Extremely frustrating. What's to be afraid of, unless we've lost our confidence in people's ability to process difficult issues. And even if we have, we can't use that as a justification to keep things (books, movies, art, music, other people) away from folks in a free society. It can be exhausting, but the responsibility (read "ability to respond") is to broaden the conversation with more conversation.
I'm offended that others assume I can't watch a film and then put it into perspective: my own.
Exactly! And it’s not like this particular film hasn’t been well vetted — it just won the Oscar, as well as innumerable other film awards. I was proud to see that it was being screened out here and the decision to cancel the screenings feels so incredibly backward and short-sighted to me. Are we supposed to only be trusted with the least controversial, least evocative material out there? How boring and close-minded. I guess there are more folks out here than I thought who prefer their comfortable suburban bubble over broader, more representative depictions of the world beyond us.
I agree, too, that this particular moment in history is a really important time to not just say, "eh, that's too complicated to discuss" or to avoid any political action or discussion. To capitulate on these human rights issues is to move us even faster on that slippery slope to authoritarianism.
Extremely frustrating. What's to be afraid of, unless we've lost our confidence in people's ability to process difficult issues. And even if we have, we can't use that as a justification to keep things (books, movies, art, music, other people) away from folks in a free society. It can be exhausting, but the responsibility (read "ability to respond") is to broaden the conversation with more conversation.
I'm offended that others assume I can't watch a film and then put it into perspective: my own.
Exactly! And it’s not like this particular film hasn’t been well vetted — it just won the Oscar, as well as innumerable other film awards. I was proud to see that it was being screened out here and the decision to cancel the screenings feels so incredibly backward and short-sighted to me. Are we supposed to only be trusted with the least controversial, least evocative material out there? How boring and close-minded. I guess there are more folks out here than I thought who prefer their comfortable suburban bubble over broader, more representative depictions of the world beyond us.
I’m also willing to bet money that the folks opposed to this film haven’t even seen it.
I agree, too, that this particular moment in history is a really important time to not just say, "eh, that's too complicated to discuss" or to avoid any political action or discussion. To capitulate on these human rights issues is to move us even faster on that slippery slope to authoritarianism.