The New Conservative Age - a good thing?
Oct 11th 2020, 12:06 am
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Re: The New Conservative Age - a good thing?
Originally Posted by paulry
My wife and I watched the documentary "Uncle Tom" last night, where black conservatives have their say. Very inspirational watching, the story of people who have been fed the narrative of victims who while acknowledging they had a horrific past were able to pull themselves beyond all of that, love their country and make the most of the very many opportunities that their country extended to them. The recognition by them that they are not so-called liberals but are conservatives and the world is their oyster. In contrast to those who have been made to believe that they are perpetual victims owed reparations, and that the system is stacked against them. Very interesting and very inspirational - a very human story with circumstances, responses and results that has been replicated around the world. People who refuse to accept the "liberal" narrative that they are victims - whether that victim narrative is right or wrong, consistently do better than those who wallow in it. Still pondering over many of the things that were discussed. Would love to sit at a table with all of the people who featured in the documentary and to learn more. I think there is something in that documentary for everyone to learn.
I watched Storyville, Undercover in the Alt-Right - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000nkb7
I was watching on BBC World News using a fetch box, but I think it is aired elsewhere too.
Some of the stuff caught on camera was not only shocking, but saddening. The guy who went undercover now lives in a secret location, but continues to work for 'Hope not Hate' I think.
Oct 11th 2020, 12:15 am
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Re: The New Conservative Age - a good thing?
Originally Posted by old.sparkles
I'll have a look for that one - what channel aired it?
I watched Storyville, Undercover in the Alt-Right - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000nkb7
I was watching on BBC World News using a fetch box, but I think it is aired elsewhere too.
Some of the stuff caught on camera was not only shocking, but saddening. The guy who went undercover now lives in a secret location, but continues to work for 'Hope not Hate' I think.
I watched Storyville, Undercover in the Alt-Right - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000nkb7
I was watching on BBC World News using a fetch box, but I think it is aired elsewhere too.
Some of the stuff caught on camera was not only shocking, but saddening. The guy who went undercover now lives in a secret location, but continues to work for 'Hope not Hate' I think.
A pity, I haven't long ago unsubscribed from Fetch TV, but I'll have a look for it. Sometimes Storyville, etc gets rebranded to Four Corners by the ABC.
Oct 11th 2020, 12:25 am
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Re: The New Conservative Age - a good thing?
Originally Posted by paulry
There's a web site called Uncle Tom. It's not free though but worth what they're charging if we consider it's a lot cheaper than a cinema ticket.
A pity, I haven't long ago unsubscribed from Fetch TV, but I'll have a look for it. Sometimes Storyville, etc gets rebranded to Four Corners by the ABC.
A pity, I haven't long ago unsubscribed from Fetch TV, but I'll have a look for it. Sometimes Storyville, etc gets rebranded to Four Corners by the ABC.
Oct 11th 2020, 1:02 am
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Re: The New Conservative Age - a good thing?
Originally Posted by kimilseung
is Thomas Sowell included? I do enjoy listening to and reading him.
I've just finished watching a video called "Thomas Sowell - Liberal Policy wreaks havoc on Blacks", and I agree with just about everything he says in it. Another person is also in that video: Charles Murray, who argues pretty well for UBI for all, which sounds good in theory but I wonder if in practice it would work out as well as he describes.
Oct 11th 2020, 2:57 am
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Re: The New Conservative Age - a good thing?
Originally Posted by paulry
No, he's not, unfortunately. A pity because from what I've read and seen of him he's very much consistent with the message in "Uncle Tom". Pretty much all of the people in the film are in a younger demographic. It would be interesting to see how (and if) things chime - or not, with the older conservative demographic. What do you like about Thomas Sowell's views?
I've just finished watching a video called "Thomas Sowell - Liberal Policy wreaks havoc on Blacks", and I agree with just about everything he says in it. Another person is also in that video: Charles Murray, who argues pretty well for UBI for all, which sounds good in theory but I wonder if in practice it would work out as well as he describes.
I've just finished watching a video called "Thomas Sowell - Liberal Policy wreaks havoc on Blacks", and I agree with just about everything he says in it. Another person is also in that video: Charles Murray, who argues pretty well for UBI for all, which sounds good in theory but I wonder if in practice it would work out as well as he describes.
One thing Sowell does do is try to expand our views on slavery, getting us to view it as something almost universal and current. which it indeed is. He gets us to challenge the American-centric (and often the way much of the World see it too) view of slavery as a unique American experience. Many people are surprised to find that what is now the USA had what? 5% of that triangular trade. The Caribbean and Brazil taking the lions shares. Of course people have tried to see Sowell and his sources as a way to claim that slavery is an irrelevance. Ubiquity does not diminish the importance of the component parts. The British have by and large accepted the American-centric view, combined with slavery being illegal on British soli has made it easy for Britons to distance their history from slavery. Sowell helps remind us that the British were more involved with it than America itself.
Oct 11th 2020, 3:33 am
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Re: The New Conservative Age - a good thing?
Originally Posted by kimilseung
But he makes arguments in a reasoned and knowledgeable way, and that is usually interesting, and can get us all to reevaluate and edit our own thoughts. Being exposed to different view points can get us to recalibrate our own viewpoints both by moving towards their view point and hearing weaknesses that can also help strengthen our own viewpoint, but it is rare for it to be wasted time.
Originally Posted by kimilseung
One thing Sowell does do is try to expand our views on slavery, getting us to view it as something almost universal and current. which it indeed is. He gets us to challenge the American-centric (and often the way much of the World see it too) view of slavery as a unique American experience. Many people are surprised to find that what is now the USA had what? 5% of that triangular trade. The Caribbean and Brazil taking the lions shares. Of course people have tried to see Sowell and his sources as a way to claim that slavery is an irrelevance. Ubiquity does not diminish the importance of the component parts. The British have by and large accepted the American-centric view, combined with slavery being illegal on British soli has made it easy for Britons to distance their history from slavery. Sowell helps remind us that the British were more involved with it than America itself.
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Oct 14th 2020, 7:23 am
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Re: The New Conservative Age - a good thing?
Originally Posted by paulry
There's a web site called Uncle Tom. It's not free though but worth what they're charging if we consider it's a lot cheaper than a cinema ticket.
A pity, I haven't long ago unsubscribed from Fetch TV, but I'll have a look for it. Sometimes Storyville, etc gets rebranded to Four Corners by the ABC.
A pity, I haven't long ago unsubscribed from Fetch TV, but I'll have a look for it. Sometimes Storyville, etc gets rebranded to Four Corners by the ABC.
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Oct 14th 2020, 2:20 pm
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Re: The New Conservative Age - a good thing?
Originally Posted by paulry
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Oct 14th 2020, 4:45 pm
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Re: The New Conservative Age - a good thing?
Originally Posted by kimilseung
Most of what gets filmed is discarded ("deleted") from the overwhelming majority of filming projects. Most shots fall on the virtual floor, during editing. If there are any Media Studies students out there, they would have learned this during their studies.
Oct 14th 2020, 4:59 pm
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Re: The New Conservative Age - a good thing?
Originally Posted by Red Eric
It takes a 3 year course to learn how to discard most of what's filmed?
Oct 14th 2020, 9:14 pm
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Re: The New Conservative Age - a good thing?
Originally Posted by kimilseung
I think the full answer to that would be no, to do it well, takes the experience of a lifetime. Apologies to Whistler.
Oct 20th 2020, 10:34 pm
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Re: The New Conservative Age - a good thing?
Originally Posted by kimilseung
In Bolivia, meanwhile, Morales's MAS is back in business, reversing the right win trend.
Oct 20th 2020, 10:38 pm
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Re: The New Conservative Age - a good thing?
Originally Posted by DaveLovesDee
And did anyone notice NZ's Jacinda Arden comprehensively won re-election on many of Corbyn Labour's 2017 policies? Of course, her handling of NZ's Covid definitely didn't harm her chances though...
