"These companies aren't in the business of turning away eyeballs."

I'll say that's not true just from what Disney alone is churning out lately. From Marvel crapping the bed to Star Wars to Snow White (and other classics).

IMO wokism trumps all else.

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"These companies aren't in the business of turning away eyeballs."

I'll say that's not true just from what Disney alone is churning out lately. From Marvel crapping the bed to Star Wars to Snow White (and other classics).

IMO wokism trumps all else.

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Agree to disagree.

$182.5M in the U.S., and now it continues to defy expectations outside of the U.S.

'Sound of Freedom' box office defies expectations outside U.S. https://t.co/vYdmfnsYNE pic.twitter.com/HBWz5OkXmj

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) September 7, 2023

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Box office expert and movie blogger Paul Ferrer told Newsweek in August that he did not think its success would translate overseas.
"While Sound of Freedom was a huge success in the U.S. these films don't travel well outside the U.S.," Ferrer said.

But Ferrer's prediction did not happen, as Sound of Freedom reached two million advance ticket sales in Latin America in just four days, a feat which took a week in the U.S.
"We're seeing packed theaters, standing ovations, widespread enthusiasm, and strong word-of-mouth from Buenos Aires to Mexico City to Bogota to Caracas, Lima, and beyond," said Jared Geesey, Angel Studios' chief distribution officer.

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Typical behavior from those woke commies at the Church of Latter Day Saints

First, as adults, we shouldn't choose heroes.

Second, for anyone really paying attention, there's been red flags about this guy for years. Lynn Packer has written several reports on this guy over the last couple of years, as well as some youtube videos.





The last half of this video is pretty damning.

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First, as adults, we shouldn't choose heroes.

Second, for anyone really paying attention, there's been red flags about this guy for years. Lynn Packer has written several reports on this guy over the last couple of years, as well as some youtube videos.





The last half of this video is pretty damning.

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So on a scale from George Floyd to anyone who flew to Epstein's Island several times where does this guy rate?

The amount of unrelenting sh*t and deranged personal attacks some of us received this summer for daring to even question this guy's character…

I'm sure someone will be along shortly to tell us all that if we believe these stories about Ballard we support child sex trafficking.

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The amount of unrelenting sh*t and deranged personal attacks some of us received this summer for daring to even question this guy's character…

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I'm wondering if Fox/Disney uncovered any hints of this years back. Would help to explain them shelving the project.

Seemed like just a matter of time before the law suits started popping...

https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2023/09/28/tim-ballard-sexual-misconduct-trafficking-our-sound-freedom?utm_campaign=editorial&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

There are things that are well within our powers to make a significant impact in people's lives yet we do not have the will to make our leaders accountable for this.

https://houstondaily.com/stories/603146933-state-report-reveals-2-094-texas-foster-children-went-missing-during-the-2020-fiscal-year

https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/texas-foster-care-caseworkers-left-jobs-department-family-protective-units-dfps/

These things make my blood boil even more when I hear our state has a $30b surplus and we won't properly fund these programs.

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There are things that are well within our powers to make a significant impact in people's lives yet we do not have the will to make our leaders accountable for this.

https://houstondaily.com/stories/603146933-state-report-reveals-2-094-texas-foster-children-went-missing-during-the-2020-fiscal-year

https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/texas-foster-care-caseworkers-left-jobs-department-family-protective-units-dfps/

These things make my blood boil even more when I hear our state has a $30b surplus and we won't properly fund these programs.

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Maybe if these kids were an oil company the Texas Legislature would care about them.

Yes, you people who didn't see the film or promote it are totally vindicated by this stuff you didn't know about until after the fact. Your clairvoyance is apparent to all of us.

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Yes, you people who didn't see the film or promote it are totally vindicated by this stuff you didn't know about until after the fact. Your clairvoyance is apparent to all of us.

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Bullcrap. Is this sort of reasoning some sort of coping mechanism?

This is just silly obfuscation and deflection. We clearly have within our powers as a society to have a major impact here and make peoples lives better. This information has been out there and written about again and again.

And then along comes an overly dramatized version of this with a huge religious slant, and now folks are appalled and want things to change. However, their idea of change is to sink money into the coffers of these charlatans instead of the people that have truly dedicated their lives to this and impact peoples lives.

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This is just silly obfuscation and deflection. We clearly have within our powers as a society to have a major impact here and make peoples lives better. This information has been out there and written about again and again.

And then along comes an overly dramatized version of this with a huge religious slant, and now folks are appalled and want things to change. However, their idea of change is to sink money into the coffers of these charlatans instead of the people that have truly dedicated their lives to this and impact peoples lives.

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Speaking of deflection and obfuscation, you joining the DFPS after posting that article and your thoughts or nah?

'We' always seem to have the power to fix society when someone else does all the hard work.

Edit: as an advocate and someone involved with it locally I'm gratified by the awareness it's brought to older generations who weren't coming to our galas or supporting our movement. It's been a youth movement for a long time. I'm taking some first timers from grassroots to a fundraiser soon and they're going to take that energy back to the olds they hang out with.

Good news! After grossing $184M in the U.S., Sound of Freedom is moving to Prime. It will be available to stream for free (for Prime members) the day after Christmas.

Amazon Prime Video secures streaming rights for ‘Sound of Freedom’https://t.co/H0rGvO9GeO pic.twitter.com/ABSwZPS2io

— The Washington Times (@WashTimes) November 6, 2023

Don't believe her for a second, if you look closely you can clearly see adrenochrome leaking from her eye holes.

Just watched the movie. It was good. Glad they shined a light on this problem. It's disgusting.

BREAKING — Sperm on alleged victim’s skirt “was a 100% match of (Tim) Ballard’s DNA” according to latest court filing.

Celeste Borys is one of the women accusing Tim Ballard of sexual assault. She used to be his executive assistant.

She and her attorneys say detectives told… pic.twitter.com/riKo6gwseA

— Adam Herbets, FOX 13 🏔️ (@AdamHerbets) July 8, 2024

Quite the thread…

Seriously, **** every last ******* in this thread who threatened me and called me a pedophile - over and over and over again - for even suggesting that Ballard might not be quite the exalted savior/hero/angel his champions claimed him to be. When it was clear to anyone with a brain that was the case, and that he and Caviezel were a pair of looney tunes. A year later, here we are, and not single one of those posters will ever eat crow or apologize for the repugnant **** they spewed about me and anyone else in this thread who dared question their narrative.

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Seriously, **** every last ******* in this thread who threatened me and called me a pedophile - over and over and over again - for even suggesting that Ballard might not be quite the exalted savior/hero/angel his champions claimed him to be. When it was clear to anyone with a brain that was the case, and that he and Caviezel were a pair of looney tunes. A year later, here we are, yet not single one of those posters will ever eat crow or apologize for the repugnant **** they spewed about me and anyone else in this thread who dared question their narrative.

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Hypocrites got to act for a brief period like they actually cared about kids. Now they've moved on to some other horse****

Truth.

CRICKETS.

Look, I get how some of you like to jump the gun but I'm going to hold judgement until I hear if Tim Ballard's psychic has anything more to say.

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Seriously, **** every last ******* in this thread who threatened me and called me a pedophile - over and over and over again - for even suggesting that Ballard might not be quite the exalted savior/hero/angel his champions claimed him to be. When it was clear to anyone with a brain that was the case, and that he and Caviezel were a pair of looney tunes. A year later, here we are, and not single one of those posters will ever eat crow or apologize for the repugnant **** they spewed about me and anyone else in this thread who dared question their narrative.

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If you spent as much time going after other movie industry predators as you did Ballard we'd probably consider you to be as virtuous as you are in your own head. How many times have you talked about headland in the acolyte working for Weinstein as his personal assistant? As many times as you said, 'but Russian doll'?

People who liked the film are also against sexual assault: it's more of a circle than a ven diagram. We're all glad he's being brought to justice. We're also glad more people are interested in fighting trafficking. We don't have to pick.

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TCTTS said:

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Seriously, **** every last ******* in this thread who threatened me and called me a pedophile - over and over and over again - for even suggesting that Ballard might not be quite the exalted savior/hero/angel his champions claimed him to be. When it was clear to anyone with a brain that was the case, and that he and Caviezel were a pair of looney tunes. A year later, here we are, and not single one of those posters will ever eat crow or apologize for the repugnant **** they spewed about me and anyone else in this thread who dared question their narrative.

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If you spent as much time going after other movie industry predators as you did Ballard we'd probably consider you to be as virtuous as you are in your own head. How many times have you talked about headland in the acolyte working for Weinstein as his personal assistant? As many times as you said, 'but Russian doll'?

People who liked the film are also against sexual assault: it's more of a circle than a ven diagram. We're all glad he's being brought to justice. We're also glad more people are interested in fighting trafficking. We don't have to pick.

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Oh, give me a break, dude.

I didn't single out Ballard and "go after him" and him alone, out the blue. This thread was started last summer, when the movie came out, with poster after poster championing the guy, and all I (and a few others) did was say that y'all might not want to put all your eggs in his and Caviezel's basket, as they both seem to have some screws loose and maybe even some skeletons in their closet. Little did I know, all hell would break loose, and I was suddenly treated as if I had just started a child pornography ring myself. It was bat**** insane, and the fact that you still can't call out those guys for the horribly vile things they said, or that you think I'm somehow the bad guy here, says everything I need to know about you.

Not to mention, my Weinstein opinions/interactions have been well documented on this board, and I've gone after plenty of other pieces of **** in Hollywood as well. Apologies for not DMing you, specifically, with those opinions, but it's not my fault if you haven't seen them, and I honestly couldn't care less whether you have or not.