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Flashback: Crude nativist Presidential hopeful smears Hillary Clinton as D-Punjab

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  An inexperienced candidate from a privileged background as well as being a son of an immigrant expressed very problematic views about illegal immigration from Mexico(crossing the border without proper authorization is a clear violation of U.S law) as well as gay marriage (marriage should be between a man and woman). He also ridiculed a female politicians looks by implying that she was a pig. However he went too far when inspired by his  xenophobic excess , his staffers chastised his rival Hilary Clinton as D-Punjab in a private memo castigated for coddling up to Cisco even as they ship jobs to India.  He spoke against outsourcing jobs, intervention in the Middle east and spoke in favor of bombing Pakistan, a thaw in U.S - Russia relations, energy independence and the divorcing the economy from the billionaire class. As President he set a record and deportations of illegals and allowed frackers in North Dakota, Texas and other states to lower gas prices to an unprecedented level setti

9.3 for Jai Bhim: Perhaps Indians should be banned from voting on imdb

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I am quite sympathetic to critics such as Christopher Hitchens and others who were revolted by Mel Gibson's Passion of The Christ as torture porn. But that is a searing indictment of Christianity than the  movie itself. This ahem passion project of Mel Gibson( due to lack of studio backing, he ended up pouring his own fortune ) is very well made and effective. Cinematography, editing, set design, performances all contributed to the general ambience of dread, horror and, in the end.  the sense of joy and salvation. And these types of reviews were coming from people who don't even subscribe to the theology. Say what you want about Mel Gibson and his off screen drama , he makes great films  Jai Bhim is really torture porn in the style of Gibson's pet project. The authority figures against the Irulas are not realistic characters but are sadistic caricatures who  sneer ,growl and hiss like the Roman centurions and the bloodthirsty Jewish mob . This is not to doubt the veracity o