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Gone With the Wind Removed From HBO Max Library Following Criticism


HBO Max has removed the classic film Gone With the Wind from its movie library following a number of calls to do so, in light of the ongoing global protests for racial equality.

https://tvline.com/2020/06/09/gone-with-the-wind-removed-hbo-max-protests-racism-slavery/

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Anyone who supports this is a piece of garbage!!!

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The only thing that will do is motivate people to buy the movie.

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This is the best. It doesn't get any better than this. I feel as if I am living in another dimension.

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And let's not forget the uproar a while back about the song "Baby It's Cold Outside" being too overtly sexual. And yet all these dirty minded rap songs that objectify women are okay? Give me a break!

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They banned the movie that spawned the first Black American to win an Academy Award? LMAO

You seriously can't make this shit up!

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Ridiculous and indeed stupid decision.

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I find it interesting that no one has mentioned 2 facts:

1. Clark Gable threatened to walk off the film if segregation on the set continued. Needless to say it didn't.
2. Clark Gable also refused to attend the Oscars because Hattie McDaniel was not allowed to sit in the audience nor was she allowed to attend any post-show events. Ms. McDaniel convinced him that he needed to attend.

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The irony is that the US do have racial equality and that minorities are fleeing to the US because in their home countries they're mistreated by their OWN people. Mistreating people out of malice is much more widespread. It does not require racism to commit crimes. In the US they enjoy more freedom and opportunities than in any other country. And apparently, the US are much better than the hellholes they're coming from.
There are many countries that oppress minorities and don't even let them speak their native language. Is that so in the US? No.
So why are Western countries grandstanding about a single man's actions? Racism isn't a law written in the Constitution. Protesting against a single man's action is like protesting against theft, murder and rape. But nobody protests against that. Why? Because as long as there are humans, bad things will happen.

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