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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: 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.