I'm not sure what people think these West Wing fantasies would do, exactly.https://twitter.com/donwinslow/status/1259956848213417985 …
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Trump isn't going to deflate and disappear because one particular person tells him he's a liar to his face. That isn't how anything works.
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a lot of the media could do a lot better in identifying Trump's lies for their readers. But some WH press reporter insulting him—I mean, I'm not against it, but it's not going to be nearly as satisfying as you think, and it will change nothing.
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movies always have these moments where someone takes a stand and virtue is recognized and then happy ending. real life doesn't work like that, and it's kind of dangerous to convince yourself it does.
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That "West Wing fantasy" reminds me of one movie in particular: in Cloud Atlas, there's a quasi-parody of such a hollywoodian grandstanding of virtue which accidentally kickstarts the rebellion of the clone girl living in future-Seoul:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzOZLXTfV6g …
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But the movie later shows that the character who inspired that scene from a pseudo movie did win his freedom NOT by telling to his de-facto jailers' face that they were breaking the law (it tried that, it failed pathetically), but…
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because one of his companion of misfortune sicced on the jailers a litteral pub of angry scottish rugby fanshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PPbVCfAu5E&t=38 …
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Violent Scotsmen cliché notwithstanding, I do love that the supposedly about reincarnation and "love is bigger than mere human lifespans" movie so bluntly states that you do not stop bullies with official titles by telling them to their face that they're breaking the rules…
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but by beating them bloody with superior muscle/firepower
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Yeah the most important takeaway from the image of the student staring down the tank column at Tiananmen Square is in the end he still lost and the tanks still won The viral celebrity he got as the anonymous figure in that photo earned him nothing
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