Posts tagged “violence”

Saw Munich. Brilliantly acted and directed, but deeply dishonest. It dresses up as thoughtful commentary on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict while glorifying Israeli vengeance. The Palestinian deaths get one throwaway line; the Israeli deaths get graphic detail. The real message: don't mess with the Jews. Horrible film, brilliantly executed.

Five hunters killed each other in a gun battle over a deer stand, with zero deer harmed. Would've been perfect if the deer had eaten the bodies, but they're vegetarian. Damn hippies.

A portrait of toxic masculinity's vicious cycle: the lad who knows better but can't stop, drinking, fighting, hurting people he loves, becoming his dad, raising another just like him. Bleak, sardonic, and depressingly inevitable.

I'm angry about Columbine. America's conformist moron majority makes life hell for anyone different, then acts shocked when those kids snap. I was bullied, gay, and miserable in school. Until America stops punishing nonconformists and starts holding bullies accountable, my sympathy for shooting victims is basically zero.