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billh58

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Sat Jan 18, 2014, 12:38 PM
Jan 2014

Second Amendment absolutists' main argument against the making of this movie is that Harvey Weinstein has made mega bucks from making shoot-'em-up movies like Rambo, and they don't see the irony in calling him a "hypocrite."

All Hollywood movies which include gun violence are based on the very real gun culture of the USA, which is celebrated by the ALEC/Koch Brothers funded NRA and its apologists. Of course Mr. Weinstein makes movies which include gun violence because that is an accurate reflection of our sick society. When an artist depicts real life, that doesn't mean that he or she agrees with the acts being depicted any more than a newscaster agrees with the story being reported.

The bottom line is that the very people who glorify and worship the almighty gun are attempting to vilify an artist who realistically depicts the fruits of their support for the unfettered proliferation of guns, by calling him a hypocrite for taking a stand against guns and gun violence.

Just another example of the twisted logic of attempting to defend the indefensible.

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