1/ I’m trending tonight because people are mocking a clip of my conversation with Jim Cameron where I told him about a conversation I had with some peace activists in the Middle East. There’s a line in Avatar about how the Mother does not take sides, just wants to restore balance

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2/ I told Jim it was a very powerful moment & people in the room were nodding their heads. I told him that some of them told me they had seen Avatar. So the pseudo-intellectuals are having a hoot about that tonight, that I’m so naïve see, so ridiculous, so wacky & unsophisticated
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3/ It’s much like when I said the PM of New Zealand would be my first call as president. “Oh she’s so stupid.” Like when I said we should pay reparations, or see our healthcare system as a sickness care system, or realize the scourge of environmental injustice. Such a silly girl!
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4/ Well I have this to say about the Middle East. Our political establishment has not solved the problem, and it will not be solved on the level of the green line or traditional diplomacy or military action. It will only be solved on the level of the heart.
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5/ There are people there who know this, who live ever day w/ pain & fear beyond what any of us can imagine. Sincere Muslims, Christians & Jews who do not laugh at the thought that they need a miracle. I do not apologize for telling that story. It’s not ridiculous; it’s important
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Replying to @marwilliamson
I'm glad Marianne has refused to apologise for this. Avatar is used by Palestinian activists as an anti-colonialist symbol, it was a relevant thing for her to relate to James Cameron, who directed the film.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
I'm gonna admit I laughed like an asshole when I saw all your pro avatar tweets initially. Then I rewatched avatar and now I know youre the realest one out there.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Don’t apologize Marianne. Critics have long been constructing their own narrative around the “lack of impact” of AVATAR, and are just defiant towards any counter proof. Loved the interview.
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You are a blessing Marianne. You always stay so dignified and calm when you get attacked, made fun of, and disrespected. I love you so much.❤
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Love to you Marianne, you were one of the best discoveries to come out of the Corporate Dems shitty rigged primary.
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You have a way of being spectcularly not wrong that upsets some people.
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The extent to which they ridicule you is the extent to which they fear you for being effective.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
I love your analogy forget the haters
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Speaking for me there was no mockery. A straight up lovely interaction between two cool people about one of my favorite movies. It ruled
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