Yes, he described Palestinians as “the bugs” and said some other really fucking ignorant quotes from that movie without the slightest understanding of Paul Verhoeven’s intent (his effort may have been doomed from the start; he even scolded actors on set for “not getting it” and just enjoying the fascism).
I have some license with what I say because I’m moving and transferring out of state in a few weeks but I also don’t want to have a bad mark on my record by saying something particularly scary about the IDF, so what should I tell him on Monday?
Ask him if he remembers how Doogie Howser was dressed at the end of the movie.
That did come up. He wore irony armor, however, and remarked that he “looked cool” but that he wasn’t a nazi; “it was just a cool uniform and he was doing it for the human race. He cared about human life so he wasn’t a nazi.”
it was just a cool uniform and he was doing it for the human race. He cared about human life so he wasn’t a nazi.
Ya know, the nazis thought the same exact thing of themselves.
They sure did.
How do I even argue with him? I know I didn’t reach him yesterday.
