History Quotes / DontShootTheMessage

->Said villains, by the way, introduce themselves as being a gang of wealthy preppies who derive both pleasure and a sense of patriotic pride from slaughtering the poor. And ''this'' is where ''The Purge'' goes OffTheRails. Folks, explicit, heavy-handed political message-mongering is not ''necessarily'' bad storytelling. Hell, my favourite movie is ''Film/Robocop1987'', and ''Robocop'' is about as subtle as a baseball bat to the face. As the saying goes, SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped, class is a reliable source of solid drama and the idea that sweeping, showpiece anti-crime measures like the Purge ''do'' tend to disproportionately harm the lower classes while shielding or even benefiting the wealthy shouldn't be news to ''anyone'' at this point. But having your main villain basically walk up to the camera and say, "JustForFun/{{Hello}} [[{{Anvilicious}} I'm a walking metaphor for the predatory nature of class-disparity that inevitably results from unfettered capitalism and the consolidation of personal wealth!]]" is just lazy, bad, stupid writing and film-making. The only way it could be ''less'' subtle is if the bad guy took off his mask and turned out to actually just '''be''' Mitt Romney!

->''A male character on [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy the show]] has sex with a transgender character without her revealing her former-gender (extremely unlikely, IMHO, despite the fact that it's one of Hollywood's most popular transgender storylines), and when he finds out, he spews vomit for thirty seconds, then freaks out while another character compares the transgender person to a sex offender? And [[Creator/SethMacFarlane MacFarlane]] thinks the transsexual community will be "very, very happy" and that this is the most sympathetic television portrayal of such a character ever?''

->"In the end it seems like Julian Assange is like [[AnimalWrongsGroup PETA]]. Even if you agree with what he's doing, you kind of hate him."

->"As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents."

->"I had a hard time with Creator/AynRand because I found myself enthusiastically agreeing with the first 90% of every sentence, but getting lost at 'therefore, be [[{{Jerkass}} a huge asshole to everyone]]'."

->"I think the greatest asset that the Kremlin has is [[RedScare Senator McCarthy]]."

->"The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with bad arguments."

->''I can see myself giving a positive review to something I enjoyed but professed beliefs I didn’t agree with, but I cannot imagine myself giving a thumbs-up to a piece of shit whose opinions I supported.''

->''Creator/MichaelMoore is such a divisive figure that even people who subscribe to his political beliefs frequently hate his guts. I am one of those people. I believe in just about everything Moore says, and find everything about him insufferable.''

->''Please don't align yourself with me.''

->Said villains, by the way, introduce themselves as being a gang of wealthy preppies who derive both pleasure and a sense of patriotic pride from slaughtering the poor. And ''this'' is where ''The Purge'' goes OffTheRails. Folks, explicit, heavy-handed political message-mongering is not ''necessarily'' bad storytelling. Hell, my favourite movie is ''Film/Robocop1987'', and ''Robocop'' is about as subtle as a baseball bat to the face. As the saying goes, SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped, class is a reliable source of solid drama and the idea that sweeping, showpiece anti-crime measures like the Purge ''do'' tend to disproportionately harm the lower classes while shielding or even benefiting the wealthy shouldn't be news to ''anyone'' at this point. But having your main villain basically walk up to the camera and say, "JustForFun/{{Hello}} [[{{Anvilicious}} I'm a walking metaphor for the predatory nature of class-disparity that inevitably results from unfettered capitalism and the consolidation of personal wealth!]]" is just lazy, bad, stupid writing and film-making. The only way it could be ''less'' subtle is if the bad guy took off his mask and turned out to literally just '''be''' Mitt Romney!

->''If the enemy is an ass and a fool and a prating coxcomb, is it meet, think you, that we should also, look you, be an ass and a fool and a prating coxcomb?''
-->--'''Fluellen''', ''Theatre/HenryV''

->"The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with bad arguments."
-->--'''Creator/FriedrichNietzsche'''

-->--'''WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows''', in [[http://chezapocalypse.com/roger-ebert-ted-rall-and-the-act-of-reviewing/ this article]]

->''A male character on [[Series/FamilyGuy the show]] has sex with a transgender character without her revealing her former-gender (extremely unlikely, IMHO, despite the fact that it's one of Hollywood's most popular transgender storylines), and when he finds out, he spews vomit for thirty seconds, then freaks out while another character compares the transgender person to a sex offender? And [[Creator/SethMacFarlane MacFarlane]] thinks the transsexual community will be "very, very happy" and that this is the most sympathetic television portrayal of such a character ever?''
-->--'''Brent Hartinger''', from [[http://www.afterelton.com/TV/2010/5/seth-macfarlane-complete-idiot this article]] in afterelton.com on the Series/FamilyGuy episode "Quagmire's Dad".

->''A male character on [[Series/FamilyGuy the show]] has sex with a transgender character without her revealing her former-gender (extremely unlikely, IMHO, despite the fact that it's one of Hollywood's most popular transgender storylines), and when he finds out, he spews vomit for thirty seconds, then freaks out while another character compares the transgender person to a sex offender? And [[SethMacFarlane MacFarlane]] thinks the transsexual community will be "very, very happy" and that this is the most sympathetic television portrayal of such a character ever?''
-->--'''Brent Hartinger''', from [[http://www.afterelton.com/TV/2010/5/seth-macfarlane-complete-idiot this article]] in afterelton.com on the FamilyGuy episode "Quagmire's Dad".

->''A male character on [[FamilyGuy the show]] has sex with a transgender character without her revealing her former-gender (extremely unlikely, IMHO, despite the fact that it's one of Hollywood's most popular transgender storylines), and when he finds out, he spews vomit for thirty seconds, then freaks out while another character compares the transgender person to a sex offender? And [[SethMacFarlane MacFarlane]] thinks the transsexual community will be "very, very happy" and that this is the most sympathetic television portrayal of such a character ever?''

-->--'''HarryTruman'''

-->--'''WebOriginal/ToddInTheShadows''', in [[http://chezapocalypse.com/roger-ebert-ted-rall-and-the-act-of-reviewing/ this article]]

->"I had a hard time with AynRand because I found myself enthusiastically agreeing with the first 90% of every sentence, but getting lost at "therefore, be a [[JerkAss huge asshole]] to everyone"."

-->--'''{{xkcd}} AltText [[http://xkcd.com/1049/ here]]'''

-->--'''Fluellen''', ''Theatre/HenryV''

-->--'''HarryTruman'''

->""The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with bad arguments."

-->--'''{{xkcd}} AltText [[http://xkcd.com/1049/ here]]'''

->"I had a hard time with AynRand because I found myself enthusiastically agreeing with the first 90% of every sentence, but getting lost at "therefore, be a [[JerkAss huge asshole]] to everyone".

-->--'''{{xkcd}}} AltText [[http://xkcd.com/1049/ here]]'''

-->--'''Creator/FriedrichNietzsche'''

-->--'''FriedrichNietzsche'''

-->--'''GeorgeOrwell''', socialist

->“As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents”
-->--'''GeorgeOrwell''', a socialist.

-->--'''Radio/WaitWaitDontTellMe'''

->"In the end it seems like Julian Assange is like PETA. Even if you agree with what he's doing, you kind of hate him."

-->--'''Brent Hartinger''', from [[http://www.afterelton.com/TV/2010/5/seth-macfarlane-complete-idiot this article]] in afterelton.com on the FamilyGuy episode "Quagmire's Dad".