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LeopardsAteMyFace@lemmy.cabysupersquirrel@lemmy.ca
17 days

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

The problem with suing a leopard after it has eaten your face is even if you win you still had your face eaten.

https://epcountyvotestx.gov/elected-officials-and-candidate-information/elected-officials/177

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    Republican leader embarrassed by Ali G film says he plans to sue Sacha Baron Cohen: ‘A liar and a pervert’
    www.theguardian.com
    Exclusive: Michael Aboud, whose actions in what he believed to be a documentary are likely to come under considerable scrutiny, has expressed anger at the film-maker• This article contains substantial spoilers for Ali G: Who Iz I?
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    • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
      17 days

      Beautiful. He gets them every single time.

        • Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world
          17 days

          If only we could figure out why it’s so easy to trick conservatives into saying stupid/racist/child-rapey things…¯\_(ツ)_/¯

            • RaoulDook@lemmy.worldEnglish
              17 days

              He had to end the bit when Rudy Giuliani started taking his pants off to rape the underage character in the 2nd Borat movie

                • Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world
                  17 days

                  All Rudy had to do was lay low, and occasionally show up at 9/11 events, and he could’ve been remembered more or less by everyone as America’s mayor who led New York through the worst terrorist attack America’s ever seen. Instead he’ll be remembered as the guy who did a press conference in the parking lot of a lawn care company with black goo dripping down his face.

                • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
                  17 days

                  My favorite was his Kinderguardians program skit, arming children with friendly Gunnimals. Some how Matt Gaetz was the smart one, avoided going straight on camera supporting it.

                    • hOrni@lemmy.world
                      17 days

                      I absolutely thought the first guy was an actor aware that this is a parody, but no, he is an actual gun activist.

                        • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nzEnglish
                          17 days

                          This has to be satire; honestly he had to realize at “rocket ship RPG”.

                            • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
                              17 days

                              This is the same guy that advocated people should be able to get intoxicated in bars with their firearms. I don’t believe he’s the brightest

                        • ohulancutash@feddit.ukEnglish
                          16 days

                          The person in the headline was “embarrassed” because he tried to extrajudicially deport what he thought was a live mexican baby. By drone. And to avoid touching foreign soil he dropped the “baby” from height. And he knew he was being filmed doing this, he just thought it was a documentary.

                      • fif-t@fedia.io
                        17 days

                        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.

                          • supersquirrel@lemmy.ca
                            17 days

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

                              • fif-t@fedia.io
                                17 days

                                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)

                                  • wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                                    15 days

                                    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. 😅

                                      • fif-t@fedia.io
                                        14 days

                                        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.

                                          • wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                                            14 days

                                            Jesus, that’s damning for sure, even if conjecture —while well sourced, for sure.

                                    • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
                                      16 days

                                      Oof… Another person I enjoyed revealed to be a piece of shit that supports genocide. That fucking sucks.

                                    • Freeposity@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                      17 days

                                      I love it when the Streisand Effect lets me know a movie I want to see is coming out.

                                        • eatCasserole@lemmy.world
                                          17 days

                                          Embarrassing Republicans is always good, but Cohen is a zionist, with significant ties to the israeli state, and CIA, so… that’s a great big nope for me.

                                        • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
                                          17 days

                                          Put his name in the dang title.

                                            • supersquirrel@lemmy.ca
                                              17 days

                                              Edited

                                            • Malica@lemmy.zip
                                              16 days

                                              Evidently he’s a Zionist, so fuck him and his movies.

                                              • Godric@lemmy.world
                                                17 days

                                                Considering SBC’s lawyers have a quarter-century long winning streak against malding conservatives, I think he’ll be OK. Free advertising!

                                                • AnotherWastedHuman@retrolemmy.com
                                                  16 days

                                                  In the film, Michael Aboud is shown taking part in a training programme with another Cohen character, ex-Mossad terrorist expert Col Erran Morad, who instructs Aboud and fellow Maga sympathisers in self-defence techniques including the wearing, over clothes, of protective plastic buttocks. He also schools them in how to fire bullets from the middle of these buttocks by the repeated up and down manipulation of a rubber penis.

                                                  If this wasn’t enough to make you walk out right then & there, you are the biggest fucking dumbass who deserves every bit of infamy coming your way.

                                                  • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de
                                                    17 days

                                                    TIL there is a new cohen movie

                                                    neat

                                                    • DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                      16 days

                                                      No creature on this planet is more pathetic than a Republican.

                                                      • switcheroo@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                        16 days

                                                        Huh, well that means whatever it was that Sasha said is definitely true.

                                                        • elevenbones@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                                                          17 days

                                                          jfc

                                                          • neatchee@piefed.socialEnglish
                                                            16 days

                                                            “A liar and a pervert” makes him a perfect candidate for President, Vice President, and several cabinet positions

                                                              • wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                                                                15 days

                                                                He’s well on his way to FBI recruitment, at that rate.

                                                              • phoenixarise@lemmy.world
                                                                13 days

                                                                Hahaha please do. I love discovery.

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