{"id":2024574,"date":"2023-09-07T12:37:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T16:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-military-cancels-two-sound-of-freedom-screenings\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T12:39:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T16:39:42","slug":"us-military-cancels-two-sound-of-freedom-screenings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-military-cancels-two-sound-of-freedom-screenings\/","title":{"rendered":"US Military Scraps Two &#8216;Sound of Freedom&#8217; Showings"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-military-cancels-two-sound-of-freedom-screenings%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2024574&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The U.S. Southern Command Cancels \u2062Two &#8216;Sound of Freedom&#8217; Screenings<\/h2>\n<p>The U.S. Southern Command has canceled two planned free screenings\u2062 of the blockbuster movie \u201cSound of Freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although military \u2062officials\u200b said that\u200d the cancellation had to\u200c do with copyright laws, a report by Military Times indicated that opposition to \u200bthe film \u200bwas based on \u2063something \u200celse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is the idea and the ideology behind putting this on a military installation? Is\u200b this some form of indoctrination into an ideology of extremism?\u201d consultant Sunnetta Slaughter asked, \u2062according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/extremism-disinformation\/2023\/09\/05\/qanon-embraced-film-pulled-from-screening-on-base-at-southcom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Military\u200b Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Slaughter was referring to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-star-nfl-qb-gives-high-praise-sound-freedom-addresses-reporters-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">allegations<\/a> linking actor\u200c Jim Caviezel, who stars \u2063in the film, to QAnon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Because <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Southcom?\">@Southcom<\/a> does not \u200dwant their staff to know the\u200d truth.\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WakeUpAmerica?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WakeUpAmerica<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cdJxT45LJj\">https:\/\/t.co\/cdJxT45LJj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chuck Wanamaker (@TheGolfFather55) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheGolfFather55\/status\/1699467885674983799?\">September 6,\u200b 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAlthough the directors say they don\u2019t support it, the fact that they have\u2062 their \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-military-cancels-two-sound-of-freedom-screenings\/\" title=\"US Military Scraps Two 'Sound of Freedom' Showings\">main person constantly\u200d referencing<\/a> and leaning\u200d to a particular ideology is concerning for the film, and for the context and conversation \u2063around the film,\u201d she\u2063 said, adding that \u2062she was \u200cnot pleased with the film\u2019s overt support of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mccarthy-brings-sound-freedom-directly-congress-even-jim-caviezel-tim-ballard-showed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christianity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently as an explanation of the term \u201cQAnon,\u201d the Military\u200d Times story\u2064 linked to \u200ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/07\/19\/1188405402\/qanon-supporters-are-promoting-sound-of-freedom-heres-why\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July NPR\u2064 story<\/a> claiming Caviezel is \u201ca\u2064 prominent promoter of the false, violent QAnon conspiracy theory \u200b\u2014 specifically, the baseless\u2063 claim that an international cabal of elites is abusing and\u200b killing\u2063 children to extract a substance called adrenochrome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Military Times published \u2062its story under the label \u201cExtremism &#038; Disinformation\u201d with the headline, \u201cQAnon-embraced\u2062 film pulled from screening\u200c on-base at SOUTHCOM.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, \u200din speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/4191013-us-southern-command-cancels-two-showings-of-sound-of-freedom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>, \u200cofficials \u2063said the\u200d free Aug. \u206228 and Oct. 19 screenings had to be\u2062 scrapped due to \u201capplicable laws and regulations governing the \u2064use of materials\u200d subject to copyright\u200b and intellectual property laws for official or recreational purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInsofar as the film is concerned, following this review, a determination was made to cancel the screenings,\u201d Army Col. Emanuel Ortiz said in the\u2064 statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndividuals interested in\u200b viewing the film can still do so \u200cat a local theater of \u200dtheir\u200b choosing. The now-canceled\u200b screening was \u2064intended to help raise awareness \u2064of \u2062the nexus between [transnational criminal organizations] and\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/just-like-the-good-old-days-joe-biden-invades-syria-with-convoy-of-us-troops-and-choppers-on-first-full-day-as-president\/\" title=\"Just Like the Good Old Days: Joe Biden Invades Syria with Convoy of US Troops and Choppers on First Full Day as President\">human rights abuses<\/a> they \u200bfrequently commit\u2062 as\u200b part of\u200d their human smuggling activities,\u201d which\u200c sometimes falls within\u200c SOUTHCOM\u2019s area of responsibility,\u201d the\u2064 statement said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Two showings of the summer\u2019s sleeper hit \u200b\u201cSound of Freedom\u201d were planned and then CANCELED by the US Southern \u200bCommand.<br \/>\nHowever the US military AIR FORCE hosted a \u201ckid-friendly\u201d drag show at its Joint Base Langley-Eustis (JBLE) as part\u2062 of their \u2063\u201cDivers\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y2pJMBXyWW\">https:\/\/t.co\/Y2pJMBXyWW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Strong (@StrongLi2022) \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StrongLi2022\/status\/1699468108044591352?\">September 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>SOUTHCOM&#8217;s Decision and the Film&#8217;s Purpose<\/h3>\n<p>SOUTHCOM is one of 11 \u200bmilitary commands in the Department \u200cof Defense, responsible \u2064for U.S.\u200c military operations\u2062 in\u2063 Central and \u2063South\u2064 America and the Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz said the film had been picked by officials \u201cafter concluding it could help raise awareness of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-southern-command-cancels-2-planned-screenings-of-child-trafficking-movie-sound-of-freedom\/\" title=\"US Southern Command cancels 2 screenings of child trafficking film 'Sound of Freedom'.\">human rights issues closely<\/a> associated with the nefarious activities of \u200ctransnational criminal organizations \u2026 operating in Central America, South \u200cAmerica\u200d and the Caribbean, where SOUTHCOM closely partners with \u2062Host Nations \u2062to counter the threat posed\u200b by those violent criminal \u200bgroups to our hemisphere \u200dand its citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The goal of the screenings, he said, was \u2064to \u201ceducate\u200b and inform our \u2064members of these issues \u200bdepicted in \u200cthe\u200d movie\u2019s central story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Military Times noted that when the screenings were announced,\u2062 the \u2062flyer noted at the bottom that,\u200c \u00a0\u201cThe showing of this film does not\u200d imply or constitute endorsement\u2063 by the U.S. Army nor \u2063SOUTHCOM.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I guess \u201cSound \u200bof Freedom\u201d is Qanon extremist\u2062 disinformation\u2026 according to the US Military.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ECijdl4tbM\">https:\/\/t.co\/ECijdl4tbM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jonathan V.\u2062 Shore (@jvshore75) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jvshore75\/status\/1699520234124640640?\">September 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>The Impact of &#8220;Sound of Freedom&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>The movie is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hundreds-theaters-scramble-add-sound-freedom-studio-responds-reports-suppression\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dramatization<\/a> of the actions of Tim Ballard, who worked for \u2062the Department of \u2063Homeland Security \u2062before breaking away to focus on the\u200b fight against human trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>As \u2063noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/accountability\/media\/us-southern-command-cancels-sound-freedom-screenings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just the News<\/a>, the \u2063film has received support from \u2062those in\u2064 law enforcement who said it highlights a \u2062major issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a \u2062wildfire. \u2064I\u200b haven\u2019t \u200dseen Sound of Freedom,\u201d former FBI Intelligence Chief\u2063 Kevin Brock said. \u201cBut I can\u200d almost assure your\u2062 audience that whatever \u2062they saw there is worse in reality.\u200b And human trafficking, the exploitation of children is so mind numbingly devastating that it\u2019s hard to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-military-cancels-two-sound-freedom-screenings\/\">US Military\u200b Cancels Two &#8216;Sound \u200cof Freedom&#8217; Screenings<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western \u2062Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Southern Command scrapped two free showings of &#8220;Sound of Freedom,&#8221; citing copyright laws. However, Military Times suggested that the film faced opposition due to an undisclosed reason. 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