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Hollywood’s War Against American Sniper
FrontPage Magazine ^ | January 22, 2015 | Daniel Greenfield

Posted on 01/22/2015 5:20:24 AM PST by SJackson

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1 posted on 01/22/2015 5:20:24 AM PST by SJackson
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Hollywood has a few conservatives. Eastwood is a great director.


2 posted on 01/22/2015 5:25:26 AM PST by yldstrk
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Hollyweird keeps trying to push these anti-war movies on the public and they keep bombing.
Then a movie of a true American hero comes out. They are all against it with their liberal commie hollywierd mouths belittling our hero and it is a blockbuster success.

Every.Time.

The market always dictates what is a success no matter how much of a hissy these elite idiots pitch.


3 posted on 01/22/2015 5:29:15 AM PST by envisio (Its on like Donkey Kong!)
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To: daisy mae for the usa; AdvisorB; wizardoz; free-in-nyc; Vendome; Georgia Girl 2; blaveda; ...

This may show up on Daniel’s blog but it is an important read for those who admire Daniel’s cultural perspective.
PING to the Knish list.
Thank you SJackson for posting.


4 posted on 01/22/2015 5:34:59 AM PST by Louis Foxwell (This is a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.)
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To: SJackson

I thought it was so stupid, that this narrative developed that it was racist to go see American Sniper instead of Selma.

The left are not like you and I. They see the world differently. They see historic events differently. They just are different.


5 posted on 01/22/2015 5:40:53 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego (s)
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To: SJackson

Think of it this way, the same maggots who have declared war on Chris Kyle are the same maggots who bought the Kenyan eight years in the White Hut.


6 posted on 01/22/2015 5:43:59 AM 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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I hope this movie does well. He is a hero.

But I just don’t think I can see it.


7 posted on 01/22/2015 5:45:32 AM PST by Gamecock (Joel Osteen is a preacher of the Gospel like Colonel Sanders is an Army officer.)
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To: SJackson

Thank God we have lived long enough to see the return of patriotic military movies. Thank you Mr Eastwood, Rest in Peace Mr Kyle. God bless your memory.


8 posted on 01/22/2015 5:52:13 AM PST by armydawg505
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Good. May there inner demons eat at their hearts even harder. The worst attack on them is to ignore them, because then they are left alone with their own thoughts.


9 posted on 01/22/2015 5:52:44 AM PST by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: yldstrk

Eastwood painted his masterpiece with this movie. Best war movie ever made.

Pray America is waking


10 posted on 01/22/2015 5:53:41 AM PST by bray (Sharpton is a murderer)
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To: SJackson

Good Article!


11 posted on 01/22/2015 5:55:35 AM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“The left are not like you and I. They see the world differently. They see historic events differently. They just are different.”

You are correct. To them, everything is about control and power. You have complete freedom to agree with them. If you do not agree with them, they believe you are stupid. If you show that you are not stupid, then they assume you are evil, and should be destroyed.

This is primarily because they have different assumptions about reality, and to show that there assumptions about reality are wrong it to threaten their very existence.


12 posted on 01/22/2015 5:56:58 AM PST by marktwain (The old media must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

It’s true. I once heard Rush say conservatives get mad when you lie to them. Liberals get mad when you tell them the truth. Of course, when someone believes black is white and 2+2=5 (George Orwell reference) anything goes I guess.

Thanks Clint for a REAL movie.


13 posted on 01/22/2015 5:58:24 AM PST by gattaca (Republicans believe every day is July 4, democrats believe every day is April 15. Ronald Reagan)
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To: SJackson
Its not hard to imagine that a Hollywood mogul who would drop $20 million in Democrat coffers, would be anxious to drop $20 million on a Dem friendly propaganda movie, that might be a money loser, but will increase their street cred on Rodeo Drive.
14 posted on 01/22/2015 6:01:22 AM PST by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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In the '30s, Stalin understood fully that the medium of the motion picture had the most emotional reach of any of the propaganda methods. His Soviet Union actively connected with and supported Communists within the Hollywood elites and many of the most used writers and directors were full-time Communist Party USA members and their scripts and their screenplays echoed and reinforced the Stalinist messages.

In the '40s, we recoiled and the HUAC "witch hunts" exposed many but not most of the Communists running almost all aspects of American moviemaking. A young actor saw some of this first hand and revolted, seizing control of the Screen Actor's Guild and actively opposing the Commmunists - Ronald Reagan.

Today, those days are vilified and the enemy agents are deemed mythical.

They weren't and aren't mythical. They're still there and they still want to warp and wreck and smear all that's really good about our America. Boycott all of the products of these anti-Americans and support all of those who still believe in us.

15 posted on 01/22/2015 6:06:14 AM PST by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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I was torn over whether to see it or not. I’ve decided that I will.

After being in Iraq and seeing it up close and personal I was leery about going. But after reading the reviews and seeing the previews I have decided it will be worth watching. My only reservation is taking my wife with me as when we see movies about the war she tends to watch me for my reaction more than she watches the movie.


16 posted on 01/22/2015 6:07:18 AM PST by rfreedom4u (Do you know who Barry Soetoro is?)
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My thing is during 27 years in the Army I have seen enough blown up Soldiers.

Maybe I’ll wait for it to come out Netflix, that way I can pause if I need to.


17 posted on 01/22/2015 6:12:29 AM PST by Gamecock (Joel Osteen is a preacher of the Gospel like Colonel Sanders is an Army officer.)
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To: Gamecock

I retired in 2013 after 26 years in. My wife said I’ve changed since going to Iraq. I think that’s why she watches me instead of the movie.

I’ve promised to tell her “all about Iraq” before I die. Hopefully that will not be for a long time.


18 posted on 01/22/2015 6:16:20 AM PST by rfreedom4u (Do you know who Barry Soetoro is?)
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To: SJackson
It doesn’t confront the left; instead it acts as if the left isn’t there.

The Left isn't there and never has been. Service to their country is inconceivable to them unless it's in the role of corrupt politician as a means of stuffing their pockets full of money. It's good to see them hoist on their own petard.

American Sniper will not win the Oscar, Selma will get that honor and it will serve to show how utterly vacuous Hollywood really is.

19 posted on 01/22/2015 6:18:41 AM PST by centurion316
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To: Dilbert San Diego
I went to see American Sniper yesterday. I have to drive 30 miles to the closest theater but when I'm in the big city for VA medical appointments, I usually try to take in a movie, as well. I go about every two weeks. For a movie showing on a Wednesday workday afternoon, I usually see very few people in the theater. Not so yesterday. The theater was packed for this film. Instead of having the theater pretty much to myself, as is usually the case, I had trouble finding a single open seat.

It was a very good movie. Very fast moving. The war scenes were very realistic and graphic. But at other times, when Chris Kyle was between tours, at home with his wife and kids, there was a softer tone. Clint Eastwood did a great job directing this film.

There was no enthusiastic clapping or cheers when our soldiers got the bad guys, as some might expect. The audience was quiet and respectful. When the film was over, there were tears and quiet sobbing. It is a very emotionally moving movie. The audience was somber and obviously moved by the experience as they left the theater.

I can see why the liberals hates this movie. Besides breaking box office records and whipping Selma in the numbers, it is about everything the progressive left in this country hates. Our military, patriotism, family, defending America and our freedoms and liberties. It feels good to see a pro-American war movie come out of that leftist sewer of Hollywood once in a while.

20 posted on 01/22/2015 6:25:52 AM PST by HotHunt
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