Philippe
Diaz is the deranged CEO of Cinema Libre Studios, an LA-based movie production
and distribution company, nominally “
of independent narratives and social
issue, documentary films” (and though Diaz is French, he lives in the US
and qualifies for an entry here). In particular, Cinema Libre produced
Andrew Wakefield’s
“documentary” Vaxxed, which according to Diaz took up
an issue that “has been suppressed for far too long”. And when the
conspiracy nonsense and misinformation in Wakefield’s film started to receive
the criticism it amply deserved, Diaz predictably threatened critics with legal action– indeed, Diaz wanted critics “prosecuted”,
apparently under the delusion that criticizing the movie and petitioning venues
not to show the film is a crime. The threats were of course intented to intimidate critics
into silence so that they wouldn’t get his film canceled because the film’s critics ostensibly doesn’t value free speech like he does. So it goes. Also, “the movie
[Vaxxed] is not anti-vaccine and neither is Dr. Wakefield.
Rather, it promotes safe vaccine protocols,” said Philippe Diaz.Diagnosis:
Though we may not have any insight into Diaz’s personal views on vaccination,
it is clear that he has established himself as one of today’s central promoter
of anti-vaccine misinformation, and his legal thuggery more than indicates that
he’s a piece of garbage through and through.
