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  I Care a Lot (2020) One of the worst movies I think I've ever seen

  by TD in

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  my wife and i were intrigued by the trailer, which looked like a humorous, over the top, dark comedy.. the story centers around the unscrupulousness of a female attorney named marla grayson (rosamund pike) who makes her living by preying on old people.

  grayson has her victims declared mentally incompetent, locks them away in a care facility she has bought off and then liquidates and pockets their assets as their court appointed guardian.. (spoilers ahead).

  ms. grayson humorously makes the mistake of singling out a seemingly helpless retiree name jennifer peterson (dianne wiest) as her next target.. grayson however, quickly discovers that peterson has millions of dollars in diamonds in a safe deposit box and far from being helpless is the mother of roman lunyov, (peter dinklage) a russian mafia figure who is not terribly happy with this turn of events.. up to this point, the movie was great.

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  TD:

  Not only does Marla magically wake up with all her faculties intact, she suddenly has the superhuman strength to knock the back window out of the car and escape without so much as a hangover.

  HappyDad:
  

  She was shot, but they did not show that she died.

  Yes, she died at the end. It's called dramatic irony. She (an anti-hero) 'defeats' the powerful big bad villain against all odds but gets her comeuppance from the 'little guy' (probably not an unintended metaphorical comparison to Dinklage's character) that she dismissed at the beginning of the film.
  
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  Do You Think White People Are Being Discriminated Against?

  by minimus in

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  some call it reverse discrimination.

  whatever you want to refer to as, in your opinion, are white people being unfairly picked on?

  it seems acceptable that if you are white you are viewed with disdain.

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  minimus:

  Jeffro, I don’t know why you are contrarian. Lol...

  I'm actually not (irony intended). But a lot of threads on this forum are highly politicised, and anyone who doesn't agree 100% with the preferred narrative is automatically labelled as being the polar opposite with little regard to their actual position. You're a bit like Jesus at Matthew 12:30, but maybe a better example to follow would be that of Jesus at Mark 9:40. 😂
  
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  Do You Think White People Are Being Discriminated Against?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  some call it reverse discrimination.

  whatever you want to refer to as, in your opinion, are white people being unfairly picked on?

  it seems acceptable that if you are white you are viewed with disdain.

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  minimus:

  So in answer to my question, do you think white people are being discriminated against?......it seems like the answer is yes.

  “Are being discriminated against” implies a specific situation as opposed to simply asking whether it happens at all. There is a difference between actual racism that affects people and the kind of nonsense in buzzfeed and tabloid media though. But even after clearly articulating that anti-white racism does occur in general society, I got ridiculed and misrepresented anyway. 🤣 Seems that racism isn’t the only kind of discrimination on the ‘increase’.
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  Do You Think White People Are Being Discriminated Against?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  some call it reverse discrimination.

  whatever you want to refer to as, in your opinion, are white people being unfairly picked on?

  it seems acceptable that if you are white you are viewed with disdain.

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  Simon:

  So you're now trying to change it to whether there has been a change in the amount, not whether it happens or not?

  Nope. I have consistently stated throughout this thread that anti-white racism exists in general society.

  If these things didn't happen 20 years ago (and I don't believe they did) ...

  ‘Indigenous identified’ positions were a thing here 20 and 30 years ago. I haven’t seen an increase. But they’re usually for low pay in remote areas.
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  Do You Think White People Are Being Discriminated Against?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  some call it reverse discrimination.

  whatever you want to refer to as, in your opinion, are white people being unfairly picked on?

  it seems acceptable that if you are white you are viewed with disdain.

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  Simon:

  Are you saying it doesn't affect peoples lives, "where you live", or that it doesn't occur, "where you live"?
  'cause if you live in any western country, the latter is probably a lie.

  I added “where I live” because it seems there is more of this nonsense in the US (for which I can’t speak) than here. But I very clearly stated that I haven’t seen an increase where I live so your insinuation that I said it doesn’t occur is a plain old misrepresentation of my position.

  I don't think the question was "have you experienced it yourself or seen it directly”.

  As opposed to unverifiable anecdotes? I haven’t noticed an increase of those in regard to anti-white racism here either but if I had I would probably discount them as unverifiable anecdotes until I had considered the evidence. I suppose there could have been some cases in tabloid journalism that I’ve missed though I’m still not aware that would constitute an increase.
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  Do You Think White People Are Being Discriminated Against?

  by minimus in

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  some call it reverse discrimination.

  whatever you want to refer to as, in your opinion, are white people being unfairly picked on?

  it seems acceptable that if you are white you are viewed with disdain.

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  minimus:
  

  Just because you personally haven’t had it happen to you doesn’t mean that it’s obviously part of the way things are.

  You do enjoy being contrarian. I didn’t say that it simply hasn’t happened to me personally, nor did I say that anti-white racism doesn’t exist in general society. I indicated that I haven’t observed an increase in general society outside of the nonsense. I am referring to my local observations, not merely my own experience.
  
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  Do You Think White People Are Being Discriminated Against?

  by minimus in

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  some call it reverse discrimination.

  whatever you want to refer to as, in your opinion, are white people being unfairly picked on?

  it seems acceptable that if you are white you are viewed with disdain.

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  Simon:

  So giving an inferior candidate your spot at university ...
  Promoting an inferior work colleague because of a diversity quota & PR ...
  Not hiring someone on the basis of their race ...
  You don't think these have any real effect on people's day-to-day life?

  I haven’t seen an increase of this where I live (and what you listed would fall under the category of racism in general society). The thread asked for personal observations. I can’t speak for the entire planet. Nor is this the type of racism to which I specifically referred.
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  Canada: Jehovah’s Witnesses challenge constitutionality of B.C. privacy law

  by yalbmert99 in

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  2. scandals

  once again, watchtower doesn't want to respect our human rights.

  https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/jehovahs-witnesses-challenge-constitutionality-of-b-c-privacy-law.

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  “These are the personal notes that have to do with spiritual, pastoral care that they offer congregants. We’re talking about certain types of confidential communications and notes. That’s what we’re dealing with here.”

  It’s not clear how ‘personal notes’ about people who are not members or no longer members are for the ‘pastoral care of congregants’. The ‘personal communications’ are about the individuals who want access to their information, so we’re not dealing with some noble desire to protect private information from the general public. They shouldn’t keep records of people who don’t want their information retained, and people should have a right to know what is being said about them where it impacts their lives e.g. by shunning or slander. There’s no good reason why religious groups should get any special treatment for keeping personal information, especially when it is a nature for which other organisations would be penalised as discriminatory. (The article refers to information as a result of judicial committees so we’re not just talking about simple details like name and address, though they also have no right to track those details of non members.)
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  Do You Think White People Are Being Discriminated Against?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  some call it reverse discrimination.

  whatever you want to refer to as, in your opinion, are white people being unfairly picked on?

  it seems acceptable that if you are white you are viewed with disdain.

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  minimus:

  My thread was about whether you think white people are discriminated against because of their color.

  The title asked whether white people are being discriminated against, implying a current situation that differs from a separate norm rather than questioning whether anti-white sentiment exists at all. If you mean the latter, then yes of course it exists in general society.

  But the type of ‘woke’ anti-white racism often complained about in such threads refers to rhetoric that rattles around ultra-left echo chambers and so-called ‘academics’ who have lost touch with reality, which occasionally gets picked up by media outlets seeking to generate division. Little of that type of racism has any real effect on day-to-day life (where I live).
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  The choice of being alone has never been clearer.

  by pistolpete in

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  something i've noticed is that marriage was the thing for those born before 2010. but today's culture of divorce laws slanted to favor women has forced men to think carefully before signing the marriage certificate.

  most of my friends have no intentions of getting married.

  all of them have gotten vasectomies, so there is no chance of being blamed for a pregnancy.

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  Pistolpete:

  Marriage was the thing for those born before 2010.

  There’s just fewer and fewer 10-year-olds getting married these days.