David Mamet

2022 - 4 - 11

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'American Buffalo' Playwright David Mamet Tells Fox News That ... (Deadline)

With the high-profile, starry revival of his American Buffalo opening Thursday on Broadway, playwright David Mamet seems to be doing his best -- or worst ...

We have to teach the kids about sex. Speaking on the hot-button topic of community and parental control in schools, Mamet said: “We have to take back control. With the high-profile, starry revival of his American Buffalo opening Thursday on Broadway, playwright David Mamet seems to be doing his best — or worst — to make headlines.

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David Mamet Comes Out as Right-Wing Culture Warrior, Claims ... (Rolling Stone)

What we have is kids not only being indoctrinated but groomed, in a very real sense, by people who are, whether they know it or not, sexual predators. Are they ...

Christian Pushaw, DeSantis’ press secretary, call it “anti-grooming” legislation in early March, implying that teachers are trying to force gender identity discussions on young children in an effort to “groom” them for sex. Teachers are inclined, particularly men because men are predators, to pedophilia.” But they are abusing them mentally and using sex to do so.

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Teachers are 'inclined' to 'pedophilia,' David Mamet claims on Fox (The Week Magazine)

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet is under fire after bizarrely claiming on Fox News that teachers are "inclined" to "pedophilia.".

The comments were made during a discussion sparked by Florida's so-called "Don't Say Gay" bill restricting schools from teaching kids about gender identity and sexual orientation. "Are they abusing the kids physically? But they're abusing them mentally."

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Playwright David Mamet claims on Fox News that teachers 'are ... (NBC News)

David Mamet claimed that teachers "are inclined" toward pedophilia, echoing attack lines that GOP politicians have used to push laws banning discussions of ...

"Sexuality education in schools that includes information about appropriate and inappropriate behaviors is crucial for preventing sexual abuse because many families don’t do a good job of this." And that is why thorough supervision of adults is so important." " "Are they abusing the kids physically? But they are abusing them mentally and using sex to do so. "What we have is kids not only being indoctrinated but groomed, in a very real sense, by people who are, whether they know it or not, sexual predators," Mamet said Sunday during a FOX News interview.

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David Mamet says teachers are "inclined to pedophilia ... (Salon)

The playwright is making his right-wing media tour, hitting up Joe Rogan, Fox News and more.

Mamet later went on to equate "the left" with some sort of "death cult." Additionally, Mamet's conservative beliefs were further outlined in an April opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal that praises him as being non-conformist when it comes to science and the left. I'm not going to submit to the death cult. "This has always been the problem with education, is that teachers are inclined, particularly men because men are predators, to pedophilia," Mamet added. As Salon's Amanda Marcotte writes, the end goal of such is more violence. We have to teach the kids about sex.

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Playwright David Mamet: “Teachers are inclined — particularly men ... (Showbiz411)

His new book, published this past week, is from Broadside, the conservative imprint at Simon & Schuster. The author of “Speed the Plow” and “Glengarry Glen Ross ...

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Playwright David Mamet sparks outrage by declaring that many ... (The Independent)

'This has always been the problem with education – teachers are inclined, typically men because men are predators, to paedophilia'

“Following David Mamet’s career has been like talking to a guy at a party who seems normal until at a certain point he says ‘But y’know, a LOT of harassment allegations are made up,’ and then you say ‘Huh...’ and try to change the subject but then it just keeps going,” Will Sloan added. “The people in power, as always, are to a large extent, parasites who are feeding off of the decaying flesh.” We’ll surely he’s actually approaching this from the angle of…’ and then soon enough you’ve hit his Phil Spector movie.” “So we already grossly underpay teachers and now we’re just openly saying they’re inclined to be pedophiles. But they’re abusing them mentally and using sex to do so,” he added. “Are they abusing the kids physically?

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David Mamet Claims Teachers Are “Inclined” to “Pedophilia” (Consequence)

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet claimed in a conversation with Fox News that teachers are "inclined" towards "pedophilia."

By accusing teachers of “grooming” students, he joins a growing pile of conservative shit currently clogging up the country’s political pipelines. During a recent appearance on Real Time, Bill Maher asked him how he could “believe in something 63 courts have laughed out of the court?” Mamet responded that he “misspoke,” saying, “I misspoke on Page 2, so I would ask everybody who reads the book to skip Page 2.” We have to teach the kids about sex.

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