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On this episode of Out of Frame, we get into Season II of The Witcher and apply its main theme of “What makes a monster?” to our charged, increasingly extremist political landscape.
In America, and across the globe, political factions are becoming more and more disparate, shifting further to the left and to the right. For curious, persuadable, level-headed moderates – and independents – this does not bode well. People are being pushed to “pick a side” while talking heads and politicians convince half of the population that the other half are irredeemable monsters that should be cast out of society.
As The Witcher puts forth, however, “Monsters are born of deeds done… unforgivable ones.” Meaning, people with certain ideas are not monsters by default. It is only when we’re convinced to take violent action against other “monsters” that we become monsters. It’s a lesson we should take heed, lest we see actual violence break out, foolishly repeating past historical errors.
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Written by Sean W. Malone & Jen Maffessanti
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Edited by Michael Ozias
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LINKS:
– The Witcher –
bgr.com/entertainment/people-have-spent-an-insane-amount-of-time-watching-the-1-show-on-netflix-this-week
– Political Insanity & Cancel Culture –
kuow.org/stories/a-rose-by-any-other-name-would-not-be-me
bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-37702239
nytimes.com/2019/07/10/opinion/facial-recognition-race.html
huffpost.com/entry/is-peanut-butter-and-jelly-racist_n_1874905
nationalreview.com/2018/11/university-claims-long-time-no-see-expression-derogatory-to-asians
salon.com/2019/07/04/fourth-of-julys-ugly-truth-exposed-the-declaration-of-independence-is-sexist-racist-and-prejudice
independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/msnbc-s-melissa-harris-perry-implies-star-wars-is-racist-because-darth-vader-is-a-black-guy-a6775406.html
vox.com/the-goods/2018/9/13/17847542/students-waging-war-sexist-racist-school-dress-codes
nationalreview.com/2017/10/math-racist-university-illinois-professor
– Tim Pool “Swatted” –
thepostmillennial.com/breaking-tim-pool-gets-swatted-during-live-broadcast
youtu.be/s3mh5P1E5Ho
– Institutional Political Bias –
washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/05/06/just-7-percent-of-journalists-are-republicans-thats-far-less-than-even-a-decade-ago
publicintegrity.org/politics/journalists-shower-hillary-clinton-with-campaign-cash
nas.org/academic-questions/31/2/homogenous_the_political_affiliations_of_elite_liberal_arts_college_faculty
cnbc.com/2020/07/02/most-liberal-tech-companies-ranked-by-employee-donations.html
– Political Polarization –
niemanlab.org/2021/02/a-quarter-of-democrats-and-republicans-only-get-news-from-outlets-with-audiences-that-share-their-political-views
theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/03/whats-the-answer-to-political-polarization/470163
pewresearch.org/politics/2014/06/12/political-polarization-in-the-american-public
– The Psychology of Anger –
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3260787
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32491743
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5530430
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21482550
– Political Censorship –
medium.com/the-establishment/the-sad-case-of-laci-green-feminist-hero-turned-anti-feminist-defender-322515344297
bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57090202
– Nonviolence –
fee.org/articles/what-we-can-learn-from-the-machiavelli-of-nonviolence
fee.org/articles/martin-luther-king-jr-s-6-principles-of-non-violence
fee.org/articles/us-capitol-attack-a-reminder-of-the-perils-of-using-violence-in-the-name-of-injustice
fee.org/articles/dr-king-s-message-of-nonviolence-and-love-is-vital-today
On this episode of Out of Frame, we get into Season II of The Witcher and apply its main theme of “What makes a monster?” to our charged, increasingly extremist political landscape.
In America, and across the globe, political factions are becoming more and more disparate, shifting further to the left and to the right. For curious, persuadable, level-headed moderates – and independents – this does not bode well. People are being pushed to “pick a side” while talking heads and politicians convince half of the population that the other half are irredeemable monsters that should be cast out of society.
As The Witcher puts forth, however, “Monsters are born of deeds done… unforgivable ones.” Meaning, people with certain ideas are not monsters by default. It is only when we’re convinced to take violent action against other “monsters” that we become monsters. It’s a lesson we should take heed, lest we see actual violence break out, foolishly repeating past historical errors.
______________________________
FOLLOW/SUPPORT US:
Support Out of Frame on Patreon or SubscribeStar:
patreon.com/OutofFrameShow
subscribestar.com/outofframeshow
Join our Discord: discord.gg/RKc4AcGQ9k
Watch our newest video, "The 1970s are back. Yaaaayyyy.": youtu.be/pYnpnB0dj5s
Check out our new short “Don’t Look Up is a Joke” and let us know what you think about the format!
youtu.be/ZIu36XiwD9U
Sign up for our mailing list and never miss an episode again:
fee.org/oof-newsletter
Check out our podcast, Out of Frame: Behind the Scenes: youtube.com/channel/UCiS5rEmhnLwo1IG9bgr19Og
Follow us EVERYWHERE!
https://linktr.ee/outofframefee
______________________________
CREDITS:
Written by Sean W. Malone & Jen Maffessanti
Produced by Sean W. Malone
Edited by Michael Ozias
Asst. Edited by Jason Reinhardt
______________________________
LINKS:
– The Witcher –
bgr.com/entertainment/people-have-spent-an-insane-amount-of-time-watching-the-1-show-on-netflix-this-week
– Political Insanity & Cancel Culture –
kuow.org/stories/a-rose-by-any-other-name-would-not-be-me
bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-37702239
nytimes.com/2019/07/10/opinion/facial-recognition-race.html
huffpost.com/entry/is-peanut-butter-and-jelly-racist_n_1874905
nationalreview.com/2018/11/university-claims-long-time-no-see-expression-derogatory-to-asians
salon.com/2019/07/04/fourth-of-julys-ugly-truth-exposed-the-declaration-of-independence-is-sexist-racist-and-prejudice
independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/msnbc-s-melissa-harris-perry-implies-star-wars-is-racist-because-darth-vader-is-a-black-guy-a6775406.html
vox.com/the-goods/2018/9/13/17847542/students-waging-war-sexist-racist-school-dress-codes
nationalreview.com/2017/10/math-racist-university-illinois-professor
– Tim Pool “Swatted” –
thepostmillennial.com/breaking-tim-pool-gets-swatted-during-live-broadcast
youtu.be/s3mh5P1E5Ho
– Institutional Political Bias –
washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/05/06/just-7-percent-of-journalists-are-republicans-thats-far-less-than-even-a-decade-ago
publicintegrity.org/politics/journalists-shower-hillary-clinton-with-campaign-cash
nas.org/academic-questions/31/2/homogenous_the_political_affiliations_of_elite_liberal_arts_college_faculty
cnbc.com/2020/07/02/most-liberal-tech-companies-ranked-by-employee-donations.html
– Political Polarization –
niemanlab.org/2021/02/a-quarter-of-democrats-and-republicans-only-get-news-from-outlets-with-audiences-that-share-their-political-views
theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/03/whats-the-answer-to-political-polarization/470163
pewresearch.org/politics/2014/06/12/political-polarization-in-the-american-public
– The Psychology of Anger –
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3260787
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32491743
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5530430
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21482550
– Political Censorship –
medium.com/the-establishment/the-sad-case-of-laci-green-feminist-hero-turned-anti-feminist-defender-322515344297
bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57090202
– Nonviolence –
fee.org/articles/what-we-can-learn-from-the-machiavelli-of-nonviolence
fee.org/articles/martin-luther-king-jr-s-6-principles-of-non-violence
fee.org/articles/us-capitol-attack-a-reminder-of-the-perils-of-using-violence-in-the-name-of-injustice
fee.org/articles/dr-king-s-message-of-nonviolence-and-love-is-vital-today
