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davidn3600

(6,342 posts)
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 11:47 PM Dec 2016

Neo-Nazis are calling for a boycott of new Star Wars movie

They are suddenly complaining about Star Wars now? After 40 years?


White supremacists are continuing their call for a boycott of upcoming Star Wars film Rogue One, accusing the film’s producers of promoting multiculturalism and an “anti-white” agenda, forward.com reports.

“(((Star Wars))) Is Anti-White Social Engineering,” reads a Reddit post by GenFrancoPepe on the subreddit r/altright, including a gif showing the cast from the movie; according to the image, predominantly white characters fight with the oppressive Empire while an array of multicultural characters support the rebel fighters.

“So basically star wars was SJW propaganda from the beginning?” Another user, stanicpriest13 asked the forum. “Good now I don’t feel as bad about not watching the new films. The new films are going to flop big league anyway. You can push the female heroes as much as you like, but even most women don’t find it interesting.”

Calls for a boycott have been mounting since August, when a white supremacist site called InfoStormer complained that the trailer for Rogue One, “is another Jew masturbation fantasy of anti-white hatred.”

“This film should be boycotted. Episode 7 was bad enough featuring that retarded storm trooper Negro and another empowered White female in the lead roles,” InfoStormer wrote, later adding “It looks as if the Jew run company of Disney is going to pump out as many of these awful multicultural Star Wars films as possible.”


http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/neo-nazis-call-for-boycott-of-star-wars-rogue-one-a-jew-mturbation-fantasy-of-anti-white-hatred/


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Neo-Nazis are calling for a boycott of new Star Wars movie (Original Post) davidn3600 Dec 2016 OP
i will never forgive trump for raising the profile of these subhuman creatures spanone Dec 2016 #1
You and me both. nt raccoon Dec 2016 #33
Fine, we'll go twice. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #2
lol Cha Dec 2016 #47
Now 'Rogue One' is on my must-list for sure!!!! LongTomH Dec 2016 #3
Mine too! Watch that Trailer... Pachamama Dec 2016 #60
I'll go see it twice! 3 times even! Initech Dec 2016 #69
Awww, do these little darlings need their safe space? gratuitous Dec 2016 #4
Def on my "to go see" list now. roamer65 Dec 2016 #5
That makes the movie more attractive no fascist youth at the movie. gordianot Dec 2016 #6
And not having to worry about getting shot! MythosMaster Dec 2016 #42
Never thought of it might attract armed nutjobs. gordianot Dec 2016 #43
True dat! Cha Dec 2016 #48
I'm a Star Wars geek, and the bigots have been boycotting the series for a while now. lapucelle Dec 2016 #7
But what exactly are they upset about? davidn3600 Dec 2016 #11
You see, you're using facts and logic. Archae Dec 2016 #15
I know in 2005 they were upset about some of the themes JonLP24 Dec 2016 #24
They see intergalactic species working together as a nod to "multiculturalism". lapucelle Dec 2016 #25
I don't get it either NastyRiffraff Dec 2016 #41
So true, Riff. I'm not a Star Wars person either BUT Cha Dec 2016 #49
Another reason to see the movie. peabody Dec 2016 #8
I was going to see the movie anyway but I will see it sooner now. nycbos Dec 2016 #9
I might go to both our local (lower price) theater and Bettie Dec 2016 #18
More anti-Semitism. Behind the Aegis Dec 2016 #10
First it was mexicans, then gays, then unions workinclasszero Dec 2016 #23
K&R Jeffersons Ghost Dec 2016 #12
I plan to see it at least twice now. Aristus Dec 2016 #13
These idiots protest too much LandrosT Dec 2016 #14
This boycott makes as much sense as the boycott of Hamilton Gothmog Dec 2016 #16
LOL... They aren't going to make a dent in their profits. Idiots. n/t Zing Zing Zingbah Dec 2016 #17
They subconsciously see the Empire/First Order and they see themselves ck4829 Dec 2016 #19
They live to follow orders resistance2016 Dec 2016 #37
must see Achilleaze Dec 2016 #20
Hate radio, Fox news, CNN and MSNBC all normalized this nazi hate workinclasszero Dec 2016 #21
I know what movie I'm watching... backscatter712 Dec 2016 #22
We'd better remind them... 3catwoman3 Dec 2016 #26
Her we go again DK504 Dec 2016 #27
Hmm, looks like several viewings of Rogue are in my future.. JHan Dec 2016 #28
GOOD!! mitch96 Dec 2016 #29
More seats available for us. Justice Dec 2016 #30
Unbelievable marylandblue Dec 2016 #31
How utterly stupid can one group of people be? lark Dec 2016 #32
That just means we all have to pay to see it twice. Baitball Blogger Dec 2016 #34
They'll really hate the next Star Trek then! Initech Dec 2016 #35
Trek has been pissing 'em off for fifty years sarge43 Dec 2016 #66
I stood in line with my boys at 8 am to see Star wars movies in the 70s and 80s. riverbendviewgal Dec 2016 #36
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha shenmue Dec 2016 #38
You're doing it wrong! JHB Dec 2016 #53
I will second that. At least he said "negro". That's a step in the right direction...I guess. Missn-Hitch Dec 2016 #61
Well, I wasn't going to go see it. But now... neeksgeek Dec 2016 #39
The new tyranny bucolic_frolic Dec 2016 #40
Personally, I am more a Trekkie but....how do they come up with this kind of shit? AgadorSparticus Dec 2016 #44
I love em all 47of74 Dec 2016 #51
That poster needs a Winnebago Maru Kitteh Dec 2016 #64
Yeah it does 47of74 Dec 2016 #67
Wasn't sure if I was going to see this one but upon hearing this... Sorceress Dec 2016 #45
These guys are gonna look so incredibly stupid when that movie cracks $1 billion lol DemocraticSocialist8 Dec 2016 #46
Good. More seats for the rest of us. 47of74 Dec 2016 #50
Let me think for a moment..... hmm mm....... it seems that action blockbuster applegrove Dec 2016 #52
20000? Maybe in West Virginia. Missn-Hitch Dec 2016 #62
They're 0 for 3 on boycotts so far! Initech Dec 2016 #54
Just saw that trending on Twitter Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2016 #55
If we earmark some money, can these people buy themselves a life and a clue? Feeling the Bern Dec 2016 #56
NAZIs hate it? Best reason to go see it. underthematrix Dec 2016 #57
Nazis.... Beartracks Dec 2016 #58
Didn't they boycott the last one, too? Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #59
Definitely will flop. 2 billion dollars worrg Nevernose Dec 2016 #63
Good Dorian Gray Dec 2016 #65
Funny that the party that claims they don't need safe spaces... Initech Dec 2016 #68

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
4. Awww, do these little darlings need their safe space?
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 11:52 PM
Dec 2016

Somebody get the Nazis their wubbies and warm milk, stat!

gordianot

(15,238 posts)
6. That makes the movie more attractive no fascist youth at the movie.
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 12:03 AM
Dec 2016

Just think a full 2 hours+ without Trump tweets and Fascist pricks.

lapucelle

(18,258 posts)
7. I'm a Star Wars geek, and the bigots have been boycotting the series for a while now.
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 12:23 AM
Dec 2016

We're hearing about because they now have a much more public platform from which to spew.

 

davidn3600

(6,342 posts)
11. But what exactly are they upset about?
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 01:29 AM
Dec 2016

In Episode 7, it shows stormtroopers arent just all white, and they're leader is female also.

Out of the 7 movies, a white male is the main protagonist in 6 of them. Even the 7th movie you could say still revolves around Luke even with only 15 seconds of screen time.

So Im not sure what the big issue is....

Archae

(46,327 posts)
15. You see, you're using facts and logic.
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 01:58 AM
Dec 2016

And that's what totally screws up the view of the white supremacists.

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
24. I know in 2005 they were upset about some of the themes
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 10:29 AM
Dec 2016

Politics in 'Star Wars' Draw Bush Administration Comparison


George Lucas' final installment of the sci-fi epic, which opens nationwide Thursday, may be about more than light sabers, robots and opposing sides of the Force. It may actually be about … President Bush.

"It is clear that there's a parallel between the Bush administration and the rise to power of the Empire, the Evil Empire," said Newsweek movie critic David Ansen in a "Today" show segment Monday morning.

Ansen is just one of several voices asserting similarities between the politics of "Star Wars" and those of the current White House.

"Lucas dares, for the first time, to address how the hollow political conflict in his franchise correlates with the reality outside its panels," wrote Ed Gonzales, movie critic for Slant magazine, in his recent review.

The "Today" show's Michael Okwu summarized one of the new movie's storylines as: "a warmongering chancellor of an intergalactic republic asks the senate to give up their liberties and to give him more power—under the guise of being under attack."

Ansen said, "It appeared to be a reference to the Patriot Act and to our sort of giving up our civil liberties in the name of national security."
http://www.ethicsdaily.com/politics-in-star-wars-draw-bush-administration-comparisons-cms-5774

It could explain why they have been boycotting for awhile.

lapucelle

(18,258 posts)
25. They see intergalactic species working together as a nod to "multiculturalism".
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 11:22 AM
Dec 2016

Species from other planets are as smart as, or smarter than humans. They are co-equals with our species in intergalactic government.

They also have problems with people of color and women being role models and heroes. They were enraged years ago with Samuel Jackson being a Jedi master on the Jedi council. POC and women are afforded too much respect and deference in the series. That's not the white supremacists world view (or apparently intergalactic view either) of the actual order of things.

I think they were able to accept Billy Dee Williams in the the original series because he was essentially a successful grifter who did the right thing in the end under the influence of (mostly) white people.

In the Star Wars series there is an underlying theme of diverse good people (or beings) working together to defeat evil. White supremacists want to impose their version of order on others. In their world (and galaxies, I guess) all should not have an equal voice.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
41. I don't get it either
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 07:58 PM
Dec 2016

Except they NEED something to whine about. Anyway, I'm not a big SW fan, but this is a reason for seeing the film.

Bettie

(16,109 posts)
18. I might go to both our local (lower price) theater and
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 10:11 AM
Dec 2016

to the one in town that is full price.

But, I am once again, surprised (which is odd, because you'd think I'd have learned by now) by how dumb these people are.

Behind the Aegis

(53,956 posts)
10. More anti-Semitism.
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 01:26 AM
Dec 2016

More ignoring of it being a powerful motivator.

More tying Jews to anything and everything which someone deems "undesirable".

More denying the threat against the Jewish people as a whole.

I am fucking sick of it!!!!

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
23. First it was mexicans, then gays, then unions
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 10:29 AM
Dec 2016

and now of course the Trumpites will be going after Jews because that's what Trump white power nazis do.

Aristus

(66,364 posts)
13. I plan to see it at least twice now.
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 01:30 AM
Dec 2016

Those precious little Nazi snowflakes hate Star Wars?

What empty, pathetic lives they must lead...

 

LandrosT

(50 posts)
14. These idiots protest too much
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 01:41 AM
Dec 2016

It's pretty funny how these fools bitch endlessly about SJWs and etc, considering how much they dislike the idea of free speech. We can thank Trump the ass for giving these scumbags so much publicity.

ck4829

(35,076 posts)
19. They subconsciously see the Empire/First Order and they see themselves
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 10:20 AM
Dec 2016

A dedication to discipline without justice or accountability, the pursuit of ultimate power (Fictionally: Having a weapon that can blow up an entire planet/exclusive access to the Force. Reality: Having a friendly President, access to nukes, etc.), homogeneous, framing the opposition (Fictionally: Calling the others "rebels", enough dehumanizing to use Starkiller on a group of planets. Reality: Calling the other side "SJWs", a term only they really use).

 

resistance2016

(86 posts)
37. They live to follow orders
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 05:14 PM
Dec 2016

They WANT to be faceless, voiceless Stormtroopers, existing for no reason other than to follow the "leader," or as they'd probably say, the "alpha male of the group." Strange, since they go on and on and on about "individualism" how "alpha" they are, yet no group on the planet is, in reality, more submissive and docile than they are.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
21. Hate radio, Fox news, CNN and MSNBC all normalized this nazi hate
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 10:25 AM
Dec 2016

"Both party's are the same...blah blah blah....flim at 11."

See what happens to a country that elects nazis, Amerika!?

DK504

(3,847 posts)
27. Her we go again
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 12:14 PM
Dec 2016

"You can push the female heroes as much as you like, but even most women don’t find it interesting.”

I guess they really hate their mothers, since everyone of them had to suffer to push those beasties.

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
31. Unbelievable
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 01:28 PM
Dec 2016

Star Wars heroes include everything from teddy bears to sasquatch and they are concerned about skin color???

lark

(23,099 posts)
32. How utterly stupid can one group of people be?
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 02:21 PM
Dec 2016

Guess the fact that they are don the con supporters, answers that ? The movie will be a block buster and will set records for attendance and viewing. I know I can't wait to see it and could even see it more than once now that I know it'll make the assfaces' supporters crazy to see what good #'s it gets.

Initech

(100,075 posts)
35. They'll really hate the next Star Trek then!
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 02:34 PM
Dec 2016

Last edited Fri Dec 9, 2016, 12:54 AM - Edit history (1)

Shhhhhhh!!! Nobody tell them!

sarge43

(28,941 posts)
66. Trek has been pissing 'em off for fifty years
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 10:06 AM
Dec 2016

Just for starters: A Jew in command. An alien portrayed by another Jew pointing out some hard truths about humanity. A black woman on the bridge running the communication systems. An Asian and Russian driving the ship. Ex astra, scientia. -- so much to hate.

riverbendviewgal

(4,252 posts)
36. I stood in line with my boys at 8 am to see Star wars movies in the 70s and 80s.
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 03:31 PM
Dec 2016

I dont gp to many movies in the theatre these days but I will definitely go now. Those racist whte supremists cango to hell.

JHB

(37,160 posts)
53. You're doing it wrong!
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 01:02 AM
Dec 2016

You're missing the critical "bwa". The correct pronunciation is :

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

There's a proper form to these things.

neeksgeek

(1,214 posts)
39. Well, I wasn't going to go see it. But now...
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 06:51 PM
Dec 2016

I saw the original Star Wars film when I was 6. I was not thrilled with Episode VII... or I, II, and III...

Episode VII was okay, and worth seeing on the big screen, once. I had decided not to bother with more Star Wars movies, and just cherish my memories of seeing it in its original form, as a kid in the late 70s and early 80s...

But if these racist bozos are against it, then I'm going to see it!

AgadorSparticus

(7,963 posts)
44. Personally, I am more a Trekkie but....how do they come up with this kind of shit?
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 11:45 PM
Dec 2016

Bunch of dumbasses. I doubt these knuckleheads will really boycott the movie. They will just go during the non peak times which will bite big ones because that is when I like to go.

 

47of74

(18,470 posts)
51. I love em all
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 12:52 AM
Dec 2016

And if this somehow were to happen I'd totally be telling people to shut up and take my money.

applegrove

(118,654 posts)
52. Let me think for a moment..... hmm mm....... it seems that action blockbuster
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 12:53 AM
Dec 2016

are the most lucrative genre as they generate huge profits around the whole world. I'm guessing Rogue One's creators don't give a **** that 20,000 45 to 65 year old white men will not be watching their new film.

Initech

(100,075 posts)
54. They're 0 for 3 on boycotts so far!
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 01:06 AM
Dec 2016

They've boycotted Kelloggs, but failed.
They've boycotted Hamilton but it's sold out for two years.
They've boycotted Star Wars, but it's going to make at least $100,000,000 opening weekend.

Is there anything they don't suck at?

Nevernose

(13,081 posts)
63. Definitely will flop. 2 billion dollars worrg
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 03:39 AM
Dec 2016

And that's two billion not including merchandising. Oh, how ever shall Disney survive?

God these people are dumb. Remember when Disney made Heimdall black (in the Thor movies)? I had a guy kvetching at me about how reverse racist it was, and disrespectful to other people's heritage, and finally I said, "You do know that it's all make believe, right? It's also got a guy who rides a flying eight legged horse who can see the future, and Heindall's rainbow bridge isn't part of Hollywood's gay agenda."

Initech

(100,075 posts)
68. Funny that the party that claims they don't need safe spaces...
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 12:38 PM
Dec 2016

Sure needs a lot of safe spaces don't they? They complain when Alec Baldwin makes fun of the almighty Trumpenfuror. They complain about a musical that makes fun of Pence. They are not allowing women to protest Trump during the inauguration. They won't go see Star Wars because the writers are big meanie heads. Trump's supporters are as thin skinned as he is. Don't dish it out if you can't take it, guys.

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