I don’t think you’re a Liberal Commie. I do think we all have our own personal bias and opinions…& without that we’d all be pretty generic and boring. We all come here to share our opinions and “LISTEN” to the opinions of others to find different perspectives and middle ground….or not.
Sometimes we share an opinion, and sometimes we don’t. Sometimes someone presents an eloquent argument or very valid points contrary to our own opinions and biases…and that’s a good thing. I don’t have to agree with the opinion to appreciate how it’s presented.
This time, on this topic, I concur with your assessment of the situation. Can’t offer much debate on this. “The Sound Of Music” is set in Austria on the eve of the
Anschluss in 1938, the musical tells the story of Maria, who takes a job as governess to a large family while she decides whether to become a nun. She falls in love with the children, and eventually their widowed father,
Captain von Trapp. He is ordered to accept a commission in the German navy, but he opposes the Nazis. He and Maria decide on a plan to flee Austria with the children.
That’s the story being told in this musical play. Captain von Trapp doesn’t oppose the Federal Republic of Tonga, Or Recycling, or wearing hats in restaurants; but he does oppose the Nazis.
I admit that I’ve only made it 4 minutes into the podcast at this point, so that’s what I’m basing things on at this point. I can only imagine the conniption this snowflake would have with the movie “Inglorious Bastards.”
The polarization of society at this point is a reality, with the need to rewrite history to suite a portion of the above society’s idea of…..I don’t know. Defacing or Ripping down statues that someone doesn’t agree with that figures role in history has become acceptable, but putting a ball cap & flag (temporary things that cause no physical damage) on one…whomever did it (?) is a national (to some) outrage. I don’t agree with either, but there’s a sliding scale to the above & I don’t understand why one is acceptable where the other isn’t.
John A McDonald was a corrupt drunk bastard, but he was real, and he was ours, and a piece of our history regardless of our personal opinions of him. Same with Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Personally I think defacing or ripping down their statues to attempt to erase and rewrite history is wrong, but currently that’s acceptable by a portion of society and it is what it is. I’m assuming the same people defacing these statues aren’t gathering as many $10 Bills of their own to publicly burn to protest John A McDonald but that’s neither here nor there.
I suppose, to satisfy this one dude, and probably a few others, the whole Hammerstein production of “The Sound Of Music” can be rewritten to substitute the Nazis of Germany in 1938 to the Opera Singers of Italy of the same (or different) era, & the swastika can be replaced with this:
…because that’s not the story that Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse where trying to tell…but it sanitizes it into something…different. Things like this make me wonder what future generations will think of our current snapshot in time.
Currently ISIS or IS and their offshoots are actively defacing or destroying archeological treasures that conflict with their political and religious beliefs…& should we feel outrage or indifference or acceptance to this process? Is it really much different than ripping down statues in Canada, or this toad’s demands (suggestions?) to rework “The Sound Of Music” to fit his political and religious beliefs to his specific comfort zone?
I’m not advocating that UNESCO declare statues of John A or Pierre E or The Sound Of Music in things of world heritage for future generations, but merely to step back and see the Forest for the trees.
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