Not sure what the ultimate source of this is and I honestly hate to give them views for this, but here it is apparently:Originally Posted by herbertwest
Not sure what the ultimate source of this is and I honestly hate to give them views for this, but here it is apparently:
Did you listen to the interview? It's a Zoom or Skype call with video. Not sure how you could fake that. I suppose you could change the questions. King's answers remain King's answers.Sounds fake, but ok
The low point was when King said that Russian authors should shut up.
I thought it was funny when King said he'd do everything he can to support Ukraine but stopped short of the idea of sending money.
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
Nope, because there were no video in the links and it sounded like something of 30seconds made up and easily to fake nowadays
Now with the actual video it seem more reatlistic and gives it more contexte indeed
We however do not have the full context of the conversation and what was said to him to participate in the call. The video also seem slightly edited (eg the jump from 49secs to 50 secs), but havent listened to it entirely yet
But yeah, the video do not seem fake
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It’s legit in that it’s two comedians (who have been accused of state actors for the Russian government elsewhere) pranked him. They generally prank people critical of Russian government and recently they’ve been pranking US celebrities who are critical of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. They did the same thing to J.K. Rowling.
In regards to something asked elsewhere…how much money is King expected to send to Ukraine? He donates millions to charity each year so if the implication is that he’s stingy it’s not really accurate.
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King's arrogance is unreal. He doesn't even realize what a fool he made of himself.
His advocacy for censorship is reprehensible. And imagine if someone had condemned all things Chinese in the aftermath of the pandemic in the same way King blames Russians for the war. Does he think all Russian writers support Putin? He should be deeply ashamed. His effort to stay "hep" with his Ukrainian flag and hat is downright sad. At least get a better hat.
Is King blaming all Russians for the war? On the contrary, he’s said “The most disturbing thing about the Russian public's understanding of Putin's war is how little they know. He's quite successfully choked off the flow of information.” and “It's vital that the Russian people understand this is happening. It's vital to break down the wall of disinformation.”
But yes blaming the pandemic on the Chinese, stoking anti-Asian hate and using terms like “Kung flu” would be gross.
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Not all Russians support what is happening in Ukraine now. And Putin doesn't read King. King is read by lovers of good literature. And all these statements are very offensive to us, ordinary readers. Culture should be out of politics
Again, King is not indicating all Russians support Putin and has said that the public in Russia is not fully aware of what's going on.
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Propaganda from all sides mixes the real truth. Not everything is so clear at first glance. but banning the publication of books and shutting up Russian authors is wrong
What’s the real truth?
Also I think the context is important, King being pranked by two state actors and him effectively going along with the conversation. They did the same thing with Rowling and she “agreed” to replace Harry Potter’s scar with a trident.
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So King owned up to being pranked.
https://twitter.com/StephenKing/stat...18187840114695Actually, turned out I WAS pranked. Had no idea who this guy Bandera was. So...I'm embarrassed. But it turns out I wasn't alone. Other victims who fell for these guys include J.K. Rowling, Prince Harry, and Justin Trudeau.
As the Buddha once said: "Shit happens."
https://twitter.com/StephenKing/stat...18355033473025
That's more or less what I expected. The state actors pretending to be Zelensky got him to praise someone he didn't know and then pushed the narrative that King is anti-Semite.
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Then maybe he should stop pontificating on things he has no clue about. How gullible is this guy? Did he really think Zelensky wanted to star in IT as Pennywise? That is unreal. He must be a complete imbecile. The point of this prank seems to be to expose the ignorance of those who know nothing about the "cause." Mission accomplished.
I get that you hate King because of his political views but these guys have pranked other celebrities and politicians. You have a strange conversation with someone, you just go with it. King clearly thought 'Zelensky' was joking about being Pennywise, he wasn't taking that comment at least seriously. He laughs and is like "yeah, ok".
Edit: Also, you don't have to be an expert on Ukraine to not support Putin or Russia's invasion. As for the prankers' intentions, maybe do a little bit of research as to who Vovan and Lexus are and where their interests align.
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He thought this was a private conversation, who's he pontificating to? I haven't watched the whole thing but King's responses seem mostly innocuous and generic.
Why would King think the president of Ukraine needed to have a private conversation with him during a war? A conversation that begins with the president suggesting that he wants to play Pennywise? LOL. Not even a child is that gullible. It's a great prank that exposes King's extreme arrogance and ignorance of the subject matter. A concept that extends well beyond Ukraine. King is a mouthpiece of causes that he knows little about and couldn't care less. It's all just to a pathetic attempt of an old man to appease and stay relevant. And trying to excuse his gullibility by citing to Prince Harry and Trudeau getting pranked is rich irony. They suffer from the exact same traits - arrogance and ignorance.He thought this was a private conversation, who's he pontificating to? I haven't watched the whole thing but King's responses seem mostly innocuous and generic.
You don't have to be an expert on Ukraine or Banderas to think that Russia invading Ukraine is bad. I get that's the purpose of the obvious state-sanctioned Russian propaganda here... "Oh, King doesn't know who Banderas is... therefore he's wrong in condemning Putin." Like what are you even expecting King to do? Do you think if King was better informed about a guy who died in 1959 he'd change his mind about Russia bombing shopping malls and shelters?
It's also pretty obvious King didn't really think Zelensky was going to play Pennywise and its disingenuous to say that he was. It's like saying Rowling was actually going to change Harry Potter's scar to the trident because she went along with it on the interview.
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Joe Hill chimed in:
https://twitter.com/joe_hill/status/1550187163119124480Enh, some Russian shock jocks took advantage of my Dad's good heart and played a shitty joke on him. That sucks. But the real joke is on them, because they gotta live in Russia under Putin.
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I believe he didn't know who Banderas was. He's obviously ignorant about Ukraine.
He probably decided to support Ukraine because of his Ukrainian employee. No more thought than that. His employee is a nice person, so the he supports the Ukrainian cesspool.
Russia invading Ukraine is bad. Ukraine bombing Donbas is bad. The US fomenting a coup to overthrow the democratically elected leader of Ukraine is bad. The collective west using Ukraine as grist for the mill to wage war against Russia is bad. (The west losing that war is bad.)
No one must be an expert to have an opinion. However ignorant people might want to refrain from expressing theirs.
I think that if King was better informed about Banderas he might also be better informed about the propaganda of shopping malls, that are no longer shopping malls, being bombed.
The west will continue to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian, and continue to lose, even as their industry is destroyed and they freeze and starve.
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
Don’t you support Putin?
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Don't you support Nazis?
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
Nope. Do you support Putin or not? You’re always defending him and Russia here.Don't you support Nazis?
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I'm not defending Putin.Nope. Do you support Putin or not? You’re always defending him and Russia here.Don't you support Nazis?
I am simply aware of reality.
The west started this. The west thought they were clever. The west is fucked.
That's reality.
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
The West started bombing Ukrainian cities?
I'll give this political debate a but of leeway. But if it devolves into endless arguing, I'll have to ask for the debate to end.
Are you unaware that this is a proxy war?
Multiple main stream media have reported high level western government officials admitting it's a proxy war.
And yes western armaments have been bombing Ukrainian cities, often civilians, in case you missed that bit of info too.
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