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In reply to the discussion: Oliver Stone's "documentary" is a farce. [View all]JPZenger
(6,819 posts)29. He did a hatchet job on Harry Truman
I was watching an Oliver Stone documentary on Harry Truman that was a real hatchet job. Before I watched that, I didn't know that Josef Stalin was just a poor misunderstood nice guy who Truman pushed into conquering eastern Europe and killing millions of people in lands he controlled.
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Well, O.K. (I read the whole link.)But it was priceless when STONE dropped his bomb on Morning Scab
UTUSN
Nov 2012
#4
It's loathsome on a liberal website that anyone would DARE judge a move without seeing it first.
KittyWampus
Nov 2012
#39
last movie I saw from stone was platoon. Won't waste time with his vision of things anymore
still_one
Nov 2012
#27
Stone does the nation a service by bringing up the things the rightwing prefers we move on from.
Octafish
Nov 2012
#18
To me JFK was more about the fascination with the event and all the conspiracy theories
CBGLuthier
Nov 2012
#19
I think the other poster was asking if you'd seen the documentary you are testifying
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2012
#32
So what? That was before LBJ used the Tonkin Gulf Incident as casus belli for sending in draftees.
Octafish
Nov 2012
#37
I don't care for most of his films, nor for him personally, but this is not valid criticism
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2012
#30
First time I heard that stupid thing talk I fell "back and to the left" on my ass. :-p nt
Guy Whitey Corngood
Nov 2012
#42