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‘American Sniper': Intolerance Burns Inside the Left Like a Poison
Breitbart ^ | 1/24/15 | John Nolte

Posted on 01/24/2015 8:11:31 PM PST by Nachum

In a Weekly Standard piece titled, “The ‘American Sniper’ Freakout: Why the Left Can’t Tolerate This Movie,” Mark Hemingway does a fine job of breaking down exactly why the Left either hates “American Sniper” or is dishonestly claiming it is a left-wing movie. It’s a thorough, must-read that perfectly lays out the case. Outside the context of the film itself, there is an additional reason the Left can’t tolerate Eastwood’s masterpiece: every act of apostasy, even one, must be punished.

The Left cannot tolerate dissent. If just one thing sneaks through the institutions the Left is desperate to hold a monopoly on, it is immediately crushed, defamed, mocked, and Frankenstein-villaged until the end of time.

Just try to read this from Vox without seeing the vein throbbing in the author’s forehead:

Faced with a choice between altering its narrative to account for that gray versus altering the facts of history, the film chose the latter. It adopted an “honesty shmonesty” approach to the war: in its retelling, Iraq was a fight of Good Americans against Bad Terrorists, led by Chris Kyle, the Good-est American of them all.

Translation: “Harumph! Harumph! Harumph!”

Here’s Rolling Stone’s troll-king Matt Taibbi:

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: american; burns; intolerance; leftism; liberalism; progressivism; sniper; tolerance
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1 posted on 01/24/2015 8:11:31 PM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum

If any of these liberals found themselves in the clutches and at the tender mercies of the sword wielding jihadists, their attitude about the military in general and snipers in particular would adjust quickly.


2 posted on 01/24/2015 8:16:38 PM PST by allendale
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To: allendale

They are right there, right now.


3 posted on 01/24/2015 8:17:44 PM PST by FreeperCell
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To: allendale

But only temporarily, I’d expect.


4 posted on 01/24/2015 8:17:51 PM PST by rightwingcrazy
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To: Nachum

As a public school teacher at one time who tried to uphold what was right, I’ve seen ALL of this happen. Very few people came to my aid. People get the kind of government they deserve, my father always said. And, he was right.


5 posted on 01/24/2015 8:17:54 PM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin ( Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you,)
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To: Nachum

If and when this Nation is invaded Taibbi will be at the head of the line to welcome the enemy.


6 posted on 01/24/2015 8:19:51 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: Nachum
Fridays numbers from Box Office Mojo =>

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1. American Sniper $18,325,000

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7. Selma $1,485,000

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http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/

7 posted on 01/24/2015 8:20:34 PM PST by Ken H (What happens on the internet, stays on the internet.)
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To: Nachum

Good article. Hits the nail on the head on several areas where liberals go beserck when they can’t control what people think or say or do.


8 posted on 01/24/2015 8:28:38 PM PST by Qwackertoo (Worst 8 years ever, First Affirmative Action President, I hope those who did this to us SUFFER MOST!)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
If and when this Nation is invaded Taibbi will be at the head of the line to welcome the enemy.

In heels and a strapless no doubt.

9 posted on 01/24/2015 8:29:34 PM PST by oldbrowser (We have a rogue government in Washington)
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To: Nachum

It’s because (as I’ve mentioned earlier) the Left doesn’t have a sniper hero that was killing American soldiers ....and they’re so upset ....


10 posted on 01/24/2015 8:32:06 PM PST by SkyDancer
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To: allendale
If any of these liberals found themselves in the clutches and at the tender mercies of the sword wielding jihadists, their attitude about the military in general and snipers in particular would adjust quickly.

The thing is, most of the people in those orange jumpsuit execution videos were standard progressives. It hasn't changed their opinion yet, at least the ones not getting executed.

11 posted on 01/24/2015 8:42:40 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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If and when this Nation is invaded Taibbi will be at the head of the line to welcome the enemy.

"No they serve purpose only [up] to the stage of destabilization of a nation. For example, your leftists in [the] United States; all these professors and all these beautiful civil rights defenders. They are instrumental in the process of the subversion; only to destabilize a nation. When the job is completed, they are not needed anymore. They know too much. Some of them, when they get disillusioned - when they see that Marxist-Leninist come to power. Obviously they get offended; they think that THEY will come to power. That will never happen, of course; they will be lined up against the wall and shot. "

-YURI BEZMENOV

12 posted on 01/24/2015 8:47:00 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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13 posted on 01/24/2015 8:48:10 PM PST by 4Liberty (Prejudice and generalizations. That's how Collectivists roll......)
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Breitbart says elsewhere that AS only lost “32%” but makes a big deal about Selma losing 37%. Seems kind of a silly difference


14 posted on 01/24/2015 8:48:15 PM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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True. You have to wonder if as they are being beheaded the final thought was one of clarity such as “Whatever possessed me to come here?” or if their delusions persist to the end “If only they knew what a good person I really am!”


15 posted on 01/24/2015 8:49:15 PM PST by allendale
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To: Qwackertoo

The risk is that it does not take much to expose the illusionary “majority” and “intelligent” voice they use to express their kooky world view. When the majority realizes they are not really the odd ones out, rather the normal majority of people who are suppressed by the left’s voice, the Left becomes the odd ones out - where they belong.

Homos are going to be sorry for badgering the public with this iron fist of hatred and intolerance. Their time of total control is coming to an end. And the liberal racists are going to have a backfire, too. They are regressives; not progressives. Leftists are aggressively disgusting and stupid people. Americans forgot for a bit of time.


16 posted on 01/24/2015 9:04:11 PM PST by SaraJohnson
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To: PghBaldy

Off point in a silly way.


17 posted on 01/24/2015 9:06:54 PM PST by sgtyork (Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy)
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To: Nachum
I can see why the liberals hate this movie. Besides breaking box office records and whipping their beloved Selma into the ground, it is about everything the progressive left in this country hates. Our country, our military, patriotism, family, defending America and our freedoms and liberties. And individual responsibility, which is what Chris Kyle was about.

The liberals' heads are exploding over the success of this movie. After all, they claim to know no one who has even seen it, including their own critical selves. That says a lot about their leftist enclaves and cliques and the progressive bubbles they live in. Only those living in or exposed to the real world of flyover country America, would understand instinctively why people are flocking to see America Sniper. They've had their fill of the drivel that liberals spew out and they won't have any more of it. Time to push back against the statists and progressives in this country and start regaining ground in recovering our America of old.

18 posted on 01/24/2015 9:07:29 PM PST by HotHunt
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We understand that the like of Taibbi would rather call a difficult scrambled counter to a 911 surprize attack “stupid”, while being in awe of the 911 attack’s efficiency itself, smashing the head when in a feeble attempts of a nation to defend itself.

Of course he is never going to mock the stupid islamic videos. In fact they are fine with praising Che’s war, Islamic jihad conversion in our military, the war on poverty type idiocy...

Nahh, that would not be hip. It is hip to attack the self defense mechanisms of Americans, the natural self preservations, and instead promote fag scouting.


19 posted on 01/24/2015 9:07:52 PM PST by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall not be infringed)
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Well, just got back from seeing this fantastic movie!
Yep, I’m biased being a 30 yr Navy wife but I honestly can’t see how any one from either the left or the right can have a problem with this movie. It’s totally a movie about a remarkable service member and what motivated him and hoe his dedication affected his home life. It was told cleanly and concisely with no PC crap.
Well done to all involved and God Bless Kyle’s family.


20 posted on 01/24/2015 9:15:29 PM PST by matginzac
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