The Birth of a Nation (Official Thread)

[TheGodling]

The burden of proof for a murder case and a rape case are extremely disparate. Victims of a murder trial cannot even give a testimony or be cross examined while alleged rape victims are able. Comparing the two is beyond egregious. You chose to compare it to that trial and not another rape trial for a reason. Are the people who are skeptical of Steven Avery's conviction supposed to be skeptical of Darren Sharper's conviction because of how easy it is to "choose your own interpretations out of favoritism?" Nuance exists for a reason, so do not be oblivious.

It's not even about the content of the cases. It's about the fact that people did not accept the result of the Zimmerman trial, and the same can be said about Parker's case. You can call it an (over)simplified comparison but at the end of the day it's nonsensical to support the notion that a court ruling is always the correct ruling, so the mere fact that he was cleared of his charges in itself is not proof of his innocence.

I only used Zimmerman as an example because it's an obvious case of people disagreeing with the court ruling, I'm not sure what's so hard to get about that.

 

[ezrathegreat]

I will be curious to see if Casey Affleck...who has been getting a great deal of Oscar buzz for Manchester By The Sea...ends up getting the same type of backlash from the masses when his movie is about to be released.
Dude has had multiple accusations of sexual harrassment leveled against him and in one case he even snuck into one of the cinematographer's room at night, stripped down to his underwear, crawled into bed with her and started rubbing on her.

You'll never see that because white people live by a code to never PUBLICLY call out another white person's sins (Ryan Lochte) , black people on the another hand are the first ones to call out another black person for what they may have (or in Nate Parker's case) haven't done

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

The fact that he SWORE that he was the only man in the room until she said was pregnant pretty much sums it up. His language and wording is even more telling. Non-apologies all over the place. But I see the usual Ashy Larry hoteps are out in full force. Parker is bad enough, but the other writer is a CONVICTED rapist who only got off b/c the prosecutors didn't want to bother with a retrial.

But the courts say he didn't rape that girl, that OJ didn't kill those cacs and Zimmerman didn't commit murder. So yeah...totally innocent.

Black Feminists, y'all.

And proud of it. Deal.

Lucky for us we can simply just put you on ignore. It's your real life friends and family I pity.

 

[satam55]

Black Feminists, LGBTs, & the c00ns who are supporting them to take Nate Parker down, come take yo L.

 

[Triggamatic]

Hope this brothers career ain't "done" like many have said.

 

[Lord_Chief_Rocka]

You need it spelled out for you?

That should not make you depressed though

 

[Red Shield]

Hope this brothers career ain't "done" like many have said.

Doubt it is.


If black folk weren't in an awakening right now.. it probably would be tho

 

[MIKE SPLEAN]

I'm going to still see the movie regardless

 

[NobodyReally]

I take it you don't know much about Central or Western PA...those areas are enclaves of racist redneck hillbilly a$$holes.

Not sure what you're trying to argue here. I already said I'll see the movie. Still doesn't change the fact that it's really, really hard to prove a rape case and the burden of proof is still on the woman and they usually have to have a smoking gun to get a conviction.

 

[Box Cutta]

This might be the first movie where I buy more tickets than necessary.

 

[Danie84]

I knew Hollyweird didn't give Nate AWLL this Black Power just for nuthin

 

[Jello Biafra]

pretty much


i was just talkin to somebody about this the other day. that area is pretty much the south except they root for Penn State instead of the SEC

"Pennsyltucky" was not a name created for Orange Is The New Black...the parts of PA outside the Pittsburgh and Philly metro areas is redneck country.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

The fact that he SWORE that he was the only man in the room until she said was pregnant pretty much sums it up. His language and wording is even more telling. Non-apologies all over the place. But I see the usual Ashy Larry hoteps are out in full force. Parker is bad enough, but the other writer is a CONVICTED rapist who only got off b/c the prosecutors didn't want to bother with a retrial.

But the courts say he didn't rape that girl, that OJ didn't kill those cacs and Zimmerman didn't commit murder. So yeah...totally innocent.

bedwench

 

[Bigbigguy]

Black Feminists, LGBTs, & the c00ns who are supporting them to take Nate Parker down, come take yo L.

I'm gonna try and see this and the Chadwick Boseman flick at TIFF this year

 

[Cat piss martini]

Black Feminists, LGBTs, & the c00ns who are supporting them to take Nate Parker down, come take yo L.