You are not machines, you are not cattle, you are MEN. And this is the sentiment that had one of the greatest talents ever to grace this planet banished from these free states. Shame on these free states then. Yet I would contend that we are not any more enlightened or tolerant to differing opinions or to dissension and criticism or even to this specific and particular sociopolitical assertion nearly a century later, not even absent the malevolence of mister J. Edgar. Because dont we have it in us? Hasnt the media bred in us the fear of opinions contrary to our own and a suspicion of those who appear, aggressively or passively more tolerant or accepting than us? A fortune and fame he made with hard work, made without a word, this brilliant jester, and when he spoke, this is what he had to say. And eight decades later, we are still terrified of the message. Charlie Chaplin was a visionary. The Ford of motion pictures and the Edsel of sociopolitical enlightenment. Watch this shit. WATCH THIS SHIT.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 12:17:31 +0000