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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Nov 28, 2017, 12:04 PM Nov 2017

Mike Huckabee: Is Disney 'Racist' For Making a Billion Dollars from Pocahontas Franchise?

by Colby Hall | 10:36 am, November 28th, 2017

Mike Huckabee is more than just the former Governor of Arkansas. He is also the father of White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a Fox News contributor, and a full-throated defender of President Donald Trump, regardless of what may come out of his mouth.

During an appearance on Fox & Friends this morning, he was asked to comment on the current dust-up surrounding Trump’s “Pocahontas” dig at Senator Elizabeth Warren during a White House ceremony honoring Native American Code Talkers who were heroes of World War II, which many saw as an unnecessary, inappropriate, and even racist dig at one of his political rivals.

Warren has claimed Native American ancestry which her detractors believe she used to gain advantageous status as a minority, particularly during her time at Harvard. There is a lot that is unsettled in this story: does Warren actually have indigenous people lineage? Is Trump racist for mocking her as “Pocahontas”? In other words, it is perfect fodder for opinion-based cable news programming as there is plenty of outrage to go around.

Enter Governor Huckabee, who provided his own interesting take on this controversy by raising the specter of the wildly profitable Disney movie franchise Pocahontas, asking “is that racist”? (Answer — no it is not. That movie celebrates the bravery of Pocahontas and the indigenous traditions before her people suffered genocide at the hands of many of Americans’s ancestors.) And just in case Huckabee hadn’t delivered enough derp, he then questioned whether Warren was committing “cultural appropriation” by claiming Native American ancestry, apparently unaware that “cultural appropriation” is when someone fashions the cultural traditions of one that is not their own.

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/mike-huckabee-is-disney-racist-for-making-a-billion-dollars-from-pocahontas-franchise/

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Mike Huckabee: Is Disney 'Racist' For Making a Billion Dollars from Pocahontas Franchise? (Original Post) DonViejo Nov 2017 OP
False equivalancy at its finest. Kleveland Nov 2017 #1
I didn't know that Pocahontas was the Elizabeth Warren story... chelsea0011 Nov 2017 #2
Their stupidity works. moda253 Nov 2017 #3
He misses the point exboyfil Nov 2017 #4
I dont' know if he misses the point or not. moda253 Nov 2017 #9
Remember those commercials from a few years back NewJeffCT Nov 2017 #14
It's not against the law to fart in church... kentuck Nov 2017 #5
When a con artist commits a crime, he starts pointing fingers and blaming others. Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #6
Is Sarah Huckabee Sanders stupid and a liar because Mike Huckabee is stupid and a liar? milestogo Nov 2017 #7
STFU Chuckles. You are way out of your league and clueless once again. yellowcanine Nov 2017 #8
Eric the Dumb said the same thing RockaFowler Nov 2017 #10
Yeah they all just get the day's talking points and run with it underpants Nov 2017 #16
............. steve2470 Nov 2017 #11
Putin hates Disney GusBob Nov 2017 #12
Unfortunately, yes loyalsister Nov 2017 #13
Only Deplorable dummies would buy that. oasis Nov 2017 #15
That these morons can't tell the difference between a racist insult and a movie is telling BoneyardDem Nov 2017 #17
Oh for fucks sake. Ex governor huckster njhoneybadger Nov 2017 #18

Kleveland

(1,257 posts)
1. False equivalancy at its finest.
Tue Nov 28, 2017, 12:10 PM
Nov 2017

Typical repug nonsense...

Instead of taking any responsibility for one's actions...

"But what about xxxxxx? They did it too!"

Now, I am old enough to remember that such excuses never worked on parents, or school teachers and officials.

Babbling of a child-like mentality.

The country is being directed by study-hall inmates, who are eating their own buggers in the plain view of mature individuals.

chelsea0011

(10,115 posts)
2. I didn't know that Pocahontas was the Elizabeth Warren story...
Tue Nov 28, 2017, 12:11 PM
Nov 2017

I will have to go back and watch it again.

exboyfil

(17,865 posts)
4. He misses the point
Tue Nov 28, 2017, 12:14 PM
Nov 2017

Doing it a campaign rally is one thing (still disgusting). Taking focus off these World War II veterans who won't be with us much longer is another thing entirely.

 

moda253

(615 posts)
9. I dont' know if he misses the point or not.
Tue Nov 28, 2017, 12:16 PM
Nov 2017

And I am not sure it matters. This is what a very large segment of the country believes makes it ok. And it works on them because they truly don't give a shit about whether or not it is offensive or not. Remember they have been complaining about Political Correctness for a decade or more. The fact that someone might be offended matters not to them. And if they can show that there is (completely unrelated) wrongness that they can attach to the story then that's all the justification they need.

Idiocracy at it's finest.

NewJeffCT

(56,829 posts)
14. Remember those commercials from a few years back
Tue Nov 28, 2017, 12:38 PM
Nov 2017

"So easy a caveman could do it" or something like that? Some on the right took those commercials to mean it was okay to make fun of anybody that wasn't white, straight and male? So, making fun of cavemen was the same as making fun of black people or brown people or gay persons. Sounds like similar logic here.

Irish_Dem

(47,382 posts)
6. When a con artist commits a crime, he starts pointing fingers and blaming others.
Tue Nov 28, 2017, 12:14 PM
Nov 2017

It is a way to confuse the issue and stop people from looking at their crimes.

The Trump family is sociopathic right down the line.

RockaFowler

(7,429 posts)
10. Eric the Dumb said the same thing
Tue Nov 28, 2017, 12:17 PM
Nov 2017



I guess everyone got their marching orders today

It's so pathetic that people fall for these bozos.

underpants

(182,877 posts)
16. Yeah they all just get the day's talking points and run with it
Tue Nov 28, 2017, 12:46 PM
Nov 2017

This will probably be mentioned several times today across RW media.

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
12. Putin hates Disney
Tue Nov 28, 2017, 12:31 PM
Nov 2017

I see they are attacking another American institution

Too democratic, makes people feel good, Vlad the destroyer hates it

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)
13. Unfortunately, yes
Tue Nov 28, 2017, 12:36 PM
Nov 2017

The casual racism of ignoring ethnic history and turning it into entertainment is racist.

 

BoneyardDem

(1,202 posts)
17. That these morons can't tell the difference between a racist insult and a movie is telling
Tue Nov 28, 2017, 12:46 PM
Nov 2017

no wonder they try and vilify Harry Potter the embodiment and sanctioning and promoting witchery.

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