Jalen Duren and the Pistons move to 8-2 in the month of December and 24-6 on the season!

Tobias Harris: 24 PTS, 10-16 FGM
Cade Cunningham: 23 PTS, 7 REB, 14 AST, 5 STL

DeMar DeRozan: 37 PTS, 8 AST
Russell Westbrook: 27 PTS, 6 REB, 2 STL

So, on the one hand, I think these things should be discussed.

On the other hand, I don’t go in for policing everyone’s viewing, especially in a casual context when everyone involved is long dead.

“I like THE MALTESE FALCON—“

“Oh so you support drunk hit and run driver John Huston?”

It’s very easy to talk about the bad with movies and actors we don’t like. The challenge is bringing that same energy even if we love them.

I am not saying ban the film, cancel the actor, etc. I am saying that Buster Keaton’s Confederate fanboy attitude deserves examination re: THE GENERAL

It’s like John Wayne’s “they had it coming“ interview re: genocide of Indigenous pople

“But consider all the interviews where he didn’t advocate genocide! It was only one and he was kind of old! I used to watch him with my daddy! Why do you hate my daddy?”

Acting like BOAN is the same as any old movie with one or two not great moments is asinine.

So, my attitude towards old movie stuff can be summed up as “Don’t pee on my leg and tell me it’s raining.”

When the slightest bit of research shows he was consistently racist and a daddy issues Confederate fanboy.

People try to paint BIRTH OF A NATION as a masterpiece with some unfortunate racism. The whole movie is racist, the “masterpiece “ thing was backfilled to excuse it.