'kevin costner american west film' proves common sense dead as woke critics attack it for 'glorifying settlers'
Look, I’m just an average Joe trying to scroll through my feed without rolling my eyes into the back of my skull, but this new kevin costner american west film has got the local art school crowd losing their minds. My wife and I sat down to watch it last night—popcorn, blankets, the whole works—and it was just a good, old-fashioned Western. Cowboys, horses, dusty landscapes. Nothing more, nothing less. But now the Facebook comments are filled with people screeching that it’s 'problematic' and 'glorifying colonizers.' Excuse me? Since when is a movie about settlers surviving in the wilderness a crime? My grandpa used to tell me stories about his folks homesteading in Nebraska, and nobody called them villains. Common sense says it’s a story, not a history lecture. If you can’t watch a film without turning it into a morality play, maybe stick to cartoons. I’m not saying every detail is perfect, but this constant need to tear down anything that doesn’t fit a 2025 agenda is exhausting. Can we just let people enjoy a damn movie without the lecture? Overheard at the local diner: two retired farmers said they loved it, and they’ve got more common sense in their pinky fingers than half the people screaming on here. Wake up, folks.