Mel Gibson advocates for peace in America | The Patriot | CLIP 

6-7/10 Solid movie, just a few issues that keep it from being great.

As a fan of cinema, it's a 10. Fantastic writing, directing, and acting. As a Historian and History teacher, this scene is one of the few accurate ones in the film as there is often a misguided notion that all colonists were anti-british "Americans" waving the flag and crying about "Freedom". There were many who viewed themselves as loyal British subjects and would have been fine keeping it that way. The rest of the film, total bullshit. lol!

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Our tyrants are in Washington

This aged well

now that i'm an adult this sentence, hurts me now, because i voted for those 3,000 tyrants and i regretted voting them in they're position.

It echos in my head daily.

@@josephdonnieconjuradoyep the elected officials in both parties have trampled on our rights far worse than the government of King George did to the colonies

New age , they control everything now 😞

Yep. They knew it from the corruption of the Senate in the late Roman Republic, we know it now from an oligarchy in our establishment politicians who continuously disregard the interests of their constituents to focus on their own corrupt gain.

And we didn't even "elect" Tony Fauci and the CDC who were pushing those draconian mandates

really covid? Not Jim crow laws? Not drug laws? Not the repealing of rights... Covid? Really? How young or dumb are you?

Parent of 3, I’d seriously think twice before signing up by choice, my youngest 2 years old, can’t see her without me.

I wholeheartedly agree. Hell, I'm a law enforcement officer and I go to work every day not knowing if I will be coming home. It's the same feeling.

I can absolutely appreciate that. I hope this finds you and yours well.

This exactly. I remember when this movie first came out, I was 16 then, I thought "What a coward. An absolute coward."........fast forward and now I have children of my own, mid 30s, and it hit me........what exactly was he to do in that moment? He is a single father of 6 children, if he were to leave then the children would be quite literally alone to fend for themselves. He has a profound point here. Had he a wife, he COULD go, but in his situation in this scene, he couldn't. He did not, in that very moment, have the luxury of principles.

That only applies in context with this film... otherwise, it really makes no sense generally speaking.

Yep..

True.

Tell that to the Germans, Hitler and the NSDAP was mostly made up of veterans who formed units like the SA, let's not forget the Freikorps too. Most of the WWII Wehrmacht officers also were soldiers in WWI.

@@braziliankaiser8304 Things are a little different, if you didn't do what Hitler said you were going to be killed right?

I second that!

Sameeeeeeee 😂

I just said the same thing lol means we got to watch it… algorithm coming thru, maybe it’s even deeper than that and we r going to be at war soon here

@Squatch34 God, I hope not. America as she is as a whole right now is too soft for that...

@@jaebassist ya I agree I meant a war here…. We all know how more divided we’re getting… throw in 15 million illegal immigrants who we have no idea who they r that have come in… 🤷 I don’t have a good feeling about this great country

@Squatch34 I figured, and sadly/honestly, we do seem unfortunately ripe for a civil war here. People just can't put away their differences =/

That only applies in context with this film... otherwise, it really makes no sense generally speaking.

@@BMFstudiosNYC Depends on life experience and hardships

If you are a parent in the military, what then?

You aren't kidding there...

yes, Unprincipled parenting seems to be the norm in the United States.

wow you were really stupid with 20. Thank god I was not

Sadly, as a parent, you find yourself between a rock and a hard place. If there be war may it be in my time, that there may be peace in my children's time.

You damn well know in the next five years, all males will be war conscripts and the women will be slores.

And Director

I’ve got nothing to say bad about Mel, everything he says is true. On top of that, he’s a wonderful actor director

Mel Gibson is a great actor, director, and man. One of the very few among in his profession(s) that I believe to be honest & honorable. I've never said anything negative about him, and I doubt I ever will. Because he has always spoken truth... even when laid low and hurting. How many men can say the same?

It's about 10% accurate and about 90% anti-British lol.

@@kylejones7 the British were the enemy, genius.

Please stop.

@@joeaardvark9214 Why?

​@@captainamerica6525 Well spoken Sir. I live in Australia and unfortunately see my great country take the same path.

Agreed

@@joeaardvark9214 Please pull your head out of the sand. This country is seriously divided right now. The results of the presidential election on November 5 could possibly trigger a civil war...no matter who wins. You should wake up to that fact. Could be a long winter ahead, sir.

Those who know him know his true character. Also, and I point to Mr. Middleton here, people like Middleton are the ones who wouldn't be taking up arms so it's easy for him to say Benjamin is afraid. Also, in Ben's mind who is someone who fought in the British army, fighting a war with the world's greatest military force at the time was foolhardy and he, in his mind, knew that once the Brits won conditions would be considerably worse.

That's i always shake my head when a trump supporter says joe biden is a weak president. Avoiding a war to save billions is the choice of a true leader instead of playing a tough guy with power and being the first to run. Make no mistake, if it comes down to war. Joe biden is probably already prepared to react. It's always better to take the humble route and surprise the enemy than to have the enemy expect the outcome.

When I first watched this as a teenager I thought he was 100% a coward. Now in my late 30s....I understand him. I am also now 100% antiwar in almost all situations.

​@SS-dm5iy I never thought he was a coward nor am I anti war. There will always be a time when war is justified.

@@ONETimothy2.12-14 Sure. I am anti-modern war where blood is shed to enrich the elite. War of self defense is always justified. War over rights violations is justified. War for politics and influence is not.

more like prepare for trouble, and make it double!

Are you 12?

​@@joeaardvark9214no, but the kid you sleep with is!!!

@@bigdaddystovepipe Nobody was talking to you hahaha. Awww you're so upset.

The US is nearly 250 years old, in all that time we've had only 17 years not at war.

Should be played in every social studies class.

Oh it's entirely true. Just look around. Our rights are trampled on on a daily basis and we do nothing.

I was looking for this...... this is what our forefathers were trying to warn us about. :(

It's true look it up

About 80 years now, not many more geneeations to go

Actually its easier for elected officials because there's more than one perpetrator and no one you can directly blame

Loosely based on the Swamp Fox (Francis Marion).... I think

You are insane if you think 100 people can trample peoples rights as easily as a king. Its so idiotic.

​@@Maul3rXnot only is it true, the nature of the electorate actually makes it more bulletproof of an idea than a monarchy. Of 100 men let's say in Congress, who do you directly hold accountable for a problematic piece of legislation being passed through one way or another?

@@Maul3rXit’s time to wake up, and look at the world around you and you’ll see how very accurate and true this is

@@MsDragonbal776 When you say "problematic piece of legislation," is that your opinion, or the opinion of every citizen? Your inability to stop legislation is not always a sign of authoritarianism, but is often a sign of a working democratic process. Why would you not want your government to be a bulletproof idea? Monarchy was fraught with tyrants and instability. I would rather the option be that we vote for our representatives rather than obey a monarch.

@@Maul3rX It's insane to even think that back then as well, George III was the puppet for Britain, he never had any real power, the British government and parliament were the guys in charge, but you Americans need to have a big baddy figurehead to spin to your narrative don't you?

The British crown weren't even the guys in charge, that's the mistake you Americans always make, it was Parliament that were the real guys in power of Britain not George III.

Unfortunately, that came too late, as the man became obsessed with revenge, in his dad's style, no less. Cost him his entire team, and not only that, he thought he could take his time and make all the noise he wanted when he got up close to Tavington to finish him off. We know how that went...

the colonists that fought against the British were considered insurrectionists. Had the war been lost, history would have seen them as such.

I see the American revolution in the same light as I see the great War, needless bloodshed. The British, the West is stronger as one.

​@kavanbrown3149 No, we are not one.

@@kavanbrown3149 all war is pointless bloodshed, however, when a people are pushed long enough and ignored, they will revolt against the powers that be. The American colonists were driven to that

Yes. Only half was Pro independence. And German mercenarys were a big Part of English troops.

It's not like the movies. Medicine was very crude. You don't even want to think about teeth problems etc.

You wouldn’t last a week back then

You must be a rich and white male then.

That’s something I would tell my dad

Think about that for a minute. Kids younger than Thomas would be fighting this war. Nowadays males in their 20's curl up into a ball and form crying circles whenever they see a MAGA hat.

We may have lost battles at the onset but the most important one, Lexington and Concord, the colonists won. Had the colonists lost that battle the revolution would have been over before it started.

Tryin to flex but just sounds like bs

Yup but those lost battles are what galvanized Washington to become the leader he became . Truly a titan of a man back then and definitely now.

Given that "American's" didn't just fall out of a tree, that they where all British (which means America today is no longer American, and its showing) it was clearly a Civil War, calling it a war of independence was probably the greatest propaganda trick of all. Mind you Britain calling itself "The worlds oldest Democracy" is also pure fiction.

No sensible person wants to go to war. Especially if they actually have to go themselves. It's something we've lost in modern times, no one deciding on war ever has to go and actually be a part of it.

@@Calekoflight Heck, George Bush weaseled his way out and went in of lies.

It is true, however, that the American colonial leaders did try to reconcile with the Crown. Read up on the Olive Branch Petition. But the king decided to disarm the colonists by force. And that the colonists simply could not allow, for it would leave them at the mercy of the king's troops and Native American tribes. Even at Lexington Green, Capt. Parker ordered his men not to fire unless fired upon. But fired upon they were, and after that the whole powder keg exploded.

He called it a civil war because up to that point, all of the colonists considered themselves to be Englishmen, with the rights of Englishmen. That's why there were people who were pissed off when the King revoked their colonial charters and then denied them representation in Parliament.

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​@mohamedalahmadani5174 yeah, that's a good start

Yes, and just like the history in our books, the crimes of the Palestinians will be glorified, denied, or forgotten. We mourn our dead & move on to the next tragedy, learning nothing

Totally agree.

Uh huh @chadlarson4149 but yet no one will go to their local or state legislature to demand some measure of changes. Sitting at home screaming change but not getting up to do anything about it does nothing bud.

@@Samuraith2077 Some have in the past. Achieved it successfully, then started advocating for others to do it, and were killed for it. I don't think you understand the nature of who you're dealing with.

​@@chadlarson4149nah, that's just you creating a false boogeyman out of whatever federal authority of the day you know nothing about but are angry at regardless. All to disguise the fact that you never once held public office; always vote (on the rare occasion you bother to do so) for the first candidate who tells you your special but actually does nothing for you. Which just makes you angry because that's what the politicians you support want - your anger. If they actually fixed the tax code you wouldn't be angry and they'd have no power. Fortunately for them you'll never be willing to do any of the work required to educate yourself because your couch is too comfy so they'll have your impotent rage to use as a weapon for decades to come.

@@Samuraith2077I believe some people actually got off their couches on Jan. 6, 2021 to demand change but we all know how that turned out.

You’ve let the loud few with the microphone deceive you about the many in this country.

@@JF-jb2ln I hope so. I sincerely hope you are right.🇺🇸

No one can invade the continental united states. It literally would not work from a military or geographical standpoint.

A lot of that has been used and are used.

The answe is obviously no one.

We're already being invaded over our southern border. Not just by central and South Americans, but also Chinese and Iranian individuals.

and yet Pearl Harbor and the rest

Wow, what a fucking crippled hypocrite.

he was only waiting for the right excuse... the radar worked... he had advanced warning...

Military 14% Social Security 22% Medicare & Health 26% Interest on the debt 13% (yay Trump tax cuts for the rich!) Food stamps 9% (eg windfall for food industry) Vets 4%

@@rospencer611 2 of those our Founding Fathers wrote into the documents, the rest were added on later as Fed govt ballooned (as with debt) and all to buy votes from needy dependent statists.

My god how cringy, you don't think Britain had all them traits?

I've come to appreciate him more as I've gotten older.