SkavauFeb 27

HBO Told ‘The Pitt’ to Make ICE Storyline More ‘Balanced’

https://piefed.social/c/television/p/1823800/hbo-told-the-pitt-to-make-ice-storyline-more-balanced

Show threadCorngood

“The thing we have to be careful about when we’re talking about any of these issues,” Wells said, “is to make certain that we’re actually presenting both points of view, because we’re not really in the business of preaching to the choir on this show.”

Sure, show both the perspective of victims of fascism, and perpetrators of fascism.

Feb 27 at 2:31pmWeb
Show threadhomesFeb 27
Excuse me, but why is it that they have to show “both points of view”? You can say whatever the hell they want.
Show threadCorngoodFeb 27
Yeah that’s true. My point was just that you can show the fascist point of view without glorifying or excusing it.
Show threadIIIFeb 28
They must… THEY MUST. Just like how in Game of Thrones they had that one storyline that made you truly sympathize and understand Joffrey Baratheon’s motivations. It really brought all of that show together showing him in a positive and supportive light.
Show threadCosmoNovaFeb 27
It‘s like saying you can‘t make a game about killing Nazis without making Wehrmacht soldiers playable too. What a sick joke.
Show threadCorngoodFeb 27

The point I was trying to make is that they don’t really want balance in the sense of showing things from the Nazi’s point of view.

What they really want is the Nazi’s views to be treated as valid.

In this case specifically I imagine it’s like: we don’t mind if you talk about ICE as long as you’re also talking about the good things they do.

Show threadbrygphilomenaFeb 27

God dammit! No, Wells. You complicit fuck.

You don’t have to show both points of view when one is about intentionally harming and intimidating the country under the guise of dealing with immigration. You don’t need to give their point of view the implicit agreement that it’s a point of view that deserves to be shown or accepted.