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AnotherDayAnotherView · 02/06/2023 10:39

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usernother · 03/06/2023 09:04

I watched it and enjoyed it. Interesting.

activelytrying · 03/06/2023 08:54

I enjoyed it, particularly the history about Kinsey and Money. The first part was jokey/him clearly 'doing a Louis Theroux' but it then took a deeper dive into some of the issues.

The alarming part for me was people's inability to robustly defend their argument. They would just say 'a woman is whatever a woman says she is' and when pressed to explain that, ended the interview or got angry.

Surely if you've built a career on a particular worldview, you should be able to defend the basic terms of your point of view without belittling the person who thinks differently?

PaleBlueMoonlight · 03/06/2023 08:06

The film seems to be about two things, (1) about the critical importance of having meaningful language that society can use to discern truth and describe reality, and (2) the harm being caused (especially to children) because of the failure with respect to (1).

IcakethereforeIam · 03/06/2023 07:36

It's been a while and Canadian Dad may have had his case heard. I'm wondering if he's the same person as Billboard Chris?

Matt's truthtelling session to the Loudoun school board. I'd have been interested in knowing how that went down with them. It shows how patient he was being with the other clowns he was talking with.

littlbrowndog · 03/06/2023 07:11

I saw it. Thought it was good. Some of these people who think it’s fine to give kids untested drugs and surgeries are very scary

that poor Canadian dad. Misgendering his 13 year old daughter and now out on bail
and Scott saying he thinks it will shorten his life all the surgeries he has had

DemiColon · 03/06/2023 02:19

Just finished it. Perhaps, because Terf Island and MN coven, it seemed a little dated.

I think that's maybe true. I'm trying to imagine the average Canadian watching it, most of it would be totally new to them.

IcakethereforeIam · 03/06/2023 01:50

Just finished it. Perhaps, because Terf Island and MN coven, it seemed a little dated. So many slappable people. Bowers and the transableism (Bower's poker face slipped a little), the Planned parenthood woman, the college guy with allergy to truth, the senator/congressman, the Dr Phil pillocks, the fat guy with nothing interesting to say. I'm astonished they agreed to be on.

I liked the crack about the cardigan!

I have sympathy for some of the less high profile tras. The wolf guy was just sad.

It's great that it's getting so widely watched. Strength to all the people on the other side, Scott, Canadian Dad, etc.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 03/06/2023 00:41

Marci Bowers’ description of transableism as a mental health condition and “kooky” contrasted against their own glaring blind spot was worth the price of admission.

Yes, my DP particularly picked up on that bit.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 03/06/2023 00:39

He's getting the message out to a wide audience that feminism doesn't reach.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 03/06/2023 00:39

Just watched it. My view - it is an excellent, well made film, you don't need to be a Matt Walsh fan to appreciate it. It goes without saying that he is coming from a different angle and he is not a feminist, but I don't think there is much to offend the average person in the film.

PaleBlueMoonlight · 02/06/2023 23:13

I thought it was really good.

AnotherDayAnotherView · 02/06/2023 22:57

Backstreets · 02/06/2023 21:47

Sixty million views last I checked, and it’s going to be free all weekend.

68.5 million just on the Daily Wire thread alone - that excludes all the retweet views from hundreds of Twitter users! That is one big reach!

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AnotherDayAnotherView · 02/06/2023 22:53

Backstreets · 02/06/2023 21:47

Sixty million views last I checked, and it’s going to be free all weekend.

Whatever your views on Matt Walsh - he is certainly effective at starting a conversation 😉

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Backstreets · 02/06/2023 21:47

Sixty million views last I checked, and it’s going to be free all weekend.

AnotherDayAnotherView · 02/06/2023 21:45

I agree that is it good that such a view is available to people who may not describe themselves as either GC feminists or radical - it reaches a more wide ranging audience - in that respect it is very successful at raising awareness of the issues discussed.

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Ereshkigalangcleg · 02/06/2023 21:24

I still haven't seen all of it, I'm hoping to watch it with DP shortly.

Transparent2 · 02/06/2023 21:24

I thought there was more than one way to look at the first part. I presume the presentation of gender stereotypes was deliberate, and I didn’t assume that Matt Walsh approves of such extreme sexism. In his later questions he was sometimes obviously acting rather than expressing his own opinion.

SidewaysOtter · 02/06/2023 20:26

I thought it was pretty good. I must admit that I skimmed through the first bit but it’s quite hard hitting by the end. I hope it gets widely seen.

And what’s the betting all of the people made to look like idiots are going to complain that they were traumatised? I hope there’s enough welfare rooms/energy bars/emotional support animals to go round Hmm

TastesLikeStrawberriesOnASummerEvening · 02/06/2023 19:47

NotTerfNorCis · 02/06/2023 18:13

Oh my God I'm embarrassed for that 'college professor'.

I wonder what the parents who are paying many, many thousands for their kids to go there think?

onlytherain · 02/06/2023 19:24

I find it quite remarkable that a college professor insinuates we should not ask questions. I thought their job was the exact opposite.

NotTerfNorCis · 02/06/2023 18:13

Oh my God I'm embarrassed for that 'college professor'.

OMG12 · 02/06/2023 18:05

BettyFilous · 02/06/2023 16:13

There were many irritating aspects to MW’s film but Marci Bowers’ description of transableism as a mental health condition and “kooky” contrasted against their own glaring blind spot was worth the price of admission. The gender affirming, puberty blocker dispensing medic from Planned Parenthood was 😱.

I could see a bit of an “oh shit” moment in his eyes. But then he’s someone who makes a hell of a lot of money sterilising and disfiguring young people so had to follow through in othering other people who might purposely disfigure perfectly healthy young people. Obviously there’s a lot of difference in cutting off healthy breasts to cutting off and arm in his mind.

i wonder if he gets particular satisfaction in performing a blood initiation into his cult.

NotTerfNorCis · 02/06/2023 17:49

I've started watching it. I'm sure I'll agree with most of it, but the start makes me uncomfortable. Men can't understand women, and girls need a lot of emotional support while a boy is content with a BB gun. In his own way, Walsh is as fond of gender stereotypes as the TRAs.

crumpet · 02/06/2023 17:42

It is good at exposing the knots people tie themselves in to avoid linking the definition to biology, so to avoid saying something that would get them cancelled. Shining a light on the inability to speak freely is good.

ohdelay · 02/06/2023 16:30

EdgeOfACoin · 02/06/2023 14:17

Elon Musk ended up retweeting it.

It's reached a far, far larger audience than if some of the back room people at Twitter hadn't tried to stop it from being shown in the first place.

Was weirdly satisfying watching this play out on Twitter.