Thread by @DashDobrofsky

THREAD: My Professor at UCLA asked the class today if we had seen the new "documentary" called "2000 Mules" by the "filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza." This is the same professor who just 2 weeks ago, said the worst part about the Roe V Wade opinion was the fact that it was "leaked."

I raised my hand, once again, and said: "2000 Mules is a debunked right-wing propaganda film, not a documentary. And Dinesh D'Souza is not a filmmaker, he's a conspiracy theorist."
Then Professor said: "How do you know it's a conspiracy? Did you even watch it?"

To which I responded: "I don't have to watch it. It's been debunked by every fact-checker and banned by mainstream media and all streamers."
And the Professor said: "How can you call it a conspiracy if you never watched it? You should watch it first, then decide for yourself."

Then I said: "I'm not going to watch a conspiracy theory made by a convicted felon who was pardoned by Trump, who then made a film based on the false premise that the 2020 election was stolen.
She had the final word, where she said: "I didn't know he was a convicted felon."

I left the class very angry. I find it incredibly irresponsible for a professor to suggest that we should "judge it for ourselves" -- what about the students who are just getting introduced to politics? What if they went home and watched "2000 mules" and believed it to be true?

I, personally, am not opposed to hearing a more Conservative point of view from a Professor, but this professor went beyond politics. This crossed a moral line for me. To even bring up a "film" that undermines our election system and de-legitimatizes American democracy, is wrong.

Moreover, it's factually incorrect for a Professor to pass it off as a "documentary about ballot harvesting" to students in an academic environment. This is what I would call "indoctrination."
I'm posting my rant on here to share with everyone that the "big lie" is still...

Poisoning the minds of many Americans. Including Professors at a supposed "liberal school" like UCLA. Donald Trump and the Republicans created a cancer -- as @donwinslow once accurately referred to it as -- a dangerous conspiracy that the election system is "rigged."
In closing,

I hope that by speaking out, I can encourage other people my age -- or at any age -- to call out a lie when you see one. It was uncomfortable to politically confront my teacher. But I know that if we remain silent, we let the bad guys win. So don't stay silent. Stay loud.
-DD

Same Professor as before. I’m sharing this to let you all know that we have not rooted-out the big lie. Nor have we defeated Trumpism. Trump is gone. But his anti-Democratic ideology has spread across this country like a virus. Also, please make sure you vote in every election.

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