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Michael Mohr's avatar

Boom. BOOM. B. O. O. M.

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David's avatar

lovely words here so happy to have found the page. left or right - people must be able to speak openly :)

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Caren Z's avatar

I think some of the left is actually business as usual capitalist ideology but with emotive images of equality/justice as an elaborate disguise.

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Sherman Alexie's avatar

I think that's an accurate description.

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LeighK's avatar

OK -I’m gonna get it- have been wondering. Thx.

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Sherman Alexie's avatar

Oh, yeah, they are IT.

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LeighK's avatar

I remember that Polley film - really good. And nice to know you know MUBI - sometimes a bit hit or miss but I’ve seen great stuff there.

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Sherman Alexie's avatar

Yeah, the Criterion Channel app is where I stay busy!

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LeighK's avatar

Excellent performance by Ulrich Mühe - who, when asked how he got the part so right said “I remembered”. Sadly he died not long after that film. I subscribe to MUBI - a good platform for less mainstream films. That’s where I saw it.

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Sherman Alexie's avatar

I'll check it out. Sarah Polley's "Away From Her" is on Mubi. I recommend it.

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Sherman Alexie's avatar

Mubi is great!

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LeighK's avatar

PS - just rewatched “The Lives of Others” - fantastic films

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Sherman Alexie's avatar

Is that the German one?

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LeighK's avatar

Yes.

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LeighK's avatar

100 million times agree. And love the spare but powerful poem

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Sherman Alexie's avatar

Thank you, Leigh

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Toni's avatar

Powerful!!

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Sherman Alexie's avatar

Thank you!

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Nikki F's avatar

Perfect.

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Sherman Alexie's avatar

Thank you!

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Kate Bradley's avatar

Incisive. Nothing more needs to be said. Good job!

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Sherman Alexie's avatar

Thank you, Kate.

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RonMcF's avatar

And in an odd sort of way, "a gun is an empty book."

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Sherman Alexie's avatar

Yes!

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Mary Kay's avatar

Beautiful poem Sherman.

After reading/listening to the article you posted "When Anti-Racism Comes for the Anti-Racists" I thought it was yet another example of how separated we have become, moving only in the circles of people/things which we approve of, all others be cancelled.

I really, truly, fear people cannot have open discussions anymore.

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Sherman Alexie's avatar

I hope it changes.

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Mary Kay's avatar

I hope too. In the meantime...I'll just try to listen.

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Emily Guerrero's avatar

I fucking love this. Go ahead...ban me.

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Sherman Alexie's avatar

Thank you, Emily.

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Ramona Grigg's avatar

Twenty words say it perfectly. This is art.

You're absolutely right about the actions of the left. I'm a life-long liberal who, at 85, has been at this for a long, long time, but astonished (not for the first time) that anyone in our realm would think it's okay to change even a word of a writer's work to reflect a muddied version of our own time rather than a reflection of their own.

The stupidity is baffling. Who do they think they're satisfying? The other side? We don't give a shit about the other side. We despise the other side. Are they afraid of the other side? Then they need to stop pretending they're us.

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Sherman Alexie's avatar

Yes.

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Rebecca F Reuter Puerto's avatar

Bam!

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Sherman Alexie's avatar

Yes!

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