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Let me provide some examples from our MAGA friends in the media:
Yesterday, the latest version of Superman came out. Audiences and critics are absolutely loving the film. James Gunn, the writer and director of the movie, said that Superman is an immigrant and his film is about being nice to each other. This theme doesn't sit well with Fox News and the right-wing media. As you can see in the link (watch it for the full context), the right-wing views this as "being woke" and promoting "illegal immigration". Note: Gunn never said anything about illegal immigration, just that the story of America is an immigrant one. The "illegal" part was made up.
There's a youtube channel called Jubilee, where they ask mostly young Americans about their views on a host of topics. If one of their videos, they asked people to blindly determine whether somebody is a Republican or Democrat. Amala, their right-wing representative, kept on asking people if they are "open-minded". If they said yes, then she immediately viewed them as a Democrat.
Recently on Capital Hill, Congresswoman Sara Jacobs told Pete Hegseth about three courageous women serving in our armed services. She points to their high remarks from commanding officers and how they have gone to beyond expectation and served with dignity. Hegseth then praised these three women for their services and dedication to America. Jacobs then told Hegseth these three women, who he highly praised, are transgender and you want to kick them out. Hegseth looked shocked and then commented on how "these are men pretending to be women".
So my question for the group is, how can being kind, open-minded, and inclusive be considered "bad"? Aren't these objectively good? Don't we want to be accepting and value about diverse culture? Or this there a real virtue for being closed-opened and being mean to each other?
Yesterday, the latest version of Superman came out. Audiences and critics are absolutely loving the film. James Gunn, the writer and director of the movie, said that Superman is an immigrant and his film is about being nice to each other. This theme doesn't sit well with Fox News and the right-wing media. As you can see in the link (watch it for the full context), the right-wing views this as "being woke" and promoting "illegal immigration". Note: Gunn never said anything about illegal immigration, just that the story of America is an immigrant one. The "illegal" part was made up.
There's a youtube channel called Jubilee, where they ask mostly young Americans about their views on a host of topics. If one of their videos, they asked people to blindly determine whether somebody is a Republican or Democrat. Amala, their right-wing representative, kept on asking people if they are "open-minded". If they said yes, then she immediately viewed them as a Democrat.
Recently on Capital Hill, Congresswoman Sara Jacobs told Pete Hegseth about three courageous women serving in our armed services. She points to their high remarks from commanding officers and how they have gone to beyond expectation and served with dignity. Hegseth then praised these three women for their services and dedication to America. Jacobs then told Hegseth these three women, who he highly praised, are transgender and you want to kick them out. Hegseth looked shocked and then commented on how "these are men pretending to be women".
So my question for the group is, how can being kind, open-minded, and inclusive be considered "bad"? Aren't these objectively good? Don't we want to be accepting and value about diverse culture? Or this there a real virtue for being closed-opened and being mean to each other?