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Why Conservatives Must Support '12 Strong' (or Stop Complaining)
newsbusters.org ^ | 1/20/2018 | Christian Toto

Posted on 01/21/2018 8:42:10 AM PST by rktman

Conservatives constantly complain about Hollywood … often for very good reasons.

The industry’s voice is almost uniformly liberal. Major stars (like Amy Schumer and Michael Shannon) talk down to Red State denizens in the ugliest ways possible. Films often mock or denigrate the U.S. Military (think Redacted for a glaring Exhibit A).

Liberal messages abound in many films and TV shows. Consider the “resistance” themes lurking within Supergirl and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Sites like NewsBusters cover this terrain aggressively. Tinsel Town gives the site’s writers plenty of fodder.

Hollywood also hasn’t captured the heroism displayed by U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

Enter 12 Strong.

The Jan. 19 release tells the amazing true story of the Horse Soldiers. These brave Green Berets were the first U.S. boots on the ground in war-torn Afghanistan after terrorists killed 3,000-plus Americans on Sept 11, 2001.

Modern day heroes Major Mark Nutsch and Chief Warrant Officer Robert Pennington are played by Chris Hemsworth and Michael Shannon, respectively. Some of the facts have been changed for dramatic purposes (including the aforementioned heroes’ names). The thrust of the mission remains accurate and compelling.

The film should be red meat to conservatives. It’s patriotic and lacks the kind of pearl clutching seen in some war movies. The Taliban is depicted in the cruelest way possible, reflecting the truth behind the barbaric group. It’s also apolitical to the core.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: hollyweird; troops
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To: EdnaMode

Wow, you’re right!

Thanks— I don’t keep up with pop culture, but his actions are outside the realm of forgiveness. Now this one is even off my Netflix queue.


21 posted on 01/21/2018 9:25:00 AM PST by antidisestablishment ( Xenophobia is the only sane response to multiculturalismÂ’s irrational cultural exuberance)
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To: DesertRhino

One war movie doesn’t fix the problem.

No, it doesn’t. But one war movie that makes buckets of money will draw notice, especially after some of Hollyweird’s BIG-BUDGET clams of late. I’m sure “12 Strong” didn’t require tens of millions for special effects and CGI.


22 posted on 01/21/2018 9:25:09 AM PST by DNME (The only solution to a BAD guy with a gun is a GOOD guy with a gun.)
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To: tumblindice

LOL! No problemo. I got me an alligator hide don’t you know. And I know how it works around here. Besides which, we just got two HUGE bags of Skinny Pop for $1.43 off per bag. So....


23 posted on 01/21/2018 9:28:56 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: stanne
13 hours or band of brothers you can watch often...

I loved 13 Hours.

24 posted on 01/21/2018 9:29:59 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: rktman

Major stars (like Amy Schumer


Anyone who thinks Amy Schumer is a major star
is majorly stupid, or thinks I am. There have
also been more good military movies than pro-
conservative ones, by a long shot. Pedal your
nonsense elsewhere.


25 posted on 01/21/2018 9:36:02 AM PST by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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To: rktman

watch the documentary the movie came from instead

the real men in their own words

http://www.gowatchfreemovies.to/watch-2aa944-Legion-of-Brothers-movie-online-free-putlocker.html


27 posted on 01/21/2018 9:47:28 AM PST by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: rktman

I saw it in liked it but I do think that Black Hawk Down and The Lone Survivor were probably better.


28 posted on 01/21/2018 9:49:20 AM PST by gaijin
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To: ilgipper

Huh? “.... protected to plan inside Afghanistan...”

That’s a good one. I’ll remember it for future reference.

You sound like Tea Party fake Ted Cruz or some other Bush traitor trying to protect their Deep State poppy fields in Afghanistan...

You do know HW’s nickname is Poppy, right?


29 posted on 01/21/2018 9:49:46 AM PST by Sontagged (Lord Jesus, please frogmarch Your enemies behind You as You've promised in Your Word)
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To: MAGA2020

Neoconservatism is about exporting democracy at gunpoint. It worked with Japan and Germany because those countries were totally subjugated and occupied as long as it took.

We have neither the stamina nor will do that anymore. I hope we’ve learned from our mistake, but there’s always some fool to say, “This time it’s different.”


30 posted on 01/21/2018 9:50:15 AM PST by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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To: stanne
The narrative is weak and the dialogue is disappointing

13 hours or band of brothers you can watch often

This is a good story not very well executed but it’s watchable for

13 Hours is one of the best movies I have ever seen. It's amazing that it was released in a year that Hillary was running for president. It's amazing that it was made at all.
31 posted on 01/21/2018 9:51:21 AM PST by Ticonderoga34
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To: Chode

Thanks.


32 posted on 01/21/2018 9:53:16 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: Rummyfan

Loved the movie. Hated the incident. So, where are the cia station folks who could shed some light? Oh, non disclosure agreements. Yeah, that.


33 posted on 01/21/2018 9:54:44 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: sparklite2
Schumer's niece is pretty hot though: Image and video hosting by TinyPic but you have to roll her in flowers.
34 posted on 01/21/2018 9:55:08 AM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all white armed conservatives)
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To: Ticonderoga34

I found 13 Hours on Amazon Prime, only on DVD at Netflix and not at all on DirecTV. Netflix isn’t all that comprehensive...


35 posted on 01/21/2018 9:55:10 AM PST by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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To: rktman

(or,Stop Complaining)

That’ll be the day. ;)


36 posted on 01/21/2018 9:56:41 AM PST by Leep (The dims better watch it..Trump is CRAZY!!)
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To: tumblindice

What kind of flowers?


37 posted on 01/21/2018 9:56:49 AM PST by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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To: gaijin

See it but the topics of heroin cultivation and abuse of dancing boys are not topics the movie takes up at all.

The movie depiction is that the Taliban is completely bad and the Northern Alliance is completely good:

it is a simplistic View.

see it, but just realize that.

Our allies there are illiterate, heroin dealing homos.


38 posted on 01/21/2018 9:58:58 AM PST by gaijin
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To: tumblindice

People actually buy Concessions at Theaters??

People can’t go 2-3 hours without putting something in their mouths?? LOL!!

I haven’t bought one single thing to eat or drink at the movies in 35 years.


39 posted on 01/21/2018 10:02:52 AM PST by LiveFreeOrDie2001 ( Thank GOD Hillary didn't get elected!)
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To: discostu

It is a great movie! Exciting, dramatic, and true! It is extremely well done. Hemsworth is a tour de force! Makes me even more proud to be American! One of the Best war movies in my life. Good versus evil, no attempt at ambivalence.


40 posted on 01/21/2018 10:03:03 AM PST by bobfeland (To be learned is good if we hearken to the counsel of God!)
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