‘Hidden Life’ Offers a Rare Insight Into the Right to Not Bear Arms

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HiddenLife offers a rare insight into the right to not bear arms

, is one of the few movies to explore the world of a conscientious objector, based on real-life Austrian farmer Franz Jagerstatter. He refused to cooperate with the Nazis, saying, “We can’t remain silent in the face of evil. We have to confront it.”

Example No. 1: Actor Lew Ayres, who worked regularly in 1930s Hollywood. His career nearly ended in 1942, when he was given 4E, conscientious objector, status. The public considered him a traitor, but calmed down when he served 3½ years in the Medical Corps. In 1948, Hollywood showed that all was “forgiven” when he waswhen he converted to Islam. Then, as now, the public had severe Islamophobia.

The next biggie was Mel Gibson’s excellent “Hacksaw Ridge” , winner of two Oscars out of seven nominations in its dramatization of the true-life story of Seventh Day Adventist Desmond Doss in WWII.

 

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