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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday December 11 2016, @09:13PM   Printer-friendly
from the may-the-trump-be-with-you dept.

The BBC reports that supporters of US President-elect Donald Trump are urging a boycott of the Star Wars film, Rogue One, next week, over claims that scenes had been reshot after the election to make the film more of a thinly-veiled jab linking the president-elect to racism.

Supporters of Donald Trump are urging a boycott of the Star Wars film, Rogue One, due for US release next week.

The campaign began with a series of tweets from activist Jack Posobiec, who claimed the writers changed the film to add scenes linking Mr Trump to racism.

Screenwriter Chris Weitz said that this was "completely fake", though he and another writer have tweeted their opposition to the US president-elect.

#DumpStarWars has been retweeted 120,000 times in the past 24 hours.

In a Periscope video, Jack Posobiec, who is an activist with Citizens for Trump, claimed the writers had said the Empire in the film "is a white supremacist organization like the Trump administration and the diverse rebels are going to defeat them".

"They're trying to make the point of using this movie to push the false narrative... that Trump is a racist." he said.


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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by mhajicek on Sunday December 11 2016, @11:44PM

    by mhajicek (51) on Sunday December 11 2016, @11:44PM (#440122)

    I'll vote for Trump when he hits the bargain bin.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 12 2016, @12:01AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 12 2016, @12:01AM (#440128)

    Trump won because Cliton was from the very bottom of the bargain bin, the one leftover that nobody wanted. Bernie would've won, but too many woman wanted a female president. I've heard many woman say they've waited a long time for a female to run, and look what happened. Next time choose carefully. BTW, I think Obama won for the same reason, just to get a non-white in office.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 12 2016, @08:48AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 12 2016, @08:48AM (#440273)

      Will the "time for a woman" crowd get behind a president Palin, or do women only count when they are democrats like they are supposed to be? Many republicans would be delighted to put Palin in the whitehouse.

      There is also a female McCain now in office, daughter of the senator. She is a realistic hope, starting a dozen years from now.

      • (Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 12 2016, @09:06AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 12 2016, @09:06AM (#440278)

        You already know any conservative women are traitors to the cause, buoyed only by the sacrifices of feminist in the tradition of Bell Hooks; they are jackals feasting on the bones of those they betrayed.

        Much like conservative blacks are considered Uncle Toms by daring to prosper under the auspices of systemic oppression, only to become oppressors themselves.

        Don't even get me started on gay republicans.

      • (Score: 3, Insightful) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Monday December 12 2016, @11:04AM

        by GreatAuntAnesthesia (3275) on Monday December 12 2016, @11:04AM (#440306) Journal

        Well obviously, if you had Palin vs a male democrat, and someone whose ONLY criterium for voting was the candidate's personal plumbing, then yes, obviously that person would vote for Palin.

        If, however, a bunch of left-leaning people choose the democrat over Palin because they think Palin is a poisonous thick-as-shit self-publicising right-wing redneck dipshit and don't want to vote for her, then I think that shows they are choosing competence over gender. Which is a good thing, right? Not sure why you are complaining about that. Is it because all the so-called SJWs aren't living up to the simplistic and villainous preconceptions you like to brand them with?

      • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Phoenix666 on Monday December 12 2016, @01:29PM

        by Phoenix666 (552) on Monday December 12 2016, @01:29PM (#440342) Journal

        Nikki Haley would be the best such candidate for the Republican branch of the uniparty to put toward President.

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    • (Score: 2) by fritsd on Monday December 12 2016, @05:16PM

      by fritsd (4586) on Monday December 12 2016, @05:16PM (#440448) Journal

      I've heard many woman say they've waited a long time for a female to run, and look what happened.

      Only 0.5% or so of US women voters voted for the Green Party's candidate?

      Your country is SO fucked.. which would be ok, as a matter of sovereignty(sp), but for the fact that it's the richest and most powerful country in the whole world.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 13 2016, @04:49AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 13 2016, @04:49AM (#440667)

      Obama's win may have paved the way for the "anti-precedent" president movement. He was more electable than someone like Sharpton, Jackson, or even Carson. As president, he was underwhelming, however. Many may feel that Clinton would have been a similar underwhelming "precedent" president. Of course it didn't help Hillary's cause that she has been riding Bill's coattails for decades. That may have also put off a number of women voters who feel that their groundbreaker should be deserving and electable on their own merits.

      Would love to see someone like Condi Rice on the ticket in 2020 or 2024. Woman minority, and much more electable than Clinton ever was.