Ken Burns’ rare Trump warning sparks MAGA outrage

https://www.newsweek.com/ken-burns-doanld-trump-warning-commencement-speech-sparks-maga-outrage-1905599

33 comments

  1. Newsweek over here pretending that they’re not actively seeking opportunities to act outraged in the first place.

  2. DeNiro, Burns, the entire Democratic Party, ya think the Media might notice we aren’t all zombies to the corporate GOP mindset.

  4. Burns is a scholar of history and an accomplished film director and producer. He has studied many political figures, and has proven that he possesses keen insights into the character of political figures.

    If he says Trump is a lying, scamming, whoring, betraying piece of crap who am I to argue?

  6. “Sparks MAGA outrage” incorrectly implies that they experience moments of existence where they are not in a state of outrage.

  8. Oh no… are they going to boycott his PBS documentaries? Maybe ban PBS entirely?

    Have any of them ever watched a Burns documentary? Seems like something that would bore or maybe even offend the typical MAGA-folk.

  9. his actual comment:

    >”Brings me to a moment I’ve dreaded and forces me to suspend my longstanding attempt at neutrality. There is no real choice this November. There is only the perpetuation, however flawed and feeble you might perceive it, of our fragile 249-year-old experiment or the entropy that will engulf and destroy us if we take the other route,” Burns said.

    and the closest to an actual official response my Trump:

    >”Ken Burns should be ashamed of himself. Who ordained him as the political prophet for the Class of 2024. He made the speech more about @JoeBiden non future than the graduates who are the future. His attempt to steer graduates to vote for @JoeBiden won’t save America’s future. However, Burns’ disgraceful speech will add to Biden’s already successful efforts to further divide this country,” Jones wrote on X.

  10. Kinda imagine the MAGA concept of a public television documentarian to be Ted Nugent ~~thoughtfully~~ *angrily* narrating the Turner Diaries.

  11. Maga is reality denial. Affirming reality will spark Maga outrage.

  12. Watch the first hour of his documentary on The Civil War where he lays out the lead up to the conflict and then tell me that those events that led up to that war aren’t happening again right now..

    I’m old, and we are closer to some kind of a civil war in this country right now than at any time in my life. WAY closer. I don’t think it really matters if Trump wins or loses anymore, I think we’re past the tipping point and it’s going to happen no matter what.

  14. I guess they were expecting him to just tell the female graduates to stay home make babies. 🫠

  18. Does anyone believe MAGA knew who Ken Burns was before this week? They hate PBS, so their only exposure to him was probably watching the Civil War doc in their middle school history class.

  19. Well, to the “outraged,” your God King says all this stuff and you cheer it.
    We are showing you “respect” by taking you at your word.
    If you don’t like being called fascists, stop cheering fascism.

  22. Stupid MAGAts are always outraged.I saw that Burns interview. He is fantastic.

    People with any platform, need to speak up.Traitor Trash Trump is menace to Democracy and the world

  23. The GOP minority can only win through fear and intimidation.

  24. All MAGA has is outrage, I’ve never heard a concise and/or detailed explanation, plan or even basic common decency from any supporter.

  26. “Once people bond with the leader, they may be inclined to dismiss any evidence that conflicts with his claims, or overlook contradictions in his messages. They believe him because they believe in him. Or, in an interesting twist, they know he is lying, but they decide that they don’t care: better him than his enemy (who, as they have been taught to believe, lies even more). And some people actually approve of all the lying, seeing it as rule-breaking by a rogue they adore.”

  27. The Truth hurts MAGA harder than you would think.

  28. Fact is outrage is the default Maga state of mind and that’s all they do. Just think of it, do they any of policy agenda at all? Ken Burns us very smart and they’re not.

  32. Quote: “Former U.S. Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General Jeff Clark criticized Burns for “pumping the Brandeis students” with political views.”

    Hate to be the one to burst your bubble Jeff, but uni students are already politically aware and don’t need your permission to be spoken to. Pull your head outta your ass.

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