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Well, I can say this. I would never want to have a plantation-themed wedding. My ancestors didn't have a say whether they wanted to work on plantations or not.
Well, I can say this. I would never want to have a plantation-themed wedding. My ancestors didn't have a say whether they wanted to work on plantations or not.
Your choice. Neither would I but for me it is a "meh" thing. I'm not a big fan of the antebellum south.
Unless they had an all black serving crew dressed up as slaves doing the serving, they have nothing to apologize for. Their pandering is weak and the whole cancel culture thing pushing it is quasi fascist.
Your choice. Neither would I but for me it is a "meh" thing. I'm not a big fan of the antebellum south.
Unless they had an all black serving crew dressed up as slaves doing the serving, they have nothing to apologize for. Their pandering is weak and the whole cancel culture thing pushing it is quasi fascist.
I have deep hatred for the antebellum period of the South. In fact, I have deep hatred for any time period in the South before 1970. Outside of the architectural style of the buildings, I can't muster any love for it. Personally, I hear the apology, and I don't view it as fascism or pandering.
I would tell him to his face that I don't buy a single word of his shame/apology/etc, yet totally respect the "why" of his rank insincerity from a pragmatic capitalism perspective.
He and his wife make their bones off being popular. Period, the end. Hits to their popularity are hits to their financial bottom line. Thus, insincere virtue signaling is a line item on both of their job descriptions.
And I'll still see his movies because, like Tom Cruise, just about every movie Reynolds is in is a good, fun waste of 1.5-2 hours. Can't really think of anything I have seen him I don't like. So he's another rank and file defensive virtue signaling white guy? WGAFF?
You know, it is possible, that they simply are sorry for glorifying/promoting/whatever the image of a plantation with all its historical baggage and simply hadn't considered the implications or "optics" before now.
You know, it is possible, that they simply are sorry for glorifying/promoting/whatever the image of a plantation with all its historical baggage and simply hadn't considered the implications or "optics" before now.
Unless they were actively parading black people around in chains or something, I'm not sure how they were "glorifying" the pre-1865 image of what a plantation was.
Are people who visit and take photo ops at the pyramids glorifying the slavery that took place there? Are people who visit European castles glorying the torture and barbaric practices that constantly took place within their walls?
History is just that. People need to get a grip and stop acting like history gives a crap about poorly adjusted 21st century people's imbalanced emotional reactions to it. What's done is done and your life today has no bearing on what happened 160+ years ago, nor should it be seen as some simplistic reflection of it.
If Reynolds thinks dropping to his knees and begging forgiveness from these violent America-hating leftists, he's out of his mind. If anything, its going to get worse now that he's brought attention to it.
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