The Oscars – tying party balloons
to a burning stake
Posted By: DW626, 4/27/2021 6:31:25 AM
“Racism is the witchcraft of the 21st century, and cancel culture is the stake at which you are burned.” Jack Carr, The Devil’s Hand Fewer than ten million people watched the 93rd Oscars on Sunday night. Most Americans knew exactly what to expect and opted out of the three-hour “horror story,” as Piers Morgan put it. Regina King’s opening remarks were all it took for millions of televisions to switch channels in the first two minutes. Yes, this show was going to be an anti-police, anti-American event. The couple of hundred swells who participated were all on board, clapping for King’s overt anti-everything-but-herself-and-her-pals screed.
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