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        3 months ago

        Yes, again, you can come up with that convoluted after-the-fact explanation that wasn’t in the movie or you can not piss off Arab people.

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            3 months ago

            Good thing the character isn’t a terrorist then. The head of a cult of assassins is not a terrorist. Assassins target specific people for specific reasons, not to create terror.

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                3 months ago

                Please show me that definition. Assassinations are generally not done to cause terror. They are done to achieve more specific political goals (i.e. get the guy in power out of power).

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                  3 months ago

                  So the same definition of terrorism, i.e. specific actions done to further political goals. You’re mad for no reason here

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                    3 months ago

                    That is not the definition of terrorism… if you believe it is, please show me this definition.

                    Also, please quote what in specific I said that makes you think I am angry about this.

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                3 months ago

                I thought we were talking about a character that’s the head of a league of assassins, not the actual plot of the movie. You know that the movie didn’t have to have that plot, right? You realize it’s not some sort of requirement to make that specific Batman story, yes?

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                    3 months ago

                    Apart from the many, many, many Batman stories where he isn’t.

                    He even teams up with Batman sometimes.

                    Maybe the problem here is you don’t actually read the comics.

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        3 months ago

        For the same reason the excuse of a white character being named Mitsimu Hashimori is that it’s just a title being passed down is something people might find offensive.

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          3 months ago

          I think artists can make whatever they want (within the bounds of the law) and that it’s up to the consumers to decide whether they like it or not with their wallets.

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            3 months ago

            When did this become about what people can do and not about whether or not they’re being highly offensive?

            It is legal to make and distribute a movie where a guy just yells the N-word for 90 minutes. I assume you would find that offensive. Most people would.

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              Right, so I wouldn’t watch it or give them money, and I’m sure you and most other people wouldn’t either. But if that person wants to make it, more power to them.

              It’s been about that the entire thread. The OP image is about casting choices.