What are your plans, if any, to deal with the high likelihood that protesters will do everything they can to prevent people from entering the theater, make it impossible to peacefully hear and watch the film, and harass and assault audience members on the way out? I believe the police should be warned ahead of time or adequate private se…
What are your plans, if any, to deal with the high likelihood that protesters will do everything they can to prevent people from entering the theater, make it impossible to peacefully hear and watch the film, and harass and assault audience members on the way out? I believe the police should be warned ahead of time or adequate private security provided. The AMC chain may want to be prepared and provide their own security as well.
I'm not being alarmist, I just know how trans activists operate. Especially in large cities, the showing of the film will be seen as a provocation and every attempt will be made to prevent its being shown. Anyone who followed the reaction to Kathleen Stock at Oxford, or to Kellie-Jay Keen in Auckland, knows what I'm talking about. In both cases, law enforcement had to be called to restore order. In the case of Stock, 200 protesters screamed outside while others stormed the hall and prevented her talk from continuing until police finally removed them. In the case of Keen, the police intervened and surrounded her to prevent her from being killed. She was not able to present her remarks. The purpose of her talk was "Let Women Speak," which apparently is a crime against nature unless one is a woman with a penis.
Our film has passed every level of vetting at AMC theatres. I know, they are well aware of the security risk, and I would have to imagine that they are preparing.
I'd also like to apologize if I created a negative vibe for the film. It's a superb piece of documentary film making. I've seen it many times because I rewatch it every time I introduce it to somebody new, which is as often as I can.
The fact that you were able to convince a major movie chain to host it is fantastic. It needs to be seen. The risk of hostile crowds will be mainly in large cities with an activist community. I applaud AMC for being willing to show the film. Frankly, it's amazing. I hope AMC does take the threat seriously and are prepared. It will be shown where I live, and I'll be there.
My honest answer? No. The MSM is committed to its ideology and nothing that occurs in the real world has a smidgen of a prayer in hell of disrupting its corrupted version of free speech. The MSM is not a purveyor of objectivity. If there are riots at movie theaters, the story will be written to blame bigoted insurrectionists and to sympathize with trans activists.
When the state of Texas recently passed a law banning trans medicalization for adolescents under the age of 18, the New York Times took notice because detransitioners like Chloe Cole had testified in favor of the bill. The Times' article, written by Maggie Astor and published on May 16, asserts that Chloe Cole, who had a double mastectomy at 15, is one of a tiny number of young people who for some reason come to "regret" their transition and speak for almost no one, and furthermore Republican legislators "don't care" what happens to young people. It's worth reading the article because it highlights how cynical and distorted their lens is on this issue. Cole referred to the article as a hit piece against her, and I agree.
Because hope springs eternal, I want to believe that "someday, someway, somewhere" the tide will turn, but it will have to be something massive and global in order to awaken the good people from their stupor. This issue is extraordinarily entrenched.
Increasingly, those who seek viewpoint diversity are finding it necessary to avoid gathering together in public places, in order to avoid violent extremists.
Your point is a very good one, Beeswax. It would seem that anyone wanting to present a viewpoint that is unpopular with those disposed to criminal violence, must deliver it online, and/or make recordings available and ship them in plain brown wrappers.
It can be speculated that public venues are a necessity, because the violent response of the extremists allow all to observe the authoritarianism motivating it. That said, the way that various localized officials and bureaucrats prevent police from adequately protecting nonviolent citizens, makes attendance of controversial screenings a matter of grave risk to the elderly and infirm.
The police as a rule won't get involved unless it appears that somebody might get killed or when there's a disturbance that affects the public generally. Being elderly and infirm is a risk, but in fact women of any age who protest trans policies, e.g., at a women's prison or a gay and lesbian parade, are targets of violence. At a British Pride parade last year, the police accused the lesbians of causing a problem because of their existence (trans people get upset when lesbians mention that they're not sexually attracted to men).
What are your plans, if any, to deal with the high likelihood that protesters will do everything they can to prevent people from entering the theater, make it impossible to peacefully hear and watch the film, and harass and assault audience members on the way out? I believe the police should be warned ahead of time or adequate private security provided. The AMC chain may want to be prepared and provide their own security as well.
I'm not being alarmist, I just know how trans activists operate. Especially in large cities, the showing of the film will be seen as a provocation and every attempt will be made to prevent its being shown. Anyone who followed the reaction to Kathleen Stock at Oxford, or to Kellie-Jay Keen in Auckland, knows what I'm talking about. In both cases, law enforcement had to be called to restore order. In the case of Stock, 200 protesters screamed outside while others stormed the hall and prevented her talk from continuing until police finally removed them. In the case of Keen, the police intervened and surrounded her to prevent her from being killed. She was not able to present her remarks. The purpose of her talk was "Let Women Speak," which apparently is a crime against nature unless one is a woman with a penis.
Our film has passed every level of vetting at AMC theatres. I know, they are well aware of the security risk, and I would have to imagine that they are preparing.
I'd also like to apologize if I created a negative vibe for the film. It's a superb piece of documentary film making. I've seen it many times because I rewatch it every time I introduce it to somebody new, which is as often as I can.
The fact that you were able to convince a major movie chain to host it is fantastic. It needs to be seen. The risk of hostile crowds will be mainly in large cities with an activist community. I applaud AMC for being willing to show the film. Frankly, it's amazing. I hope AMC does take the threat seriously and are prepared. It will be shown where I live, and I'll be there.
Thank you.
I was thinking that myself. But if this DOES blow up (not that I want it to) might it not finally force the MSM to take notice?
My honest answer? No. The MSM is committed to its ideology and nothing that occurs in the real world has a smidgen of a prayer in hell of disrupting its corrupted version of free speech. The MSM is not a purveyor of objectivity. If there are riots at movie theaters, the story will be written to blame bigoted insurrectionists and to sympathize with trans activists.
When the state of Texas recently passed a law banning trans medicalization for adolescents under the age of 18, the New York Times took notice because detransitioners like Chloe Cole had testified in favor of the bill. The Times' article, written by Maggie Astor and published on May 16, asserts that Chloe Cole, who had a double mastectomy at 15, is one of a tiny number of young people who for some reason come to "regret" their transition and speak for almost no one, and furthermore Republican legislators "don't care" what happens to young people. It's worth reading the article because it highlights how cynical and distorted their lens is on this issue. Cole referred to the article as a hit piece against her, and I agree.
Because hope springs eternal, I want to believe that "someday, someway, somewhere" the tide will turn, but it will have to be something massive and global in order to awaken the good people from their stupor. This issue is extraordinarily entrenched.
Sad but probably true. And I haven’t been able to bring myself to read that Maggie Astor piece because just reading ABOUT it was infuriating.
I hear you. It's enraging. The mendacity. It's despicable.
But did you read Chloe's rebuttal? It's very good. She's a smart cookie, that young woman.
If not, you can find it on Colin Wright's Substack, Reality's Last Stand.
It's called "We're Not Going Away." It's free to read.
That one I did read. I’m a paid subscriber to Reality’s Last Stand.
Increasingly, those who seek viewpoint diversity are finding it necessary to avoid gathering together in public places, in order to avoid violent extremists.
Your point is a very good one, Beeswax. It would seem that anyone wanting to present a viewpoint that is unpopular with those disposed to criminal violence, must deliver it online, and/or make recordings available and ship them in plain brown wrappers.
It can be speculated that public venues are a necessity, because the violent response of the extremists allow all to observe the authoritarianism motivating it. That said, the way that various localized officials and bureaucrats prevent police from adequately protecting nonviolent citizens, makes attendance of controversial screenings a matter of grave risk to the elderly and infirm.
The police as a rule won't get involved unless it appears that somebody might get killed or when there's a disturbance that affects the public generally. Being elderly and infirm is a risk, but in fact women of any age who protest trans policies, e.g., at a women's prison or a gay and lesbian parade, are targets of violence. At a British Pride parade last year, the police accused the lesbians of causing a problem because of their existence (trans people get upset when lesbians mention that they're not sexually attracted to men).
And in 2021, during a Pride parade, members of a French version of Antifa attempted to set lesbians on fire. https://4w.pub/trans-identified-male-allegedly-attempts-to-burn-lesbians-in-french-pride-march/