Comments on: Watch: Trailer For Dinesh D’Souza’s Controversial Doc ‘America’ That Florida Politico Wants Shown In Schools

By: Jason Clark

Jason Clark — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:59:17 +0000

Dinesh is an historical moron. What's a diplomatic way to tell a family member ("America") that they're going bat sh*t crazy?

By: Rimbo

Rimbo — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:59:17 +0000

Ah, I guess D'Souza going on Megan Kelly and describing America as a child molester isn't "negative". I'm sure even Saul Alinsky never described America as a child molester. D'Souza is not only crazy, he's "out there" crazy.

By: Sheryl Arne

Sheryl Arne — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:59:17 +0000

Wonderful movie! I am now reading the book because there is so much history in the movie, I wanted to relish and read it and research everything in the movie! Which I am doing! Dinesh is spot on in EVERYTHING in the movie! Honest and it seems, as an immigrant, Dinesh knows more of American history than most natural born Americans! Definite read for all Americans!

By: sstnt

sstnt — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:59:17 +0000

I give Gabe Toro an I (for idiot) and a B (for biased) reviewvan d this movie an A.

By: John

John — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:59:17 +0000

The younger viewers of this film will think it is fiction and politically motivated by the right. That is understandable. It is not the history that has been taught in our schools since the late 70's or early 80's. That is what they believe to be the truth, and understandably so. If they respected their teachers, like I did in the 60's, they believed what they were taught.
What happened is that the young radicals of the sixties, by design of the left wing of American politicos, are controlling the curriculum. They have been for over a generation. Their opinion of America is much different than earlier generations.
Unfortunately, the right wing of American politicos, weren't paying attention while this was going on, either out of disinterest or because they were too busy making a living.
My advice is to search for the truth. Look at both sides. Don't be afraid to challenge what you were taught, either way. Think for yourself. You are not going to get the truth from Hollywood or the politicians on either side of the aisle. Hollywood is swayed by trends and politicians are only interested in maintaining their power.
Read the old history books. They weren't political. That was before the politicians realized that they could change the future of this country by teaching what they wanted, not necessarily the facts.
I'll give one example. The popular belief today is that the U.S. stole the Texas territory from Mexico. What I have learned in my 60 plus years of study is that in fact Texas was already an independent Republic, created after Texans, both of European and Mexican descent, fought for independence from Mexico. Texas was then annexed as a State. The US/Mexico war was started after American soldiers were killed in Brownsville, TX, along the Texas/Mexico border.
The story is that the soldiers were killed by Mexican soldiers (who knows?).
Regardless, the war was fought. The US captured all the territory from Texas to Mexico City. At that point there was a truce. The US could have kept all the territory that they had captured during the war. Instead, because the Mexican government still did not recognize that Texas was legally a part of the US, they agreed to accept $12 million from the US in exchange for the Texas territory.
Stop fighting each other and sit down and talk. Find out where each of you got your information. If you can't back your argument, then start researching it with an open mind. Let's not tear down our country because we're too stubborn to listen to each other.

By: Rex Duke

Rex Duke — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:59:17 +0000

the only reason you thinks its a "bad" documentary is because it dont have a 100 million dollar budget like the fiction "good" movies you think are good . you need to get your head out of your ass before obama chops it off

By: rex duke

rex duke — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:59:17 +0000

God bless Dinesh for showing the truth when its hard to find nowadays

By: Micah

Micah — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:59:17 +0000

This isn't a documentary. It's speculative fiction.

By: musicman495

musicman495 — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:59:17 +0000

No one on earth loves dead Democratic presidents like right wing Republicans. Of course, while Democratic presidents are living and serving, they are all tyrannical usurpers of the Constitution.

By: Refuge

Refuge — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:59:17 +0000

I'd call D'Souza the Leni Refinstahl of the American right, if he was a better film maker. But this film is dull as ditchwater.

By: smilinatu

smilinatu — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:59:17 +0000

I have seen the movie. It starts by showing the side of the opposition. It ends by showing the side of believing in the American dream. Knowing the entire truth about American history. And personal right and responsibility to work hard to achieve the American dream and not let anyone or anything take that away from us. I agree with the statement of showing students how to think. Seeing both sides as this movie shows is a good example of that. The overall message is also an awesome point of view.

By: The Truth

The Truth — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:59:17 +0000

If someone shot Washington, common sense, end of the revolution, and you would be speaking English with a British accent.

By: Roscoe

Roscoe — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:59:17 +0000

They could show little parts of it it to high school kids in a unit that talks about how to detect flawed/biased reasoning and logical fallacies. Dinesh is all about straw man arguments. The kids get to find the lies and distortions in a given segment.

By: Brad

Brad — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:59:17 +0000

I do agree that students should draw their own conclusions in subjects like this one. I don't get why they should watch bad documentaries like "America" to do so.

By: Fong

Fong — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:59:17 +0000

"Our cognitive bias is better than yours!"

By: Rex Duke

Rex Duke — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:59:17 +0000