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Semi-protected edit request on 23 September 2022

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An approved editor just a few hours ago edited this entry to note that D'Souza believed in the conspiracy theory that George Soros assisted the Nazis against the Jews and that this assertion is untrue. However, George Soros himself plainly admits he helped the Nazis against the Jews in a 60 Minutes interview available here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QSyczwuTQfo. Starting at 6:57 you can hear the story of how Soros helped get his fellow Jews arrested, ultimately leading to the death of many. Soros himself freely admits this in this 60 Minutes interview aired on CBS television in tbe U.S. This, therefore, needs to be corrected since it accuses D'Souza of propogating an untruth. I will check back soon to see if this gets corrected. Thanks! 97.119.116.69 (talk) 05:17, 23 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

☒N Serious citation neededXenologer48 (talk) 10:42, 23 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
In the interview Soros asserts that as a very young boy (14) he "accompanied" his godfather on visits where the Nazis would confiscate belongings from Jews. He also points out that the experience instilled deep within him the idea the evil does exist and ought to be acted against actively rather than passively. When you do check back to see if your claims have been included in this bio please do tell us exactly how you know that he was "helping the Nazis" arrest Jews and thus causing their condemnation to death. Even if this were to be true -and it may be- it would be very misleading and unfair to make the statement that "George Soros assisted the Nazis against the Jews" as a stand-alone comment without mentioning the crucial fact that he was 14 years old, ensconced in a plan made by his father to save his son via placement with this godfather figure and clueless as to what was happening or it's significance. Please people - let's be a bit more detailed in pushing startling statements like this as informational when they paint a very small part of the overall picture. Jhall 3rd (talk) 20:54, 14 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I could have just said : context please. Jhall 3rd (talk) 20:55, 14 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps the audio wasn't working correctly when you watched the video because none of your claims are correct. At 10:00 Soros says that he was a spectator and played no role in taking property. There isn't anything at all about getting Jews arrested. Jibal (talk) 06:46, 15 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I have no idea what the veracity of this claim is, but I have a very big problem with referring to it as a conspiracy theory. "Conspiracy theory" has become one of the most overused terms, seemingly used to refer to any political theory one disagrees with. Either Soros helped out the local Nazis or he didn't - either way, there would be no conspiracy involved. Korny O'Near (talk) 18:26, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
See, D'Souza discusses it because he associates Soros with the democrats and he cherry picks it in order to therefore push his claim that Fascism is leftist. 2600:8801:FB13:6B00:E6A4:78FF:DA8A:79F0 (talk) 02:17, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alex O Connor Debate

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"A writer of Christian apologetics, D'Souza has debated against prominent atheists and critics of Christianity on religious and moral issues. His debate opponents have included Dan Barker, Christopher Hitchens, Peter Singer, Daniel Dennett, Michael Shermer, David Silverman, and Bart D. Ehrman." Shall we add he debated Alex O Connor? BenDoleman (talk) 09:06, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"highest grossing political film of all time"

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Third paragraph states his movie "2016: Obama's America" is the "highest gross political film of all time" with two source links. The first source links to a list of documentary box office receipts where the film was ranked #17 in 2012. The second source is an article from Entertainment Weekly that includes the quote "the highest grossing conservative documentary of all time", but provides no sources for this statement either.

As it stands in September 2024, his film "2016: Obama's America" does not rank first on any publicized "list" of box office gross or "success". This statement is false and should be removed. Lamarketingguy (talk) 01:18, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I second this.
On wikipedias own list of political films Michael Moores Fahrenheit 9/11 is listed as a political film and that film made 222.4 million at the box office which is alot more than the 33 million that "Obamas America" made.
So yes, the statement is factually incorrect and should be removed. Rocky Johan (talk) 09:53, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 16 December 2024

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The update in https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dinesh_D%27Souza&oldid=1260832775 removed the initial and only wiki reference to Jared Taylor. This left it unclear who 'Taylor' was in the the subsequent references "similarities to Taylor's 1992 work" and "accusing Taylor of racism". I'm no wiki-markup expert, but I suggest:

change "similarities to Taylor's 1992 work' to "similarities to Jared Taylor's 1992 work" Peterxmoore (talk) 02:24, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done FifthFive (talk) 02:28, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]