle: “The real American Sniper was a hate-filled killer. Why are simplistic patriots treating him as a hero?” he wrote.

(Excerpt) Read more at thewrap.com ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: americansniper; bradleycooper; clinteastwood; criticism; handwringers; hollywood; media; movies; oscars; warnerbros
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1 posted on 01/18/2015 4:30:14 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

They have seen a quentin tarantino movie haven’t they?


2 posted on 01/18/2015 4:32:38 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: BenLurkin

How in the hell did we win World War II folks?


3 posted on 01/18/2015 4:33:26 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: BenLurkin

Some people need killing.


4 posted on 01/18/2015 4:33:35 PM PST by Williams
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To: BenLurkin
“He seems like he may be a sociopath,” one Academy member told TheWrap, adding he had not yet seen the film but had read the article, which is being passed around.

Act/feel first ....think later (maybe). Typical lib.

5 posted on 01/18/2015 4:34:02 PM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: BenLurkin

lulz.


6 posted on 01/18/2015 4:35:10 PM PST by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: BenLurkin

In the minds of liberals..terrorists like ISIS and Al Qaeda are the real heroes, whenever ISIS commits an act of terror, liberals celebrate


7 posted on 01/18/2015 4:35:13 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: BenLurkin

The fainting couches are at full capacity.


8 posted on 01/18/2015 4:35:14 PM PST by denydenydeny ("World History is not full of good governments, or of good voters either "--P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: BenLurkin

Pound sand.

Queers....


9 posted on 01/18/2015 4:36:02 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: BenLurkin

Should Hollyweird or collectivists be celebrating in-utero baby killers?


10 posted on 01/18/2015 4:37:20 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: BenLurkin

Take the title of this article and just substitute it with “Che Guevara”.

Then realize the hypocrisy.


11 posted on 01/18/2015 4:38:09 PM PST by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.- Sarah Palin)
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To: BenLurkin

...this Whoolyweird reaction was totally predictable.....

...you knew the moment it started rolling up, the anti-military, hate-spewing limp wrists in town were going to cry all over themselves, especially since no one gives a hoot about Selma, particularly after this falls festivities in the hoods...


12 posted on 01/18/2015 4:38:58 PM PST by telstar12.5 (...always bring gunships to a gun fight...)
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To: BenLurkin

When one is taking flak they must be over the target..


13 posted on 01/18/2015 4:39:03 PM PST by cardinal4 (Certified Islamophobe..)
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To: BenLurkin

The fags and freaks in Hollyweird are still living in 09-10-2001. Kill or waterboard some of their murdering Islamoterrorist pals and they get all “outraged” and really pissed off. KMA Hollyweirdos!!!


14 posted on 01/18/2015 4:39:40 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (When the hell do I get MY white privilege? I'm tired of busting my @$$ for a living.)
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To: BenLurkin

I read the whole article. The real story is that the left is a bunch of unrepentant enemies of our civilization. Their comments make me want to vomit.

And I’m sorry but I know good people, America’s best and most decent, who served in a variety of these conflicts and have contempt for the Muslim societies. They saw the truth.


15 posted on 01/18/2015 4:40:32 PM PST by Williams
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To: BenLurkin

I used to dread the coming conflict, but have now evolved to being impatient for its arrival.


16 posted on 01/18/2015 4:40:37 PM PST by Senator_Blutarski
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To: BenLurkin

I admit it. I am hate filled. I hate these people who are destroying our nation.

I don’t just hate their ideas, I hate them. I mean I truly despise them.


17 posted on 01/18/2015 4:41:29 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I What am persuaded.)
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To: BenLurkin

This is beautiful.
The more they flame this movie...
The better it will do.

Bring it on.


18 posted on 01/18/2015 4:41:55 PM PST by RandallFlagg (Vote fraud solution: Stake, Rope, Sugar and Bullet Ants.)
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To: Senator_Blutarski

“I used to dread the coming conflict, but have now evolved to being impatient for its arrival.”

I too have evolved largely along those lines myself.


19 posted on 01/18/2015 4:42:14 PM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: BenLurkin

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2915700/2915700-Meet-American-sniper-earned-nickname-Reaper-killing-30-insurgents-four-months.html

ask these same people what they think of Nick Irving


20 posted on 01/18/2015 4:42:15 PM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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