>The Persian side, on the other hand, looks like a lot more fun; the orgy pit, which we’re apparently supposed to see as some sort of appalling gender-fluid hell, looks like a more pleasant place than anywhere in Sparta. We see the emperor Xerxes as a 9-foot dandy with a seductive foghorn for a voice and a face full of jangling piercings
>But 300 is also an influential movie in another, more insidious way. There’s a great recent episode of the Chapo Trap House podcast in which the hosts discuss 300 as “the ur-text of the alt-right,” as “Hamilton for neo-fascists.” It’s a compelling argument. This is a movie that makes a grand, mythic spectacle out of the whole defending-the-white-homeland trope, and if you look at the YouTube comments on any of the scenes above, you will witness some serious human ugliness. It would be a pretty big stretch to blame 300 for Donald Trump or whatever, but the movie really did lionize the heroic white warriors fighting to repel the endless dark-skinned hordes—to, in the gravelly narrator’s words, “rescue a world from mysticism and tyranny.” (Oh no! Mysticism!) This sort of bullshit did help establish a world where Donald Trump could be elected president, and it deserves to be remembered for that. It’s an influential movie in all the wrong possible ways. It’s our Birth Of A Nation.
>i/pol/ thread even this shithole of a board has higher standards than that, which is really saying something
John Mitchell
>chapo trap house
If you have friends or family who listen to this, never speak to them again
Mason Mitchell
Hi Tom
Cooper Ortiz
>Chapo Trap House
Colton Campbell
the fac of a man who wants orgies with 9 foot tall dark skinned men
Jacob Morales
Le Sup Forums boogeyman threads are getting out of hand
Austin Williams
The irony is this could be real
Caleb Gutierrez
>This sort of bullshit did help establish a world where Donald Trump could be elected president,
These fucktards are so far up their own ass
Isaac King
Why can't you just accept that we've won the culture wars? Even your far-right president is a staunch ally of our tribe. We've marked your genitals, and we've marked your mind. You are ours. You are mine.
John Moore
Zach must be held accountable for this Shoah
Colton Harris
Fellow tribesman here, ready to stand against the “Persians” Hope Trump keeps shitting on Iran. Win-win
Jeremiah James
Yeah no fucking shit right-wingers idolize Leonidas.
Reminder that McCarthy unironically did nothing wrong
David Powell
A year ago I wouldn’t have agreed with you Then I listened to Chapo once
Luke Sanchez
>Chapo Trap House I expected nothing and yet am still disappointed. What's their average t-level, like 5?
Caleb Martinez
>and if you look at the YouTube comments their entire thesis rests upon youtube comments made by 14 year old boys.
Luis Hughes
>trump won because racism >trump won because sexism >because misogyny >because rape culture >because islamophobia >because gamergate >because fragile white males >because neo-nazis >because cletus >because the DNC betrayed hillary >beacause the media favored trump >300 is why trump won
It's like they never want another democrat president ever again. What's next, rubik's cube is why Trump won? Because you solve a rubik's cube by separating the colors from each other and it uses math, which is misogynist
Jason Kelly
14 year old boys on youtube is like 50 percent of the alt right
Jacob Thomas
their soycast is perfect bc it hilariously illustrates how fake and awkward it is when progressives try to be edgy
Caleb Thomas
See THIS SHIT? This is why Snyder can't get good reviews. Now of course INB4 someone says the movies are shit but I am telling you, SJW critics have always had it out for Snyder and are rooting for him to fail.
Asher Campbell
>The Persian side, on the other hand, looks like a lot more fun; the orgy pit, which we’re apparently supposed to see as some sort of appalling gender-fluid hell, looks like a more pleasant place than anywhere in Sparta
Brandon Myers
>Chapo Trap House
Jonathan Torres
Leftists trying to understand how conservatives think is hilarious.
Hunter Fisher
Alt-Right = Buzzword
Gabriel Cooper
>Chapo Trap House pic related is their official pic. That's how they present themselves to the world.
Isaiah Price
Underrated post
Owen Brown
>these are the people whinging about neckbeards on the internet Holy lack of fucking self awareness Batman
Alexander Walker
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Connor Richardson
I expected absolutely nothing less.
But a podcast with three white males? How problematic is that? They couldn't find one WOC? Are they aware of what year it is?
Dominic Gutierrez
>Chapo Trap House
Noah Scott
it's 100% projection, all the numales who ranted against muhsoginy who turn out to be rapists
They keep bitching about racism then call non leftist coloureds "uncle toms", literally call them uncle toms in public
Bentley Anderson
that guy looks just like those freaks on Sup Forums though
Jonathan Brown
sort of unrelated, but heres a cspan thing about how the hollywood ten and trumbo deserved what they got
>anonymous board >everyone there look like freaks!
William Lopez
>completely ignoring the scenes showing Xerxes genociding a whole city and pinning every corpse to a large tree in favor of spewing an irrelevant agenda What is this vile garbage?
Luis Bailey
>alt right
Joseph Carter
>tfw i get called an uncle tom for being an ex-muslim >by a socialist I'm not exaggerating that
Dominic Hall
the cumboys should be getting chapo's money instead
Jayden Morris
have you seen those meet-up pics lol? they're all the same. pasty faces, balding, shitty beards.
the funniest thing is that they all complain about "cuck glasses", but they're just as common on those pics. they have 0 self awareness.
Robert Nguyen
But the movie was based on a comic, which was in turn based on the stories of Herodotus. Herodotus is famous for exaggerating history for dramatic effect and playing to his audience: Greeks. Of course the Greeks are going to be portrayed as unambiguous heroes, valiantly defending their homeland. And of course Persians are portrayed as this weird, alien, perverse, dirty horde with no freedom and only a parody of civilization.
Connor Martinez
Maybe they don't care that much about looks.
Kevin Watson
Generation Zyklon?
Jeremiah Morris
What's ironic is that Spartans practiced cuckoldry. They were literally Cucks.
Dylan Torres
what meet up pics you retard
one single NYC meetup with 10 of HWNDUs attention whores?
Jaxon Rodriguez
Gen Z is generally quite right wing
David Adams
Yet they constantly try to denigrate their """enemies""" based off looks. While comically looking the exact same as the people they're insulting.
Jacob Walker
They also liked to buttfuck each other. They were a pretty degenerate lot
Juan Thompson
you need to realize that leftist now arent a political group, they are a religious group
Jaxson Nguyen
SJW and alt right are the exact same types of people, they have all the same knowledge and concern for bullshit issues, the same lack of career and life and derive the same malicious joy from fucking over the people on the opposite team.
Owen James
>Chapo Trap House
Colton Murphy
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Robert Howard
They also liked to butt fuck young boys. And they were an authoritarian monarchy that gave no shits about freedom or democracy.
Dylan Lopez
wtf? I love communism and hate white people now!
Ryder Clark
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Adrian Fisher
I remember when 300 originally came out, Sup Forums condemned it as zionist propaganda and claimed muh iran is being demonized
Dylan Cooper
“numale” “genderlord” “soyboy” left to right
Blake Robinson
Sup Forums didn't exist in 2004 you retard
Sebastian Gonzalez
Snyder is Jewish and a big Israel supporter (why do you think he insisted on Gal Gadot?)
300 came at a time when Israel was pushing for a confrontation with Iran. It's no coincidence Snyder made the movie at that time.
The left actually holds Israel accountable these days, unlike the right.
Jack Morales
Sure, it's just that the left doesn't hold Islam accountable.
Matthew Allen
Sure, but generally wealthy and successful thought leaders look better than the unwashed masses who follow them Look at Milo or Lauren Southern or even Taylor or Spencer and then look at the Chapo boys, Vox staff, or Michael Moore
You’re kidding yourself if you don’t realize the difference
Aaron Rivera
In reality a Persian invasion into Greece would have advanced European civilization and would likely have resulted in better propagation of Greek philosophy and created institutions to develop and support it and do translations.
Zachary Foster
Good thing 300 didn't come out in 2004 then
Logan Moore
OP here. I’m Jewish, goy. Why the sweet fuck would any conservative take issue with shitting on Iran?
Camden Hill
Alexander taking over their empire did the same thing but better and without Xerxes' boot on their throat.
Elijah Young
>Snyder is Jewish
Snyder is not jewish, and he is also a devout christian
When has he ever insisted on Gal Gadot ?
William Bennett
Doesnt Chapo Trap house regularly get called out by their fans for being "problematic" while also trying to act as authorities on comedy?
Isaiah Rivera
>Why the sweet fuck would any conservative take issue with shitting on Iran?
Because even the conservatives are getting tired of their sons dying overseas in wars that only exist to benefit Israel and the weapons industry.
William Moore
Snyder is Jewish on his moms side, and was raised Christian
Karl Marx was also only half Jewish but raised Christian and he's always called a Jew
Grayson Moore
Of course. Trying to make an "edgy" leftist podcast in the current year is a fool's errand. There's so many Trump and wypeepo jokes you can make.
Ryder Morgan
Yeah. They claim to be the "dirtbag left", but you can't really have any grit when your audience is made up of pussies who get triggered when they hear the word "tard".
Matthew Green
>Christman >looks like Amazing Atheist sans banana hmm
Sebastian Phillips
Is there anyway I can listen to their podcast without paying $5 to their patreon?
Ryder Edwards
Nonsense, Alexander destroyed institutions and did not build shit during his whole rule. He destroyed libraries and educational institutions and did not rebuild or build a single one. All he cared about was war. He did a way worse job of actually governing compared to Xerxes.
Jack Martin
I want his input about whether or not going to the Oracle was advantageous to Leonidas
Lincoln Watson
Alexander destroyed Greek institutions and introduced total authoritarian monarchy to Europe.
Levi Perez
yeah, their whole shtick doesnt make sense. Its almost like they are trying to be the left wing MDE or something, and I've noticed in general that really left wing people are trying to play catch up with the right wing in terms of having an online cool and fun subculture, but their puritanical ID politics make it impossible and they always end up being nothing more than christian rock tier if that makes sense.
Christian Sanchez
Wtf I love 300 now
Samuel Torres
>chap trap house
Anyway.
He's right.
>This sort of bullshit did help establish a world where Donald Trump could be elected president
The Greek states bravely defending Europe from an Oriental Onslaught is why we have western civilization and democracy today.
>and it deserves to be remembered for that.
Definitely.
Robert Williams
It shouldn't be surprising that ugly fucks, who have gotten the short end of the stick their whole lives, hate the society they live in and thus critique it endlessly.
But for some reason this is a point most people like to ignore
Adam Foster
>Snyder is Jewish on his moms side, and was raised Christian
Bullshit, his mother Marsha Reeves has no jewish ethnicity, and neither does his dad. Why are you making shit up ?
Cooper Cooper
Yeah i get what you're talking about. You just can't be counter-culture when you have to think about "who am i going to offend with this" with every fucking word that you're saying.
Grayson Thomas
>destroyed libraries >Alexandria
Gabriel Butler
Snyder is the most Jewish American name there is
Josiah Williams
Well, you left out the part where the Arabs kept classical Greek teachings alive while Europe was going through several centuries of warlords and monarchy.
Asher Foster
He did not build it and it's only the city that was named after him. The library had nothing to do with him.
Elijah Martin
The obese one on the right shitposts on Sup Forums. The Jew on the left of the couch thinks he's edgy by insulting soldiers, even though no one cares about welfare queens anymore. The one in the middle is unable to keep up his detatched, unoffended "dirtbag left" persona for more than 5 minutes without breaking and whining about SJW shit and MUH NAZIS.
There's a gook chick too. She's really dumb. But I'd fuck her. Her roommate posts on here too.
Friendly reminder they are """"socialists"""" who make a small fortune from wealthy private donors.
Jayden Gray
>he fell for the "Dark Ages" meme Most copies of ancient Greek philosophy came from Christian monks.
Parker Clark
>Snyder is the most Jewish American name there is
Hardly, try anything with 'gold' or 'stein'.
And no, Zach Snyder has no jewish ethnicity either on the side of his mother (english) or father (german).
Kayden Bailey
How do you know they shitpost on Sup Forums?
Carson Butler
Guy on the left is like the mutant twin of Richard Spencer.
Andrew Nelson
Well there were actually several cities named after him, but only after he conquored them and renamed them after himself. And one after his horse. He really liked his horse. After his empire collapsed all those cities went back to their original names.
Grayson Edwards
He looks like the bastard child of Spencer and Peter Dinklage
Grayson King
Which they mostly got their hands on through trade with the Ottomans.
Jaxson Martinez
Sup Forums didn't exist when 300 first came out.
Interesting perspective.
Chase Baker
>white people aren't suppose to defend themselves from foreign invaders
Really joggins the ol' noggin
Carson Nguyen
Sup Forums existed in 2007 you dummy. It was created in April 2006.
Lucas Gonzalez
No? The Ottomans didn't came around until 800 years later you mong. The Vatican openly endorsed Aristotle, Plato, Cicero etc. shortly after its conception.
(lead being an important economic indicator because it was a byproduct of silver mining)
Justin Lopez
None of your fucking business.
Why would I include that, since it has no relevance? Arabs were also going through several centuries of warlords and monarchy (and still are). The Arabs were handy in that they allowed access to the knowledge, while the Church hoarded it. Although they had their reasons too.
It still has nothing to do with the Persian Empire's slothful expansion Westward and the defense of what would later become the world's greatest civilization by a bunch of over testosteroned wogs.