Am I saying murdering children is wrong?
Yes.
Am I saying murdering children you could indoctrinate into your evil ways and unleash upon your opponents is inefficient?
Also yes.
I kind of get the point that they were unelected hippies but their job was more like Judge Dredd than violent protesters. Palpitine was instigating a full on rebellion with the Trade Federation meaning the Jedi were ambassador/cops who were pro government.
He knows. There are young men agreeing with him and he’s getting coverage. Mocking him plays into the abusive bullies playbook. Don’t mock. Attack. Offend Jennings with truth. No $ for veterans but Emporor Trump has $$$ for his military birthday parade. We’re less safe flying but Emperor gets new ✈️
Dude is responsible for two genocides that we know of between the Jedi and the Ghormani and possibly trillions more deaths by co-opting the Separatist Movement, but it tracks that Jennings is going to defend him.
I’m not sure if I should laugh or cry. Disclaimer - I still get goose bumps when I hear the Star Wars opening. BUT it’s laughable when you use a movie series to justify your lunacy. Also scary when your world view is so misguided that this is your take away from that series.
The red lightsaber and comparison of Emperor Drumpf to Palpatine wasn't a mistake. It was wholly intentional. They're openly and blatantly telling you exactly who they are. Surprise! They're fascist Nazis.
No you fuckheads. Palpatine was literally there gaslighting and manipulating. JFC, he started a war so he could destroy both the Jedi, tear down the Republic's institutions and wreck groups like the Trade Federation, who had the forces to stop him.
Huh ?! Sure tell me the Jedi are the bad guys!
My God you just lost the entire sci fi community! A community that ranges in age from 6 to 80 years old ! Way to go guy! Ha, ha ha!
I wish that was true, there's a NUMBER of weirdos that still side with the Empire anyway. They couldn't read the room even if it was written in all-caps comic sans 30pts a meter from their face.
I thought that he was making an analogy but then I realized that he was serious. Is there already a colony on Mars and people move here from there without anybody knowing it? He's from another planet.
Do they even watch this stuff? SciFi and the worlds like Star Trek and Star Wars taught me some things about being a menace in the face of adversity and corrupt groups. I mean come on.
Spot on. The GOP is nothing more than the Lost Cause of the Confederacy, Nazi final solution, Russian Oligarchy, and Handmaid's Tale rolled into one. Trump is simply their stooge and a reminder that if you can't see the con you're the mark.
I hope you all realize this is a pattern. Obvious villain is a good guy, Churchill was a tyrant, Hilter was right, and Putin is our friend. Making us question reality is how they aim to control us.
Kevin Timeline? Who's Kevin and why does he hate us?
Is Kevin the name of that literal weasel that fell into the large Hadron Collider and conspiracy theorists believe sent us into a horrible alternate universe back in 2015 or so?
I think it's a German thing based on prejudices with the name "Kevin" (and the name Chantalle). And because Kevin is very close to "Kelvin" (see Star Trek Kelvin Timeline) you suddenly had the Kevin Timeline - the alternate universe to ours, but the majority is daf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevinismus
We need to stop entertaining all of this madness. He should be fired!
Pro-regime pundits should be fired and and investigated for aiding and abetting once the regime is overthrown. If serious enough, they should face the same punishment as those that committed tyranny … Death!
My immediate reaction would be that *no-one* who has ever watched Star Wars could fail to understand that Palpatine was The Baddest of Bad Guys. Which would imply Jennings had to be trolling.
The alternative would be that he seriously believes that destroying *an entire planet* could be justified.
Tarkin destroyed Alderaan solely because it was Leia's home planet, and not because it was a military target. Basically, it was collective punishment, which is forbidden by the Geneva Convention.
Just so we're clear what condoning this act would actually mean...
This tRumpian lapdog has thrown any credibility CNN has in the same sewage loaded creek that RFK jr swims in. The fact they pay this apologist is rancid and appalling.
They know exactly what they're doing. They're trying to appeal to the nerd culture, and also reverse the narrative. Some people will get sucked into the stupidity vortex, but others can see through the shroud of the darkside.
Jennings made watching CNN difficult (he's nauseating). Licht switched us to MSNBC. Dumping Acosta means we only watch CNN when Morning Ring Kisser is on.
Now MSNBC has dumped some good folks (while keeping ring kisser). 'Hoping the rest are kept, we're now mixing MSNBC, Bluesky and Substack.
Next up; Promoting the Eugenics Wars in Star Trek as "the best idea ever!", because we all need a maniacal, genetically-augmented type like Khan Noonien Singh ruling over the world, right?? 🤦♂️
If you are so profoundly stupid that you can’t figure out who the good guys and bad guy are in the Star Wars stories , how can you possibly report the news . He is dumber than a clam .
Is it obvious? CNN was actually a bastion of center-left coverage for so long that unless someone bothered to look into the changes they could be very taken aback by the switch in stances. Hell, those on the right still do the "CNN is communists" stupidity.
They know what they're doing. Thanos with Trump's head, red light sabers etc. They crunched the numbers and this is who their target base wants to identify with.
The prevailing (mostly misguided) narrative that privatization and capitalism brings out the best is pretty much proven wrong here. Funny/ironic/stupid that they’re trying to shutdown PBS. News and political coverage on PBS is so neutral and the commentators are so serious it’s boring.
It was the government (Mordor) was all worried about an incursion of hobbits who are challenging the status quo of a legitimate empire. Yeah if you go look them up, there are hundreds and are badly written like romance novels for fascists. Some about being best buds with Hitler.
Yeah well um ackshyually the Emperor built the weapons because he knew the Yuuzhan Vong was coming so that's why he had to fire it upon planets full of innocent children
As a fan of the wars, in this analogy for our specific purposes, the Jedi order was the Catholic Church with teeth-the moral and ethical centre, if you will.
It makes absolute sense that the republicans wouldn't understand it.
That Palpatine was the Deep State the whole time and engineered crisis after crisis to destroy checks and balances for Democracy to self-crown himself Emperor?
It's just a distraction. They saw how we called out the trump "jedi" image and are doubling down on the nonsense. It's all to try and discredit our legitimate complaints, to make us look "crazy".
I don't generally give maga's much credit for brain power ... but being too stupid to even understand the plot of Star Wars is a whole other level of idiocy.
You don't even need to be a die-hard Star Wars fan to know that the guy who owned the giant planet-destroying space station is the prime example of a villain.
Palpatine is *the* all-time movie villain. He's the go-to guy I think of when I hear "pure evil."
To be fair, at least we understand why Thanos did it (even if I don't agree with the method). He had the greater good in mind. The Borg are kinda on that even if it is f-ed up. But these assholes and the Sith Empire wanted power and control.
Must like Star Wars since he's trying to present it as pro-fascist. Makes me wonder if at some point it will be outlawed because it's clearly antifascist and pro-democracy. Rebellions can be contagious, you know.
Unsurprisingly, it is Scott Jennings who doesn’t understand politics in the real world OR in the Star Wars universe. Equally unsurprising that he wouldn’t realize he’s literally defending space Nazis.
As much as I want to read this article. I'm done with cnn. Pretty wimpy network. You start doing some real reporting and calling out this administration I might come back.
1st: Scott has always been a clown on CNN.
2nd: CNN has started to lean to the right. IMHO.
3rd: Like many I no longer watch CNN or go to their web site.
AND 4th wait for it...... Star Wars is a Fucking MOVIE!
I like the fact CNN brings in people from both sides of the aisle, but Scott Jennings is such a MAGA sycophant he never has anything negative to say about the current administration to the point of being delusional.
I turn off CNN when he is on it.
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Yes.
Am I saying murdering children you could indoctrinate into your evil ways and unleash upon your opponents is inefficient?
Also yes.
Apparently, no.
No you fuckheads. Palpatine was literally there gaslighting and manipulating. JFC, he started a war so he could destroy both the Jedi, tear down the Republic's institutions and wreck groups like the Trade Federation, who had the forces to stop him.
/heavysigh
Problem is media literacy. Punisher fans are similar.
Doppelgängers!!!
My God you just lost the entire sci fi community! A community that ranges in age from 6 to 80 years old ! Way to go guy! Ha, ha ha!
Palpatine before going
full MAGA is striking …
jus sezzin’
🤷🏽♂️
#elbowsup
#never51
#truenorthstrongandfree
#canadaisnotforsale
If I had a nickel for every time Republicans weirdly used forced Star Wars metaphors, and even more weirdly identified themselves with the bad guys...
Disgusting liar.
Is Kevin the name of that literal weasel that fell into the large Hadron Collider and conspiracy theorists believe sent us into a horrible alternate universe back in 2015 or so?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevinismus
Pro-regime pundits should be fired and and investigated for aiding and abetting once the regime is overthrown. If serious enough, they should face the same punishment as those that committed tyranny … Death!
Enough is enough
The alternative would be that he seriously believes that destroying *an entire planet* could be justified.
Just so we're clear what condoning this act would actually mean...
Now MSNBC has dumped some good folks (while keeping ring kisser). 'Hoping the rest are kept, we're now mixing MSNBC, Bluesky and Substack.
Mr. Takei: which MODERN Star Trek villains do you think best portray the MAGA movement?
I vote for the Pakleds.
Jesus wept.
(But y'all knew that.)
Also owned by Warner Bros, who don't want to rock the trump boat for fear of retaliation because the 1st Amendment is truly dead in America.
Be dismissive at your own peril.
CNN chased dollars and has pretty much sucked since Ted died.
or its something else, like that kids vs wizards shit?
Rewatching ROTS for its anniversary…the socio-political parallels were…heavy
How to not understand Star Wars by just not understanding Star Wars.
As a fan of the wars, in this analogy for our specific purposes, the Jedi order was the Catholic Church with teeth-the moral and ethical centre, if you will.
It makes absolute sense that the republicans wouldn't understand it.
Palpatine is *the* all-time movie villain. He's the go-to guy I think of when I hear "pure evil."
Trump wishes he was as intelligent as Palpatine lol.
We need an Imperial pundit named Inscot Ingjens who is a clear parody of him so that he will feel shame.
2) he didn’t want free trade. He toppled the Trade Federation so that HE could control trade
3) it was Palpatine who used the deep state to rise to power and stay there
🤦♂️
But hey, if they want to be the empire, I'll join the rebellion.
2nd: CNN has started to lean to the right. IMHO.
3rd: Like many I no longer watch CNN or go to their web site.
AND 4th wait for it...... Star Wars is a Fucking MOVIE!
Geez.
🙄Get stuffed Scott.
I turn off CNN when he is on it.