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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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 12 2016, @08:49PM
Ya, it'd be nice if we could develop systems that actually fix problems. The republicans throw all their might into stopping any sort of socialist programs except when they benefit corporations. The welfare trap is real, its set up to make getting a job difficult (get the job, lose the benefits, and job doesn't cover expenses). So maybe if we had real social safety nets that aren't hobbled by republican dbags then this conversation wouldn't even be happening. The British love their NHS but its being gutted by the UKs version of republicans. But socialism scares the bajeezus out of you good country folks, long live capitalist propagandaaaaaa!
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday December 13 2016, @02:53AM
Yes, propaganda . . . . .
Which former president pushed for a major reduction in welfare benefits, and at the same time signed tougher sentencing into law? I'm very sure it was a Democrat. Wasn't Clinton a Democrat? Yeah - keep dem Negroes on the plantation where they belong.
Republicans, on the other hand, want to toss the black people OFF the damned plantation.