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Sacha Baron Cohen's Inspired Satire on American Democracy

By Patrick   Follow   Sat, 7 Jul 2012, 3:20pm   1,104 views   14 comments
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1. justme Follow Befriend (2) 33 threads 3,461 comments

   1   5:44pm Sat 7 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (6)   Dislike (1)   Transcript: "Why are you guys so anti-dictators? Imagine if America was a dictatorship. You could let 1 percent of the people have all the nation's wealth. You could help your rich friends get richer by cutting their taxes and bailing them out when they gamble and lose. You could ignore the needs of the poor for health care and education. Your media would appear free, but would secretly be controlled by one person and his family. You could wiretap phones. You could torture foreign prisoners. You could have rigged elections. You could lie about why you go to war. You could fill your prisons with one particular racial group and no one would complain. You could use the media to scare the people into supporting policies that are against their interests."

2. wbblair3 Follow Befriend 2 threads 94 comments

   2   8:43am Mon 9 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   I was in a large, packed theater for that film and either people didn't actually get the point of that sequence, they foolishly didn't agree with it or they were afraid to show their agreement because no one else was indicating agreement by laughing, but it was so very quiet in the theater during that entire monologue. I was grinning ear to ear. The only part that was too much of a stretch in describing the US was "Your media would appear free, but would secretly be controlled by one person and his family."

3. San Diego Renter Follow Befriend (1) 13 threads 20 comments

   3   9:45am Mon 9 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   He should have said, "Your media would appear free, but would actually be controlled by a handful of corporations and would operate solely to further the agenda of the elites."

4. bdrasin Follow Befriend 6 threads 490 comments Alameda, CA

   4   10:31am Mon 9 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Toe jam says What the mentally ill Jew Cohen fails to mention is his fellow Jews' responsibility in achieving such a sad state of affairs. You were not supposed to figure that out. Now we have no choice but to kill you EDIT: That's sarcasm, in case it wasn't obvious

5. freak80 Follow Befriend (4) 52 threads 4,416 comments Corning, NY Premium

   5   10:35am Mon 9 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   Toe jam is a troll. Just use the ignore function.

6. Patrick Follow Befriend (54) 5,191 threads 6,158 comments 46 male Menlo Park, CA

   6   10:44am Mon 9 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Toe jam is no longer allowed to post. His comments seemed to be composed mostly of deliberately racist and inflammatory remarks.

7. bdrasin Follow Befriend 6 threads 490 comments Alameda, CA

   7   10:51am Mon 9 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   wthrfrk80 says Toe jam is a troll. Just use the ignore function. Of course you are right, but I just can't resist the World Jewish Conspiracy canard. Call it a weakness.

8. freak80 Follow Befriend (4) 52 threads 4,416 comments Corning, NY Premium

   8   11:09am Mon 9 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   Conspiracy theories are so sexy aren't they? Whether it's Obama's birth certificate, the Catholic Church (a la the DaVinci Code), the Fed, or 9-11. Fear is fun! How else do amusement parks and skydiving companies make money? I'm totally stoked.

9. CaptainShuddup Follow Befriend (1) 250 threads 4,749 comments

   9   11:24am Mon 9 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   When did the taste in Comedy on the far Left nut jobs get so tacky, bland and so inappropriate? Too bad Toejam wasn't spewing his intolerance for middle aged white men, he might have picked up a few friend requests.

10. errc Follow Befriend (7) 30 threads 1,217 comments 31 male Premium

    10   11:36am Mon 9 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Protected   The ultimate mindfuck would be if the media were controlled by a few mega wealthy, politically connected, incorporated, white, middle aged, jewish men. That is if you waste your time entertaining hypotheticals,,,,,

11. freak80 Follow Befriend (4) 52 threads 4,416 comments Corning, NY Premium

    11   11:39am Mon 9 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   errc says The ultimate mindfuck would be if the media were controlled by a few mega wealthy, politically connected, incorporated, white, middle aged, jewish men. You mean Rupert Murdoch and Ted Turner?

12. Patrick Follow Befriend (54) 5,191 threads 6,158 comments 46 male Menlo Park, CA

    12   11:45am Mon 9 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   In case it's not clear, Rupert Murdoch and Ted Turner are not Jewish.

13. errc Follow Befriend (7) 30 threads 1,217 comments 31 male Premium

    13   11:59am Mon 9 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   I doubt they'd fit your criteria for middle aged either,,,,,

14. dublin hillz Follow Befriend 12 threads 777 comments Dublin, CA

    14   12:08pm Mon 9 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   That remark in the film was right on the money in the artistic sense. The audience was extremely quiet though, it was almost as if they were sitting in a movie theater in soviet times - like if they were to laugh or applaud they would be reported on and labeled the enemy of the people. It's disappointing that people in the United States sometimes don't excercise their political freedom of expression, a right that many in other countries are dying to have.