When I was a child, I remember hearing that a lot of people would vote along party lines. Republicans would go and select any name with (R) beside it. Democrats would select anyone with (D) by their name. It confused me because it meant that winning a race usually meant getting your party to turn out. How could we become so partisan? Then, Obama got elected and Republicans stonewalled. Trump got elected and Democrats stonewalled. Is this what politics has come to? Sadly, the answer is yes.
Enter Dinesh D'Souza. I hadn’t heard of him, but he apparently has a few movies out. (I only knew about this one because of a poster at my nearest AMC.) The movie opens with a reenactment of the final moments of Adolph Hitler’s life. There are all sorts of segments with people not believing that Trump will win the primary or the general election. There are calls for impeachment.
D’Souza draws a comparison between the current Republican president and the first Republican president, Abraham Lincoln. You see, both are hated by Democrats. Lincoln, for wanting to free the slaves and end the way America operated at the time. Similarly, Trump is working to make America great. Democrats will whine, sure, but we’ll survive.
The only problem I have with the documentary is that it’s basically propaganda. There are way too many shots of flags or the Statue of Liberty for me to say otherwise. There’s also a lot of the usual rhetoric, like how Democrats are evil and believe in eugenics because, you know, Margaret Sanger. D’Souza also compares Democrats to Hitler and Mussolini because both dictators wanted to take away people’s guns, just like Obama.
Yes, D’Souza invokes reductio ad Hitlerum. Because Hitler and Mussolini did it, it must be bad. I’ll admit, it is similar to saying that Trump is like David Duke because both used America First. It’s a line that a politician might be inclined to use if they were running for president. It’s a little more complicated than that; Trump has done other, more serious things like demonize the press. (No leader should do that. The free press is necessary to a free society.)
There are a few interviews, some of which seem more skewed than others. An interview with Richard Spencer seemed overly edited. It may be coincidence; choices had to be made given how many people were interviewed. Still, the entire argument is skewed towards the right. D’Souza points out that the Democratic Party was founded to support slavery and that the Republican Party tended to be more liberal. He then tries to say that nothing has really changed. Democrats still oppress minorities and Trump would welcome anyone of any nationality. Yes, Mr. Shithole Nation, the same guy who wanted Mexico to pay for the wall, would welcome everyone regardless of origin or background.
Oh, and apparently, Hitler learned everything he needed to know about genocide from Andrew Jackson. I’m not saying that Jackson was a great president. He did try to forcibly relocate Native Americans. But to blame Hitler on Democrats seems like a bit of a stretch at best. Add to this the claim that Hitler was pro-homosexual, as he tolerated gays among the Sturmabteilung. There are a lot of claims in the movie that seem unbelievable.
Everyone is welcome to hold their own views and canonize anyone they want, but it will always amaze me that Trump will have as many people voting for him as he did.
Enter Dinesh D'Souza. I hadn’t heard of him, but he apparently has a few movies out. (I only knew about this one because of a poster at my nearest AMC.) The movie opens with a reenactment of the final moments of Adolph Hitler’s life. There are all sorts of segments with people not believing that Trump will win the primary or the general election. There are calls for impeachment.
D’Souza draws a comparison between the current Republican president and the first Republican president, Abraham Lincoln. You see, both are hated by Democrats. Lincoln, for wanting to free the slaves and end the way America operated at the time. Similarly, Trump is working to make America great. Democrats will whine, sure, but we’ll survive.
The only problem I have with the documentary is that it’s basically propaganda. There are way too many shots of flags or the Statue of Liberty for me to say otherwise. There’s also a lot of the usual rhetoric, like how Democrats are evil and believe in eugenics because, you know, Margaret Sanger. D’Souza also compares Democrats to Hitler and Mussolini because both dictators wanted to take away people’s guns, just like Obama.
Yes, D’Souza invokes reductio ad Hitlerum. Because Hitler and Mussolini did it, it must be bad. I’ll admit, it is similar to saying that Trump is like David Duke because both used America First. It’s a line that a politician might be inclined to use if they were running for president. It’s a little more complicated than that; Trump has done other, more serious things like demonize the press. (No leader should do that. The free press is necessary to a free society.)
There are a few interviews, some of which seem more skewed than others. An interview with Richard Spencer seemed overly edited. It may be coincidence; choices had to be made given how many people were interviewed. Still, the entire argument is skewed towards the right. D’Souza points out that the Democratic Party was founded to support slavery and that the Republican Party tended to be more liberal. He then tries to say that nothing has really changed. Democrats still oppress minorities and Trump would welcome anyone of any nationality. Yes, Mr. Shithole Nation, the same guy who wanted Mexico to pay for the wall, would welcome everyone regardless of origin or background.
Oh, and apparently, Hitler learned everything he needed to know about genocide from Andrew Jackson. I’m not saying that Jackson was a great president. He did try to forcibly relocate Native Americans. But to blame Hitler on Democrats seems like a bit of a stretch at best. Add to this the claim that Hitler was pro-homosexual, as he tolerated gays among the Sturmabteilung. There are a lot of claims in the movie that seem unbelievable.
Everyone is welcome to hold their own views and canonize anyone they want, but it will always amaze me that Trump will have as many people voting for him as he did.
1 comment :
"... it will always amaze me that Trump will have as many people voting for him as he did."
BRIAN Kuhl (related to Atta Von Kuhl?) unabashedly tipped his leftist hand with the above statement. Your bias has no place in the obviously tainted review.
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