Do you believe that “Everything Is Political?”

[Murat B.]

But what you're saying about Gladiator is what you read into it, not the message of the movie, right? What's your complaint about entertainment films, and how you see them changed? Is it the films, or is it you?

The Hollywood preaching has gone so insane, and I am sure you agree which side Hollywood is on, that even an innocent comment like that makes me think this way. I am not happy about it. Making a point or virtue signalling has more importance now versus entertaining people.
As far as me changing...on the core issues that made me a classical liberal 15-20 years ago , I am still exactly where I am except the left has shifted so far to the left that now I fall on somewhere center right. I can break it down issue by issue if you wish on where left was 20 years ago and where they are now and where it puts me. Don't want to bore you to death necessarily though...