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And equally, the opposition says "He changed his stated opinion[0] after a social justice flavoured criticism? There's absolutely no way he could agree with the

And equally, the opposition says "He changed his stated opinion[0] after a social justice flavoured criticism? There's absolutely no way he could agree with them, so he must be lying out of fear!" I prefer to assume people are telling the truth about their opinions until shown evidence to the contrary. [0] EDIT: Which, incidentally, was never asserted to be complete, and indeed solicited suggestions for improvement.

JoeAltmaier 11y ago
Its clear that both are true, to some degree. He clearly overlooked good movies directed by women, guilty. He clearly responded to criticism and overrode his original judgement to satisfy them. Its never black and white (unless talking about race; then its always black and white!)
- aninhumer 11y ago
  >He clearly responded to criticism and overrode his original judgement to satisfy them. Why is it clear that he "overrode" his original judgement by adding films, rather than simply being reminded of some he hadn't considered?
  - JoeAltmaier 11y ago
    Its not clear he hadn't considered them.
  - forgetsusername 11y ago
    >Why is it clear that he "overrode" his original judgement by adding films, rather than simply being reminded of some he hadn't considered? The films that he was "reminded of" all happened to be directed by women, after a bit of a public hand-slap about that exact subject? Possible, but not probable. Again, what the hell does the director gender even have to do with this? What sort of person reads Spike Lee's List of Movies that Every Aspiring Director Should See and says, "Boy, I hope everyone is equally represented here!". The fact that it was even a "thing" is ridiculous, and yes, Political Correctness gone overboard.
    - aninhumer 11y ago
      >The films that he was "reminded of" all happened to be directed by women Well yes that's my point? I'm saying that on seeing that comment he thinks "Films by women? Oh that reminds me of X, Y and Z! They should be on the list too!"

JoeAltmaier 11y ago

Its clear that both are true, to some degree. He clearly overlooked good movies directed by women, guilty. He clearly responded to criticism and overrode his original judgement to satisfy them. Its never black and white (unless talking about race; then its always black and white!)

aninhumer 11y ago
>He clearly responded to criticism and overrode his original judgement to satisfy them. Why is it clear that he "overrode" his original judgement by adding films, rather than simply being reminded of some he hadn't considered?
- JoeAltmaier 11y ago
  Its not clear he hadn't considered them.
- forgetsusername 11y ago
  >Why is it clear that he "overrode" his original judgement by adding films, rather than simply being reminded of some he hadn't considered? The films that he was "reminded of" all happened to be directed by women, after a bit of a public hand-slap about that exact subject? Possible, but not probable. Again, what the hell does the director gender even have to do with this? What sort of person reads Spike Lee's List of Movies that Every Aspiring Director Should See and says, "Boy, I hope everyone is equally represented here!". The fact that it was even a "thing" is ridiculous, and yes, Political Correctness gone overboard.
  - aninhumer 11y ago
    >The films that he was "reminded of" all happened to be directed by women Well yes that's my point? I'm saying that on seeing that comment he thinks "Films by women? Oh that reminds me of X, Y and Z! They should be on the list too!"