HBO removes Gone with the wind.

[Silver]

We studied this film when I was at Purdue.

Chicken farms offering better educations these days.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

We studied this film when I was at Purdue.

Chicken farms offering better educations these days.

Ah, you've been to Purdue. What parts did you like the best?

[Brian37]

I'm not saying it's wrong to watch these kind of movies but imagine if you were the owner of TV station and you decide to air "Birth of a Nation" while people are rioting outside your office against racism - would you not be a bit concerned for your safety?

Both would be cases of hiding from reality. It's a fact that "Birth of a Nation" exists. To deny that is to sanitize history. We studied this film when I was at Purdue.

BINGO!

I think HBO's decision to not air Gone With The Wind was well intended but wrong headed. They made it clear that they would comment on it after, as to use it as a learning tool. 

It would also be absurd to shut down the Holocaust Museum because it depicts human cruelty. 


Nobody can change the zeitgeist of the movie at the time, but it should be kept as a learning tool.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

The message of "Birth of a Nation" was that this kind of attitude was acceptable. The discussion should take off from that point. (One thing I pointed out to the prof. was that the worst characters in the movie were portrayed by whites in black-face. Negros wouldn't do those parts.)

[Brian37]

The message of "Birth of a Nation" was that this kind of attitude was acceptable. The discussion should take off from that point. (One thing I pointed out to the prof. was that the worst characters in the movie were portrayed by whites in black-face. Negros wouldn't do those parts.)

That is the point. One does not have to like the cruelty of history, or pop culture of the time that promotes it, no matter the point in history. But once the adversary is defeated, it is still important to  keep that horrible history, not in a manor of honor, but in a matter or record, to learn what not to do.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Yep.

"War is bad! We should never fight a war! The US was evil for killing all those people in World War Two!"

[Silver]

We clearly haven’t learned to not let a dictator in office, i.e., Trump.

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Indeed, war is bad but we keep having them.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

We clearly haven’t learned to not let a dictator in office, i.e., Trump.

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Indeed, war is bad but we keep having them.

And we always have a choice. We can fight the bad guys or join them.

[ignoramus]

What if you guys ARE the bad guys

Anyway, I'm petitioning to have all the Star Wars franchise banned because it inspires rebellion against the authorities!

(and incest!)

(and dodgy b grade acting! ........I'm looking at you Solo!)

[Gawdzilla Sama]

What if you guys ARE the bad guys

forum.axishistory.com might interest you.

Anyway, I'm petitioning to have all the Star Wars franchise banned because it inspires rebellion against the authorities!

"I had friends on that Death Star!"