US Southern Command Cancels ‘Sound Of Freedom’ Screenings
The left’s war on conservative blockbuster film “Sound of Freedom” gained a new ally — the U.S. military. Screenings for the movie to be held at U.S. Southern Command, or Southcom, headquarters were suddenly canceled.
This action came after The Military Times questioned the showings. The outlet trashed the anti-child trafficking work as “QAnon-embraced” and “Christian-faith-based” in an apparent effort to discourage viewership and taint its powerful message.
The disparaging article also criticized real-life agent Tim Ballard, who made it his personal mission to rescue children caught in the international trafficking web.
Perhaps the report should come as no surprise considering the background of both Military Times reporters. They are described as veterans of the left-wing Texas Tribune in their bios.
“Sound of Freedom” was scheduled to be shown at Southcom headquarters in Doral, Florida. The Aug. 28 and Oct. 19 showings were abruptly canceled, however, for the movie which has grossed an estimated $182 million.
All locally-based personnel had been invited to the screenings in an email flier.
The communication described the showings as “in support of SOUTHCOM’s mission to promote respect for human rights and combating trafficking in persons in Central and South America and the Caribbean.”
The material explained that showing “Sound of Freedom” would not suggest endorsement by the military.
Leftist critics charged that presenting the movie would impugn the military’s apolitical stance, as if that was a real thing. It may once have been, but Biden’s woke armed forces have swung far to the left end of the political spectrum.
Southcom asserted after the cancellation that the action was taken to avoid “copyright infringement.” It said that the central theme of “Sound of Freedom” aligned with its human rights mission “and will serve to raise awareness of trafficking in human persons.”
Critics, however, had charged the screenings would blur the line of “separation of church and state.”
The powerful film outpaced two well-established franchises at the box office, Indiana Jones and Mission Impossible. With a very limited marketing budget, this feat was accomplished almost entirely by testimonials from those inspired by its message.
It also gained a fan in former President Donald Trump, who pledged to make human trafficking a capital offense if reelected to the White House.
