I totally support people who are rejecting the Oscars over the alleged "snub" of African-Americans (...
I totally support people who are rejecting the Oscars over the alleged "snub" of African-Americans (and, presumably, people of other races), because the Oscars are stupid.
They serve no serious purpose, except for marketing. They aren't objective, and never have been, and never could be: there's no reasonably objective way to judge which actor or film is "best."
If there is a snub of non-whites, it is almost certainly because there is greater financial benefit to support other films. And why find fault with that? The problem is that people try to put meaning into the Oscars that just isn't there.
So yes, the more boycotts, the better. They mean nothing. Stop pretending they do.
They serve no serious purpose, except for marketing. They aren't objective, and never have been, and never could be: there's no reasonably objective way to judge which actor or film is "best."
If there is a snub of non-whites, it is almost certainly because there is greater financial benefit to support other films. And why find fault with that? The problem is that people try to put meaning into the Oscars that just isn't there.
So yes, the more boycotts, the better. They mean nothing. Stop pretending they do.
"It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt."
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