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BOYCOTT ACADEMY AWARDS
Fox news | February 25, 2017 | Hamilton22

Posted on 02/25/2017 1:40:25 PM PST by Hamilton22

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To: Hamilton22

I will not be part of this boycott.

I think the awards are booooring and I have not watched it for 35 years.

How can you boycott something you already refuse to buy?


81 posted on 02/25/2017 3:58:26 PM PST by Maine Mariner
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To: grania

Don’t know if you saw this thread. Turns out that Katherine Johnson actually used any restroom she wanted to use. Just another ramping up of ‘hate Whitey’ for effect I guess. We liked the movie, but the race-baiting was unnecessary.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3526100/posts?page=13#13


82 posted on 02/25/2017 4:01:52 PM PST by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: ssaftler
Thought I'd point out this thread to you, also. There were exaggerations; ‘poetic license, I guess.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3526100/posts?page=13#13

83 posted on 02/25/2017 4:04:49 PM PST by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: Jane Long

Oh, yes, me too. Do we know where we can view it on TV?


84 posted on 02/25/2017 4:17:37 PM PST by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Public Education/Academia are the farm team for more Marxists coming... infinitum.)
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To: Hamilton22

Jodie Foster too? Just another flake from weirdsville.


85 posted on 02/25/2017 4:33:39 PM PST by Old Grumpy
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To: TTFlyer

“I can’t boycott something I quit watching years ago.”

Me too. Heck, I’d rather weed-eat my yard with toenail clippers than watch the “awards.”


86 posted on 02/25/2017 4:36:31 PM PST by Old Grumpy
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To: hecticskeptic

“How about a year?”

How about a lifetime?


87 posted on 02/25/2017 4:37:40 PM PST by Old Grumpy
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To: Hamilton22

BOYCOTT THE ACADEMY AWARDS!!!! As if the majority of non-leftist don’t do so, already, for many decades and counting. I HAVE AN IDEA: Let’s have a PRO-CONSERVATIVE ALTERNATIVE to the Academy Awards that involve non-leftist movies, actors and actresses, camera persons, stunt people, etc.


88 posted on 02/25/2017 4:44:55 PM PST by johnthebaptistmoore (The world continues to be stuck in a "all leftist, all of the time" funk. BUNK THE FUNK!)
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To: mumblypeg

“I’ll take Jimmy Stewart over Johnny Depp any day.”

Agree TOTALLY. Johnny Depp is a worthless nothing.


89 posted on 02/25/2017 4:47:15 PM PST by Old Grumpy
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To: Dilbert San Diego

The last time I paid to see a movie in a theater was 1977 when I took my 5 year old and all of his buddies to see Star Trek.

(I’m very paranoid about theaters ~ shrug)


90 posted on 02/25/2017 4:52:42 PM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: Old Grumpy

Oh no. Johnny Depp is great as a pirate. Love all of those movies.


91 posted on 02/25/2017 4:55:31 PM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: Hamilton22

How would the network notice the boycott?
Watch the awards for the first three minutes then turn it off.
They’ll notice the deep instant drop in viewers.


92 posted on 02/25/2017 4:56:57 PM PST by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: Hamilton22

Wouldn’t watch it if you paid me. I certainly don’t want to puke.


93 posted on 02/25/2017 4:58:12 PM PST by Bellflower (Dems = Mat 6:23 ....If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!)
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To: acw011

I really enjoy WoWs. Great game.


94 posted on 02/25/2017 4:59:41 PM PST by henkster
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To: 1_Rain_Drop
They’ll notice the deep instant drop in viewers.

No, they still go by the Nielsen numbers...which come from the Nielsen families only.

I used to work for Nielsen, and sat in on some of the meetings with cable providers to try and capture this data... it's meaningless because they still can't tell how many are in your household, if you're really watching or not... or anything else about you (age/race/etc).

I think the TV folks prefer it the way it is anyway... the people who sign up to be Nielsen families are biased from the start... they tend to be TV watchers in the first place. That in itself skews the numbers... it's a real racket.

95 posted on 02/25/2017 5:01:59 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: originalbuckeye
Katherine Johnson actually used any bathroom she wanted to use

That's good to know. It was one of the two parts of the movie that looked particularly contrived. What a shame.....here's a gem of a movie that sets the historical record straight. Then what does Hollywood do? Pollute it with the agenda.

96 posted on 02/25/2017 5:12:25 PM PST by grania
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To: grania

Agree. And not many people will have read the review in the UK Daily Telegraph, so they won’t be aware. I thought the end, where only the Black ladies went into the new computer room, rang false, too. I am sure there were many Black AND White women who were working that room. Probably men, too. It IS a shame that ‘Hollywood’ used this powerful story to promote their agenda.


97 posted on 02/25/2017 5:19:09 PM PST by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: Cementjungle

Thank you for explaining.
Thus it doesn’t matter whether one watches or not unless one is a Nielsen brat.


98 posted on 02/25/2017 5:33:34 PM PST by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: Hamilton22

I’ve never watched that childish farce in my entire life & that tradition will continue.


99 posted on 02/25/2017 6:20:13 PM PST by CrimsonTidegirl (Deplorable and loving it.)
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To: Hamilton22

Who is this Academy guy? and why is getting an award?


100 posted on 02/25/2017 7:18:05 PM PST by eyeamok (destruction of government records.)
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