HBO, Game of Thrones Creators Come Up With a Series That’s a White Nationalist’s Wet Dream

In today’s “Who asked for this?” news, Game of Thrones creators have a new show coming to HBO called Confederate. Showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss’ show will give an alternative spin to history, and show what the world would be like if the Confederacy won the war. Basically, it sounds like every member of…

In today’s “Who asked for this?” news, Game of Thrones creators have a new show coming to HBO called Confederate. Showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss’ show will give an alternative spin to history, and show what the world would be like if the Confederacy won the war. Basically, it sounds like every member of Storm Front’s wet dream.

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The story will take place during the fictional Third American Civil War and will show a world where slavery has remained legal and has continued into the modern era. So I guess that’s where the two black executive producers and writers Nichelle Tramble Spellman (Justified, The Good Wife) and Malcolm Spellman (Empire) come into play.

The show will include freedom fighters, slave hunters, abolitionists, politicians and journalists, and social media isn’t too impressed:

https://twitter.com/StaceGots/status/887783529756712971
https://twitter.com/damesmith/status/887784973478096896
https://twitter.com/InstantRHIplay/status/887784761867087873
https://twitter.com/secondkoan/status/887783941817716742
https://twitter.com/samswey/status/887786988950179840

“There won’t be dragons or White Walkers in this series, but we are creating a world,” the creators said.

Yeah, a world no one asked for. Well, except probably Richard Spencer.

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