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In reply to the discussion: Hunger Games - didn't realize it was a right wing [View all]I'm not going to rehash this. He retired because of the documents, plain and simple. Had they not been used, his job wouldn't have been in danger.
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It is a tale of the 1% in total control, and the grass roots uprising that causes
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2012
#6
Looks to me like we are having trouble with the phrase "right wing fantasy."
rhett o rick
Apr 2012
#28
No, the story itself is not right-wing although the villains appear to be
Bjorn Against
Apr 2012
#16
While I can't say I am super familiar with the world My Little Pony takes place in...
Bjorn Against
Apr 2012
#27
Both left and right have tried to claim it. Neither has a particularly strong case.
RZM
Apr 2012
#32
You need to differentiate between financial elites and intellectual elites.
rhett o rick
Apr 2012
#42
Provoking political questions are censored from American fiction to avoid alienating half the market
Leopolds Ghost
Apr 2012
#53
The national guard docs were broken by Democratic Underground's Walt Starr.
Leopolds Ghost
Apr 2012
#56
I don't know for sure, but I don't think Dan Rather should have been fired for something that
Leopolds Ghost
Apr 2012
#65
It's the exact opposite of that. I loved the books and enjoyed the first movie.
NYC Liberal
Apr 2012
#59