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Never liked McDonalds food at all, so I'm with you there, @jobo!
It depends. 'Woke' crusaders who pull your words out of context in order to militantly unmask yet another "bad person" and earn some SJW popularity that day, can inflict a lot of damage on a person. Woke people are quick to call for someone to be fired, for example. A silly classroom episode can turn into a PR nightmare for a school which may eventually consider, just to save face, to suspend a teacher. It happened to a colleague of mine. In fact, in this very thread, I recently posted about a personal experience that I'd had with an "agent of Woke" in my classroom just the other day. I was lucky, though. She had nothing on me and the school paid no attention whatsoever. It was somewhat scary, nevertheless. I was talking some simple science, and my words were somehow twisted and bent to serve a distorted logic. Granted, the teen herself clearly has issues, so I know that she doesn't represent the entire Wokeverse.
You see, I'm smart enough to realise that individuals rarely represent an entire group, that one or two idiots shouldn't get me worked up over thousands of bloggers, tweeters and protestors. But I can't help turning annoyance into anger and sometimes complete loss of decorum when the silliest demands are made, like the hamburger thing. Behind every Woke or SJW uproar, there's usually a solid mission, at least in principle. The basics can rarely be disagreed with. Equality, empowerment, respect... these are matters of common sense. Unfortunately, activism can easily become tribalism, the fight for justice nothing more than an attempt to belong to a group and finger-pointing nothing more than a pursuit of SJW street cred. Unreasonable demands can replace good intentions overnight and the frightening part is that such demands are often given in to because people are afraid of becoming next week's target on FB, Twitter and the other sewer pits of modern society. And that can backfire fast because one victory gives Wokers an appetite for more. They will seek them out, and they will find them, justified or not.
I agree, @NickTwentyTwo, that those who cry "Woke!" can be just as extreme in their complaints as the more militant faction of the Woke community itself. I sometimes agree with one and other times with the other, provided they maintain reasonable rhetoric in their activism and their complaints. That said, I can't help but find myself more frequently on the side of the "anti-Woke police", because I strongly believe that we shouldn't assume that every traditional element in our world harbours evil, sexist, racist, homophobe, ... intentions; therefore, let's not attack every . single . thing that supposedly symbolizes repression, enslavement and disrespect, but really doesn't.
Well, I'm sure you know me well enough, @jobo, to know that is not the case with me. ;)
I believe that one can catalyse the other, but I agree that conspiracy theories are a big problem today. It's medieval superstition crawling back into our thinking, but then in an era where such can do even more damage than before. Conspiracy nutters, "Illuminati" people, alien probing "victims", flat-earthers, creationists, vaccines-cause-autism crazies, ... have either watched too many movies or need to go back to school, urgently.
But that doesn't mean I like political correctness getting out of hand. Both of these extremes are not what we need in this day and age.
But, for arguments sake and to see if there was any legitimacy to these claims i googled it, and sure enough there was a truckload of websites, all pretending to be trustworthy, with names close to existing papers like guardiannewssun.com or whatever, who one by one claimed Biden was corrupt, because his son was corrupt, because he'd been talking to Ukrainians and promised one guy he could meet his father. Yes, one email about meeting Joe Biden turned out to be proof of Joe's unfitness for president. The one article that held any ground at all referred to Biden talking to his (WS) donors. The only problem is, that isn't corruption, that's how politics are organised in the US. You will find absolutely none politician who hasn't talked to his/her backers and taken over some of their views. Or, possibly, the other way around, they were suported because of their views.
The odd thing is, my father is a very intelligent man, highly educated and with years and years of experience. But apparently even those can get caught in the 'main stream media' is evil hype, following all sorts of unsubstantiated claims.
I'm not saying Biden isn't corrupt, for all I know he can be, but there's been no proof whatsoever. And if there was he should've been held up in court about it.
The internet was supposed to enhance our critical thinking, and it's doing the exact opposite.
At the same time, several news sites who do present documented evidence and link to their sources, are often lumped together with all the whackos out there and dismissed altogether, simply because the narrative doesn t align with the official version.
My point is that I think this is far more concerning than a small minority being offended by the the name of a burger at a junk chain I make an effort to stay away from. The latter story is more amusing, sure, but that is not something I will spare any energy worrying about...
Fair play. People getting fired from within the school system for using the wrong pronouns, for example, is a huge problem. I suppose you see more of that side of it from within the school system.
The article states it well. Many are as yet insufficiently prepared to handle allegations of racism, sexism, ... and overreactions, including firing people and pulling book and film titles from certain lists, become the norm.
Depends on the country (ies) you're referring to, but it sure counts for the USA and UK, where corporate bosses tend to have strong political views.
The problem with many of those smaller parties is that they do link to their source, but don't check the source, or it's trustworthyness. I've often had to debunk articles just by following the links they provided themselves.
This is a extract from the site -
"All European Countries (excluding the United Kingdom and Ireland)
Please be aware that we had to temporarily cease accepting new orders to all European countries (excluding the United Kingdom and Ireland). If you have placed a recent order with us, your order is on its way, please allow 5-10 extra business days for delivery. Please be assured that we are working with our carriers to get orders to our customers as soon as possible. If we are unable to deliver your order, we will refund you and notify you by email."
Note "temporarily". Maybe they needed a few weeks just to get used to the new Brexit rules and regulations. Covid isn't helping either I should imagine.
Maybe it isn't isolationism, rather sheer practicalities that are the cause.
Thanks. I hope that is indeed the case. However, when I spoke with the person on the other side of the chat function, (s)he said that because of Brexit, further sales to the European mainland were suspended indefinitely, with the exception of (pre-)orders already paid for. (S)he "hoped" that "someday" shipping to Europe could resume, but for now, no such thing. I took that as "we're not gonna". I have, in the meantime, found another UK based book store that still ships to Europe. I hope bookdepository does at some point become available again. I really love that store. :) Still, the first response that my fellow bookworms and I had was something along the line of [...] you, Nigel and Boris, you [...] [...] [...] sons of [...], you! ;)
I do hope so to. Mainly because "book depository" is an awesome term.
Absolutely! I mean, come on! The highest grossing Bond films ever! Whoe needsTHAT?!?!?!?
You're right, of course:
Yes, the logic of the entitled fan is about as solid as mashed potatoes.
Yes. Barbara was quite the looker back in the day, and she still is. I bet if she had done a Playboy shoot, more kindness would reach her.
But hey, same thing with Kathleen Kennedy. She took all the beating for the recent Star Wars backlash. When something good happened, she was never mentioned. When something disappointing happened, she was the only one mentioned.
Obviously, people in power take a lot of heat when fans are displeased. It's like when football fans demand that a trainer is fired because of two or three poor games. And there is some sense in that, I guess.
But other than the huge gaps between Bond films since 2002, I fail to see what Barbara can be "blamed" for, and even those gaps aren't her fault. My take on it all is that a creative process should always take the time it needs. When delays are caused by strikes or messy MGM/UA/SONY/... deals, then I'm angry too but my anger is then aimed at the suits, not at Barbara, who obviously has nothing to do with those issues.
And again, why indeed target the woman? Michael is in this just as well. Another member (I forgot who) pointed out not too long ago that some of the things fans seem to hate Barbara for were actually Michael's decision!
The fact is I don't need either of both fired. I'll happily trade quantity for quality. The Brosnan years and the Craig years have on average been really satisfying in my book. I'd rather have a good film every four years than mediocre stuff every two years. I'm sure that Michael, given his age, will retire at some point and then someone else with climb the throne. But whoever that is, let's just hope and pray that it won't be one of these whining fans who gets to have any saying in the matter.
British film of all time ? I wish I was that bad
I think he might own an LLC, maybe we should listen to him.
Ha! Yes, although googling seems to suggest that Star Wars Force Awakens is now the biggest British movie ever, which seems... questionable. But I guess Bond is as British as Star Wars is!
Agreed completely.
before then stating they represent views and opinions of their time. I
would have thought that was pretty obvious. Why not let people make
up their own minds, we are supposed to be adults.