Current Events > The director of Birth of a Nation (1915) was the original Anti-SJW

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intolerance_(film)

Intolerance is a 1916 epic silent film directed by D. W. Griffith.

Griffith chose to explore the theme of intolerance partly in response to his previous film The Birth of a Nation (1915) being criticized by the NAACP and other groups for perpetuating racial stereotypes and glorifying the Ku Klux Klan. Intolerance was not, however, an apology, as Griffith felt he had nothing to apologize for; in numerous interviews, Griffith made clear that the film was a rebuttal to his critics and he felt that they were, in fact, the intolerant ones.

Sound familiar?

1915 seems to recent
probably someone older
try looking into books

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A white supremacist claiming others are intolerant? Must be a day ending in y

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The Birth of a Nation is arguably the most dangerous movie of all time.

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Yeah, Intolerance is an incredible-looking film, and has a nice theme at first...until you realize its message was meant as a blowback to people who criticized his previous movie.

Birth of a Nation was considered racist even back then.

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Birth of a Nation really does have some of the most gorgeous cinematography I've seen.

It's a shame I'll never see it again cause it's just too vile.

Never watched Intolerance. Or any other Griffith movie. As fascinated as I am in particularly the Babylon sets of the film, I just couldn't get myself to engage in anything that man did.
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DeadBankerDream posted...

Never watched Intolerance. Or any other Griffith movie. As fascinated as I am in particularly the Babylon sets of the film, I just couldn't get myself to engage in anything that man did.

I highly recommend Intolerance. Orphans of the Storm is great too.

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