Stop Susie Smith from "Stopping Palace Cinemas screening 'The Red Pill' film"





Simon Merrick Christchurch, New Zealand





Recently, the following petition surfaced on change.org, lobbying to 'Stop Palace Cinemas screening 'The Red Pill' film'.





I would like to sincerely thank Ms. Susie Smith, for providing such a perfect example of exactly the kinds of attempts that are made to silence the discussion of men's issues, ironically an issue addressed and demonstrated in the documentary.

The title of the documentary 'The Red Pill' refers to the latter of two popular culture symbols, the blue pill and the red pill, representing the choice between embracing the sometimes painful truth of reality (red pill) and the blissful ignorance of illusion (blue pill) - and as such does not intentionally reference or bare affiliation to any entity or movement of shared namesake.

Ms. Smith's accusation that the film conveys a 'violent message that is totally out of line with Australian values and law' is baseless and constitutes libel. Regardless of the legitimacy (or otherwise) of Ms. Smith's claims regarding the history or viewpoints of key personalities interviewed in the documentary, the film does not in any way 'legitimise and promote' violence of any kind, especially 'gender-based' violence.





I sincerely hope you independently review the film to establish the legitimacy of any accusations levied against it before making a decision to cancel any screenings.

This petition will be delivered to:Palace Cinemas

Kino Cinemas

Susie Smith





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