Just watched Trumbo.

It's at times frightening how relevant this is to today. Battle lines are being drawn.

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"The blacklist was a time of evil.
And no one who survived it
came through untouched by evil.
Caught in a situation that had passed
beyond the control of mere individuals.
Each person reacted as his nature,
his needs, his convictions,
and his particular circumstances
compelled him to.
It was a time of fear.
And no one was exempt.
Scores of people lost their homes.
Their families disintegrated. They lost!
And in some...
Some even lost their lives.
But when you look back
upon that dark time,
as I think you should every now and then,
it will do you no good
to search for heroes or villains.
There weren't any.
There were only victims.
Victims, because each of us
felt compelled to say or do things
that we otherwise would not.
To deliver or receive wounds
which we truly did not wish to exchange.
I look out to my family sitting there,
and I realize what I've put them through.
And it's unfair.
(CLICKS TONGUE)
My wife, who somehow kept it all together,
amazes me.
And so what I say here tonight
is not intended
to be hurtful to anyone.
It is intended to heal the hurt.
To repair the wounds which,
for years,
have been inflicted upon each other.
And most egregiously, upon ourselves.
Thank you. Thank you kindly."

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