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Source of your link:

"One official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to provide details that have not been made public, said the purge could delete as many as 100,000 images or posts in total, when considering social media pages and other websites that are also being culled for DEI content. The official said it's not clear if the database has been finalized."

Do you have an actual source and not fear mongering? I think you seem to lack understanding on what "erasure," actually means. No one is hiding or destroying anything.

Also, what you are saying is that I was correct with Tubman or you are still cannot admit to being wrong or are you going to just move the goal post again, Friend? As hominems just prove my point, as you would not resort to those.

I mean, people can down vote me all they want, but we both know you were wrong. LOL

Hehehe.

The study says that people will experience 18 heat waves in their life time, up from 11. A heatwave could be as short as 2 days, or a couple of days or longer. They worry that the temp. Could rise by 3.5C despite current polices will keep us at about 2.4C. It is a bit fearmonger-ey once you read the methodology. They are basing it if you live in Belgium.

The UK just had a "heatwave," which was about 26C+ or so, still far from the highest of 34.8C which is the highest recorded in 30+ years.

Pollution is a bigger problem, with plastic being found in kids developing brains, for example.

https://www.ehn.org/plastics-neurological-disorders

Tell that to Africans, and to a few South American countries, they are the only ones who are not crashing and have a viable replacement rate above 2.1... and then some.

If you were really concerned about over population that is what one would do, but no one here would have the guts for ideological reasons or for fear of being even remotely perceived as possibly a racist. Despite objective statistics. /s

Uh, it's a free country and neither of us are paying for the server space. Albeit I do not know why you want to be such a white supremacist or focus on that. But c'est la vie. You do you, friend! No judgement.

Maybe add a PIC of Watanabe. But if not, post a bunch more photos of Tom Cruise, his new movie is about to come out! More eyes on the ball, I say. Cheers!

See? That is your problem. You and I care about History. The people who are okay with erasing white people based it all on political ideology that is educated on extremely cherry picked and narrow history factoids and examples along with an unhealthy dose of presentism. Sticking with objectivity is not their goal. Most of them are not even aware they are doing that as they are just parroting ideas that others in their echo chambers tell them. I know a bunch of kids at my local Uni who say the same thing and they get it either from the same professors who push the same thing or social media. Primary Sourcing is not something they do as it would prove them wrong.

Erasing the culture is the goal, despite the fact that they blame others of doing what they themselves are doing as a distraction.

Take it easy man, we do not want to over stage Citizen Kane, here.

Mr. Tan Suit would win best supporting actor, AND best costume design, by itself.

First and foremost, you are side stepping my comment. She ain't getting "erased." You could admit to just being wrong there. Instead of moving the goal post.

First link: They are removing DEI stuff from NASA. We do not have to insert DEI into everything if it is not merited. They are not trying to "erase" people from history. DEI is based on political ideology that tends to be performative rather actually useful. Look at all the corporations that claims to support LGBT issues in the USA but say and do nothing in Muslim countries? Why? Because it is all a grift that people in the USA and other countries fall for. Search about the missing money from BLM, Something like half of the 90+ million is just gone. Mostly in houses, salaries to friends, family and crazy lifestyles, travelling. Up here in Toronto, the head of BLM embezzled like $100,000 from York University. Then claimed racism when they took her to court, backtracked that claim the day before the court date and said she would try to pay it back as a way to avoid possible jail. Merited credit is good, Tubman is not going anywhere.

Second link: They are returning the stuff to their rightful owners. They could just donate the items, if they wanted to and care so much about the history. As they claim. If it was part of the collection it would be up on display.

1. Who is in the habit of starting to watch a movie and like, walk out half way? Most people watch movies from beginning to end. Like what are you saying? People are not supposed to know every plot beat or point in a movie if they have never watched it or read the script.

Did you know that in the Avengers movie, they do not really or actually avenge anything? You would have to watch it to get that, I guess.

2. Uh, so? It was an American production about an American fictitious character, starring one of the biggest, most recognised actors and movie draws of the last 35+ years. Fail to understand the point.. Did you know that Japanese movies spotlight Japanese actors/characters on their covers even if the movie is set in the USA or Europe or deals with their culture? Is it incorrect when they do it?
3. Why do you hate the fact that most Americans at the time did not know who Watanabe was? That's nonsensical. It is not anyone's job to know actors from other countries. Clearly, the biggest draw was Tom Cruise both in the USA and for the international market, he is still a huge draw, even today. I would say that most of the world did not know who Watanabe was, outside of Japan at that point. I would say that most people may not know who he is even today. Unless you point out the Last Samurai or the Godzilla or Batman movies first. Despite he being in tons of other projects, specially in Japan TV.

Edit: Lots of Watanabe haters here.

In fairness, many Hollywood actors and actresses are really good at being aware that is happening and yet keeping all their mouths sealed shut while the raping is happening, and for decades. And then pretend to be shocked once the shit comes out. Guess, that is called: Acting.

Pretending she didn't know anything about it may be Oprah's best acting outing in her career in the businesses.

I do not get it. I just see 3 pictures of Tubman.

Yeah, she died in 1913, if she has not been erased in 112 years, and with people still wanting to make a movie about her...

Perhaps you may be leaning into conspiracy theories and are fear mongering yourself and others. Stop it.

Here, from Wikipedia:

Parks, monuments, and historical sites

National parks and national monuments related to Tubman in the United States are the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park, both in Maryland,[215] and the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn.[216] The Salem Chapel in St. Catharines, Canada where Tubman worshipped, is a National Historic Site of Canada.[217]

The city of Auburn, New York has several historical sites related to Tubman, including her gravesite.[218][219] Other state and local historical sites about Tubman include the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park[220] and the Harriet Tubman Memorial Garden[221] in Maryland, and the Harriet Tubman Museum is in New Jersey.[222]

Artistic portrayals

Tubman is the subject of many works of art. Musicians including Woody Guthrie, Wynton Marsalis, and Walter Robinson have written songs celebrating her.[223] She is the subject of operas by Thea Musgrave,[224] Nkeiru Okoye,[225] and Hilda Paredes,[226] as well as plays by Carolyn Gage and a collaboration of May Miller and Willis Richardson.[227] Tubman is the focus of novels by Elizabeth Cobbs,[228] Marcy Heidish,[229] Anne Parrish,[230] and Bob the Drag Queen,[231] and is a character in novels by Terry Bisson,[232] Ta-Nehisi Coates,[233] and James McBride.[234]

Since Tubman's life was first dramatized on television in a 1963 episode of the series The Great Adventure,[235] she has been portrayed in TV productions such as The Good Lord Bird,[236] Timeless,[237] Underground,[236] and A Woman Called Moses.[238] Cynthia Erivo received an Academy Award nomination for portraying Tubman in the 2019 biographical film Harriet.[239]

Dozens of schools,[247] streets and highways,[248] church groups, social organizations, and government agencies have been named after Tubman.[249] In 1944, the United States Maritime Commission launched the SS Harriet Tubman, its first Liberty ship named for a black woman.[211]

On November 11, 2024, Tubman was posthumously commissioned as a one-star general in the Maryland National Guard in recognition of her military service during the Civil War.[250]

Edit: Look at the people downvoting this pro-Tubman post. LOL

Wrong again, friend. And on multiple counts. Albeit some creative liberties were taken, it was not a biopic after all, Cruise plays a character who is an amalgamation of this guy:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Brunet

And this guy:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Collache

Both fought with the Bakufu and both earned high status, with Brunet achieving even a higher status still, along a position in Japanese society and government.

I invite you to read their wikis, albeit there are better writings on their adventures.

Except Justin Trudeau, an more than once, too. This is why up here the Liberal party refused to pass a Resolution damning black face. It would make them... Hmm.. lose face if his pictures were more widely known.

True! It's called acting for a reason.

The last Samurai is not played by Tom Cruise. He plays a guy who gets to know and grows to respect the last Samurai and Japanese culture.

Ken Watanabe as Lord Moritsugu Katsumoto, he plays the eponymous "Last Samurai."

Clearly you have not even watched the damn movie. Or what is your point?

But we are all good with a black woman playing the real life British Anne Boleyn?

Man, can't wait until we find out which white actor will play Barack Obama in his biopic. I mean, diversity is our strength.

She has done this before. She knows Hakas gets attention. So she is aware of want she is doing.

I agree with you.

It is literally being given to the US Air Force/Dept. Of Defence. Then it gets transfered to his Presidential Library. Nevertheless if it stays as Air Force One than whoever Dem president who wins after him gets to use it.

There is nothing more than partisan speculation that he could use it after he is done as Prez. Not fact.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/us/politics/trump-qatar-jet-gift-air-force-one.html

Performers? What a weird euphemism.

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