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Republican leader [Michael Aboud] embarrassed by Ali G film says he plans to sue Sacha Baron Cohen: ‘A liar and a pervert’ (www.theguardian.com)
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The problem with suing a leopard after it has eaten your face is even if you win you still had your face eaten.

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[–] 43 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Neither Sacha Baron Cohen nor the Republican guy are good people. Let them fight, I guess.

Sacha is a zionist and a racist. The Republican guy is about what you'd expect from MAGA.

Whatever damage they do to each other is good, but I'm not cheering for either one.

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  • [–] [S] 15 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    Isn't that how we, as principled third party Leopard Observers, usually end up feeling about the Leopards?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

    Sometimes I find myself having a small amount of sympathy for the person who got their face eaten. Not a lot mind you, but often it's a relatively normal person who made a really stupid choice and are reaping what they have sown.

    In this case? None at all.

    (Edited to add: I also posted my comment because someone else said they wanted to watch the movie, and I think more people should know what kind of person Sacha is)

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

    I'm fully with ya there, though this is also the first that I'm hearing of Cohen's ethnocentrism. Could you share some non-prop sources to help out?

    Not that I particularly want to go down that rabbit hole, frankly, but I'd much rather do so w/o having to filter 99.99% of the internet to get to the crux. 😅

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (1 child)

    I'm not going to pretend to be unbiased in this, just so you know. I'm Palestinian myself.

    Sacha Baron Cohen has not recently explicitly called himself a Zionist, however the pattern of behaviour (in my opinion) is clear.

    Described as very Zionist in this article. https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-nerd-factor-in-sacha-baron-cohens-past/

    In general, he uses pretty racist stereotypes about Arabs in general. i.e. The Dictator, Ali G, Borat, etc. (it's a known tactic that when calling something anti-semitic isn't enough to stave off reputational damage to Israel, stoking Islamophobia or anti-Arab racism is another tactic Zionists reach for https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/leaked-israel-reputation-survey-research-mark-penn-stagwell )

    He conflates criticism of Israel with anti-semitism, and lobbied for tiktok to be taken over by Larry Ellison for being too pro-Palestine. (The NYT reporting on Palestine is atrocious, and so is this article's slant, but I'm linking it anyway) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/16/technology/tiktok-jewish-open-letter-antisemitism.html

    Works/worked with the ADL, who also conflate criticism of Israel with anti-semitism and are pro-Israel https://www.adl.org/resources/article/following-sacha-baron-cohens-speech-here-adls-short-list-social-media-accounts

    Co-writers of his include Lee Kern, openly a Zionist.

    He twists and misleads people about Palestinians: https://v2.courthousenews.com/palestinian-grocer-sues-sacha-baron-cohen/

    Hopefully that justifies my point of view enough for you.

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