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[-] [email protected] 94 points 2 years ago

He's always been this based honestly. Before Twitter you could find his official account on hip hop message boards block-of-texting mfs about Tiananmen

[-] [email protected] 52 points 2 years ago

tbh i'm always afraid of scratching the surface of anyone in hollywood that seems based at first because i'm always disappointed

but every time i accidentally learn something about Boots Riley i'm always so impressed

[-] [email protected] 42 points 2 years ago

Boots is the parenti of hip hop - an open communist public figure standing out in the rain railing against the end of history, all while somehow having only good takes.

Honestly he's even better than Parenti, who said some (minor) questionable things that didn't age great.

[-] [email protected] 43 points 2 years ago

Woah he's like super based

[-] [email protected] 36 points 2 years ago
[-] [email protected] 32 points 2 years ago

He's a poster alright

[-] [email protected] 72 points 2 years ago

Went to high school with some Ethiopian Jews, they stayed in Israel for a while but had a lot of issues with discrimination and constantly having that part of their identity questioned,

[-] [email protected] 57 points 2 years ago

That really is the difference isn't it?

We have principles, we stand by them and we do not respect those who stand against us

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

And that is exactly why they are terrified of us

[-] [email protected] 46 points 2 years ago

We got the guillotine you better run

[-] [email protected] 44 points 2 years ago

boots should get israeli citizenship just to piss them off

[-] [email protected] 62 points 2 years ago

That's impossible, he's black

[-] [email protected] 57 points 2 years ago

probably been on a blacklist for years

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Play on words?

[-] [email protected] 49 points 2 years ago

probably shouldn't give Israel the ability to extradite him and put him in jail for political crimes or whatever

[-] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago

Isn't military service compulsory there? In which case, he most certainly should not.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

Only for like 19 year olds or w/e.

[-] [email protected] 34 points 2 years ago
[-] [email protected] 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I took a couple of friends of mine, a married couple of marvel-pilled turbo libs, to see "Sorry to Bother You" as they were constantly pressing me about my worldview. After it was over I got hit with a one-two of "It was incoherent" and "I think you're reading to much into it" and it hurt me deep. deeper-sadness

[-] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago

He's the modern Dalton Trumbo

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

What has prevented him from being merked?

Probably not being a huge celebrity, right?

[-] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago

he's an artist. nothing scary about an artist.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago

Isn’t there a Vonnegut quote about artists not mattering when faced with state power?

Found it:

Every respectable artist in this country was against the war. It was like a laser beam. We were all aimed in the same direction. The power of this weapon turned out to be that of a custard pie dropped from a stepladder six feet high

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I always think about Norm Macdonald saying "oh, you know, everyone says comedy is important, comedy takes down bad people. but, you know, in weimar germany, nazi germany, there were politcal cartoons saying hitler was bad and the nazis were bad, and it didn't acheive a whole lot."

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

He just stays winning

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