viliamLebanon, Kuwait Poised to Ban ‘Barbie’ for Promoting Homosexuality
Max_PowerIt’s always “sex, sex, sex” with these countries. Everywhere they look there is sex.
This shit is why not every migrant is good. They bring their shitty homophobic culture with them.
callyralI have seen people who are both homophobic and xenophobic. I have seen homophobic people who weren't xenophobic. I have also seen people who are neither.
But this? What?
Xenophobia but not homophobic?
I’m surprised, I’ve seen this one trotted out before many times.
My response is that Western Christian culture was exactly as hateful, we’ve just educated it away for the most part, and the same can be done with brown folks.
If pretending a minority within your population doesn’t exist unless you’re oppressing them or banning anything that might remind people they exist, your culture is fucked up and wrong.
But I can’t kiss my uncle on the lips when we meet if I know homosexuals exist, they make it gay. - some dude in one of these countries.
relentlessly discriminate against an entire minority > “that’s just our culture!” > pretty shit culture
Different country, shitty hateful views.
Also a good movie.
rjs001Bad reason to bad but it’s preferable if countries start banning awful, vile western spewings
Dr CogBecause you shouldn’t be allowed to watch bad movies, I guess?
If it teaches worship of western ideals then you should not be be allowed to
Barbie dismantles western ideals. Ok they’re global ideals but western as well
Isn’t that a bit fascist? People should be able to watch what they want to watch
That’s not what fascism is. We ban things as a society that are harmful for us. I’m sure libertarians disagree with that basic principal but pretty much everyone else doesnt
133arc585I don’t think you know what “fascist” means.
Moreover, people will happily complain that Chinese/Russian “propaganda” is allowed to exist, especially on the internet. They will demand that Chinese/Russian “propaganda” is removed from social spaces. And, then they somehow they have a problem with other countries (esp. China/Russia) wanting to do the exact same thing. The premise is that the propaganda being put out is misrepresenting the truth to influence public thought: when it comes from China/Russia, people want it blocked and removed; when it comes from the West, blocking and removing it is some sort of “free speech” issue (or, as you wrongly claim here, “fascism”).
In this particular case, I don’t personally know hardly anything about the movie, and I do strongly disagree with using “promoting homosexuality” as an excuse to ban something. But in general, countries wanting to put a damper on other countries’ propaganda is near universal.
birdcatPhhss, Amateurs! Real men are not afraid of homosexuality; they ban the movie for the scary dots in the water! 😤
But… How? I can’t think of a moment in the movie there is any “homosexuality”.
Maybe the “I’ll beach you off” bit, but that’s more of a play on words and the characters most definitely don’t understand what they are saying.
HubertManneWhen will places learn that going to or watching movies is not mandatory. I have not seen one in ages. Watched two old sci fi films though last night. Its so strange. I just watch whatever I feel like or not. Maybe I do something else. Life. Its bigger. Its bigger than you and....
I think they’re using homosexuality as a front for not wanting the women of the country to watch. Wouldn’t want them to find any sense of empowerment from the movie. I honestly can’t even remember anything that was explicitly homosexual in the film.
Margot RobbieMaybe they got lost in Ryan Gosling’s eyes.
Stupid sexy Gosling.
Lol my wife did say she was slightly concerned with my sexuality after I got out of the theater gushing over him.
Better if you gush over him than me. :)
Fuck these fascist cunts.
They probably saw all the vibrant colors in the movie trailers and immediately fixated on “gay”…