(March 8, 2020 at 6:58 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: In this particular forum thread context, the Busters who are so committed to their particular candidate (the same one I’ll be voting for soon, mind you) that they’d stay home just because the lesser of two evils isn’t good enough. In this case, who the Romans are meant to be should be obvious.
In the actual historical context of when Life of Brian was made, the various rebel groups were an analogue for present-day left-wing factions who ended up focusing more on squabbling about how each other were false prophets than actually fighting the power. And, of course, if you know your British history, you know who came to power the same year the film was released...
Nice. Thanks for hashing that out. It's really frustrating for me to watch. Even though I couldn't fucking stand Hillary Clinton, and still can't (she's a bit cunty, let's all just be honest here), I still gave her my vote in 2016. Looks like the same is bound to happen this year, where I'll be forced to vote for Biden, while a good chunk of the Left will be busy trying to out-woke one another, arguing over who the best candidate would've been, or how the present candidate isn't good enough and blah blah blah, and in the mean time will hand the election to Trump on a silver platter.
I'm so sick of everyone on the Left trying to out-woke each other and argue about who's the most progressive and the most intellectual among us... It's like so many Democrats are just concerned with proving that they're right, or that they have the right idea about what being progressive really means, and in the mean time are missing the fucking point that this spray-tanned asshat is going to take office for another four years because so many of us are too busy squabbling. It's really irritating.
If you're frightened of dying, and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the Earth.
