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In reply to the discussion: Kentucky theater bans ‘The Butler’ because Jane Fonda is ‘the enemy’ [View all]Response to kpete (Original post)
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i like it when wingnut vendors spout off, it helps prevent me accidentally patronizing their stores.
unblock
Aug 2013
#4
You are so right about the background, and Ho Chi Minh originally wanting our support before
maddiemom
Aug 2013
#118
I have a feeling that even if Jane Fonda wasn't in that movie, they might not have
life long demo
Aug 2013
#6
Don't put this shit on Nancy--she's got her faults, but she did NOT object to Fonda playing her.
MADem
Aug 2013
#112
Possibly you should ask them specifically for an answer to your quite sincere query...?
LanternWaste
Aug 2013
#21
i wonder if the theater owner remembered to boycott the film Monster-In-Law??
BOG PERSON
Aug 2013
#13
How many publicity-seeking "vets" were ever "in the jungles of Vietnam"? Why assume he was?
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2013
#76
Number of "military flight instructors during the Vietnam War" serving in-country = 0,
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2013
#83
Nancy Reagan's husband did big business with the people who killed the Marines.
Octafish
Aug 2013
#20
heck, Marlene Dietrich worked and advocated for the DOWNFALL of her home country!
MisterP
Aug 2013
#79
Lots of misinfo out there. In college 25 years ago, a RW friend said she fought for NVA
Bucky
Aug 2013
#43
It was treason. Giving aid and comfort to the enemy, Article 3, section 3, clause 1.
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2013
#78
Iran was "the enemy." I suspect that you already knew that. It was in the news.
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2013
#94
The Hawk missiles he participated in sending to Iran were lethal weapons and not "spare plane parts"
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2013
#99
I used to point out to these flag-waving cretins that the constitution they claim to love and honour
niyad
Aug 2013
#55
John Wayne, the hero of some, was a draft-dodging actor who liked to dress up like Marines.
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2013
#71
Seeing as how this movie is a huge hit, it's his loss IMO. I worked for 1 of the big networks and
Booster
Aug 2013
#81
She's been the favorite whipping-girl for the RW ever since that youthful indescretion
Hekate
Aug 2013
#90
Guy reminds me of the RW morons who say "We never lost a battle in the war", stab in the back meme
steve2470
Aug 2013
#102
Jane Fonda has been in hundreds of movies, but thisis the only one he bans hmmmmmm,
Heather MC
Aug 2013
#104
Agreed, including John Wayne whose movies were probably shown at that theater.
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2013
#116
If he was refusing to show the movie on artistic grounds, I wouldn't have a problem with him.
GoneOffShore
Aug 2013
#115
Jane Fonda was a little over the top, even for back then. I protested the war,
maddiemom
Aug 2013
#117
BTW, she's GREAT in the role. Unbelievably Nancy Reagan-esque. Go figure.
Smarmie Doofus
Aug 2013
#129