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[–] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Wow okay what a way to engage with the cultural significance and the molding potential inherent to art. Given how quickly you commented back, did you even watch the video?

Let me clarify: Your original comment is valuable but I felt it missed some nuance, specifically as to how it may foster and bolster solidarity. So I brought to the table new analysis of the media and why it has more cultural significance than perhaps any super bowl performance, ever.

In your response you exhibit neither a desire to hear nor understand and that is disappointing and frankly disrespectful. :(

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

I watched the performance. I'm not an idiot, I understood the subtext.

We're literally in a Constituional Crisis and on the verge of the nation falling apart.

This does nothing to change that. There's bigger fish to fry. This was an event sponsored by Apple, who famously told Jon Stewart he had to stop the rabble rousing. Tim Cook is literally busy kissing Trump's ring. This is bread and circuses, my friend. Black capitalism isn't going to save us.

Like I said, it was a great show. But that's all it was: a show. It changes absolutely nothing about the direction in which we are headed. I also made clear I knew this would be an unpopular opinion.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I watched the performance. I’m not an idiot, I understood the subtext.

Not the performance. The video. The link I sent you. The one two comments above.

Whatever. I thought this could be a nice conversation about building solidarity and mutual support in media but you ruined it by bringing it back to the same three talking points that are already beat to death on every social media feed. Have a good one. :(

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

about building solidarity and mutual support in media

Because you can't do that in corporate media, sorry. It's a fools errand. I worked in news production for 10 years, ask me how I know. I'm not trying to be rude, but it's just not a path forward.

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