I’m legitimately so tired of the Disney remakes. Like I can’t even muster up enough energy to be mad about it, I just truly do not care. There hasn’t been one remake I felt compelled to see in theaters, and only a few that I bothered to watch on Netflix. The result is always either no better or actively worse than the original, and if you like watching them that’s fine, but I’m sick to death of the argument that we need these endless remakes so that “a new generation can enjoy the stories”. What planet are you one where you can’t watch a movie more than once? The stories are readily available. I watched plenty of movies as a kid that came out before I was born, there’s literally nothing stopping you.
Also, it used to be when they made a remake they at least had the decency to remake 40+ year old films; now they’re remaking things that came out just a few decades ago and adding practically nothing.
I guess I really don’t see what the appeal is or why they make so much money. I mean I get nostalgia but if I feel nostalgic for an old movie I’ll just… watch that movie.
As with so many memes and articles spreading misinformation, part of the text is correct, but half the claim is entirely false.
It is correct that the Red Cross has provided aid to the
group of migrants traveling to the U.S. southern border, as the
organization informed TWS Fact Check:
As part of a global network, Red Cross and Red Crescent
teams have long delivered humanitarian relief to migrants around the
world. In line with Red Cross fundamental principles, the Guatemalan Red
Cross, Honduran Red Cross, and Mexican Red Cross have been providing
aid such as medical care, drinking water, and family reconnection
services to migrants walking through Central America and Mexico.
(You can read more on their work with migrants here.)
But, claiming the Red Cross “is not helping California
wildfire victims” is pure codswallop. “The American Red Cross has been
on the ground, working around-the-clock to support communities reeling
from the devastating California wildfires,” the organization tells TWS Fact Check.
Here’s a breakdown of some recent numbers, according to the Red Cross:
“Tuesday night, more than 930 people were still staying in 13 Red Cross and community shelters across California.
People are relying on Red Cross reunification services,
including use of the Safe and Well website. There are nearly 9,000 Safe
and Well registrations for the wildfires, more than 83,900 searches, and
just over 2,050 matches through Safe and Well.
More than 1,450 Red Cross disaster workers have answered
the call to help over the past 13 days and 721 will be serving these
communities through the Thanksgiving holiday, supporting people affected
by the wildfires in California.
Working with partners, the Red Cross has served more than 71,000 meals and snacks.
Volunteer mental health, health services and spiritual care professionals have provided more than 21,800 services to evacuees
[The Red Cross] distributed more than 16,800 relief items for people forced from their homes.”
Please don’t share fake ass news like this just because it fits with your biases. Especially if you criticize Liberals for doing the same thing.
The only issue I have with the red cross is that people assume they do long term charity. At least when I worked for them is that they’d supply a family who in our area usually lost their home to a hurricane with maybe three days in a hotel and a couple bags of toiletries. We would have to tell people outright long term disaster relief wasn’t really what we did.
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