re: 'Sound of Freedom' scores 92% Rotten Tomatoes rating ahead of July 4 premiere

Just saw it. Sold out. Good movie but the actual subject matter is heavy. Hard to stomach

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by Glieberman.

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He writes for Variety. Does he add unnecessary prose to insure his readers he isn't drinking the kool-aid? Yes. At least he's honest enough to give the movie a good review. He builds it up and promises a pay off that made him feel good.

We can no longer put our heads in the sand. The movie is an eye opener. Trafficking kids is an epidemic that Hollywood prefers to act like doesn’t even exist.

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Soooo, basic Christianity is considered "extreme beliefs" by Glieberman.

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The review doesn’t go there. I read it and the central idea is that the movie and the subject transcends personal political and religious labels.

The review clearly says you don’t need to be a 4chan/Qanon/Comet Pizzagate conspiracy theorist to be able to admire and appreciate the movie. This is what “extreme beliefs” is referencing.

Saying that, I thought a bit too much ink was spread on personally distancing, disavowing and stating unequivocally that the Comet Pizza story was false, baseless, and the invention of the fevered brains of conspiracy theorists. Swinging at a pitch not thrown.

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you needn’t hold extreme beliefs to experience

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So weird that someone felt the need to say this. But I guess that’s reflective of the times we live in.

I believe the message of this movie is important, but I’m still not sure I want to sit through it and feel disgusted by realities I can usually ignore.

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Ah yes, definitely be concerned about the people concerned about pedophilia. Wouldn't want to endanger the pedophiles.

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This is an intellectually dishonest response.

Being concerned about pedophilia is one thing.

Creating stupid mythos and partisan talking points trying to associate your perceived out group with pedophilia does nothing but draw focus to your in/out group conflict and ignores the reality of actual children being violated.

I'll give you a tactile example of what I'm talking about.

Young people in sex work are almost exclusively runaways who choose this lifestyle over their former life. Due to many sociological and legal-regulatory reasons, there aren't exactly economic options for 14-17 year olds without a personal infrastructure. Sex work has always been the outlet for this population, and this has literally been a meme since humans created population groupings 10-12k years ago.

Young people are not being kidnapped, in any significant population, into sex slavery where they're moved across the world or are part of occult/demonic rituals. There aren't conspiracies and sex cults and all the stuff that's a part of the secret knowledge you believe primarily because it makes your perceived enemy look bad.

When your focus becomes on this fantastical mythos, you start to pay attention to the actual victims in reality. If you live in a city of any sort of size, I bet there are organizations you could join to help runaways off the street. You won't get to demonize your perceived partisan enemies, and it will be gross, dirty, and boring, but you could actually make a difference.

But you'd rather use intellectually dishonest rhetoric online and own the libs an feel like you've done something.

Who knew Jim was a right wing conspiracy theorist?

There are millions of children in unwilling sex slavery and being sexually abused globally with an entire multi billion dollar around it according to right wing sources like the UN.

You have no data to support your statement whatsoever.

Are there runaways in the sex trade? Yes.

Arrogantly stating that infants and other pre-pubescent children being raped for money doesn’t happen and that they are not actually being kidnapped is one of the most ignorant and wholly incorrect statements I’ve ever read on this website. Just go to the website for the guy who the movie is based on, he worked DHS sex crimes for 15 years and has hundreds of not thousands of children rescued.

You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about on this subject and should delete your post.

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There are millions of children in unwilling sex slavery and being sexually abused globally

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For the record, I was speaking about America.

Globally, you're much more likely to be forced into manual labor than sex slavery (child or adult).

*ETA: I know only the basics about this story, but the data show that kids who are kidnapped in a way similar to this movie are typically used for labor or as child soldiers and not sex slaves.

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Arrogantly stating that infants and other pre-pubescent children being raped for money doesn’t happen

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I didn't say that. Go read the words I actually used and stop relying on an emotional response and building a straw man.