Good morning, Only several hours after premiering, Killing America has been removed from Youtube and Vimeo for alleged copyright violations. This is nothing short of weaponized censorship and legal action will be taken.Man of Steele’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
I watched in on X and was very impressed! And in keeping with my vow to support any artist whom the Woke ideologues try to silence, I have upgraded my subscription to your Substack to "paid." We may not have a lot of power over these people at this point in history but if we, the all-too-often-silent majority, continue to vote with our wallets--and support the excellent work of people like you--we can win this battle.
I watched it yesterday before it disappeared. I was shocked but sadly not shocked by the hatred. Where are we going? I’m a fairly typical Liberal voter and I live in the same county. Thank you for your work.
Viewed it on X and on YouTube. Indeed a controversial current affair. Thank you for educating this pro Palestinian on the politics of this dreadful oppressed & oppressors battlegrounds.
Thank you for posting the entire film. It certainly is an ambitious undertaking, and I greatly admire the skill and artistry that went into its creation. While I agree with your analysis of the copyright issues, I want to share some thoughts about the film itself.
IMHO the film “smushes together” (for lack of a better technical term) two important issues that would be better served in two separate films. One relates to the damage that imposition of the woke ideology has had on students. The other relates to antisemitism and the current Israel/Hamas/Palestinian conflict. IMHO neither issue is developed fully enough in the film. I was disturbed that a film ostensibly about the effects of woke pedagogy went on to equate Israel with morality and goodness, and Hamas (and by implication, Palestinians) with evil. The film contains no suggestion that people of good faith could oppose the actions of the current Israeli government without being motivated by antisemitism or having been brainwashed by purveyors of oppression ideology. I would have hoped to see a more thoughtful exploration of why so many Americans today are quick to hurl slurs at Jews and anyone else they disagree with. Might it have something to do with a prevailing culture that discourages critical thought and demonizes anyone who deviates from an approved narrative? Might modern day Zionists be as prone to doing this as the idealogues they otherwise criticize? (Sad to say, I believe the film could be interpreted as oversimplifying the Israel/Hamas/Palestinian issue in this way.)
Please note that I am not denying the horrors of what Hamas did on October 7, 2023, or that antisemitism exists. I know that it definitely predates DEI and October 7, 2023 in the Bay Area. (In the early 1970s, when my young children attended preschool at a Jewish Community Center on Brotherhood Way in San Francisco, we experienced multiple bomb threats.)
I hope my comments are understood in the spirit in which they are intended.
I was able to watch it yesterday before it was taken down. Good work. Keep up the good fight.
I watched in on X and was very impressed! And in keeping with my vow to support any artist whom the Woke ideologues try to silence, I have upgraded my subscription to your Substack to "paid." We may not have a lot of power over these people at this point in history but if we, the all-too-often-silent majority, continue to vote with our wallets--and support the excellent work of people like you--we can win this battle.
May God bless you for your tenacity, accuracy, clarity, honesty, kindness, and steadfastness!
Please keep us posted.
Shameful. You will win this one, Eli. The law is on your side.
I watched it yesterday before it disappeared. I was shocked but sadly not shocked by the hatred. Where are we going? I’m a fairly typical Liberal voter and I live in the same county. Thank you for your work.
Viewed it on X and on YouTube. Indeed a controversial current affair. Thank you for educating this pro Palestinian on the politics of this dreadful oppressed & oppressors battlegrounds.
Is there anywhere the film can be viewed at this time?
Thank you for posting the entire film. It certainly is an ambitious undertaking, and I greatly admire the skill and artistry that went into its creation. While I agree with your analysis of the copyright issues, I want to share some thoughts about the film itself.
IMHO the film “smushes together” (for lack of a better technical term) two important issues that would be better served in two separate films. One relates to the damage that imposition of the woke ideology has had on students. The other relates to antisemitism and the current Israel/Hamas/Palestinian conflict. IMHO neither issue is developed fully enough in the film. I was disturbed that a film ostensibly about the effects of woke pedagogy went on to equate Israel with morality and goodness, and Hamas (and by implication, Palestinians) with evil. The film contains no suggestion that people of good faith could oppose the actions of the current Israeli government without being motivated by antisemitism or having been brainwashed by purveyors of oppression ideology. I would have hoped to see a more thoughtful exploration of why so many Americans today are quick to hurl slurs at Jews and anyone else they disagree with. Might it have something to do with a prevailing culture that discourages critical thought and demonizes anyone who deviates from an approved narrative? Might modern day Zionists be as prone to doing this as the idealogues they otherwise criticize? (Sad to say, I believe the film could be interpreted as oversimplifying the Israel/Hamas/Palestinian issue in this way.)
Please note that I am not denying the horrors of what Hamas did on October 7, 2023, or that antisemitism exists. I know that it definitely predates DEI and October 7, 2023 in the Bay Area. (In the early 1970s, when my young children attended preschool at a Jewish Community Center on Brotherhood Way in San Francisco, we experienced multiple bomb threats.)
I hope my comments are understood in the spirit in which they are intended.
Oops, caught a typo. Bomb threats against Jewish preschoolers occurred in early 1990s, not 1970s.