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The good guys (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 27 points 2 months ago (6 children)

In an age of unprecedented amounts and quality of propaganda i have no qualms about questioning an image for authenticity. I also have no problem seeing the ugliness or terrorism committed, i just think it's important to vet information more than ever these days. I fully believe they were doing what they did there, and the article was helpful in gaining perspective on the situation on the ground there. Absolutely abhorrent.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (5 children)

    Of course you have the right to question anything these days on the internet, my rant was meant for the deniers and doubters.

    the first subliminal response of the American mind will be to question this factual war crime because of of the counter propaganda image that was created by the us government & then fed to them from day 0 throughout their lifetime.

    This propaganda is spoon fed in video games, tv ads, tv shows, movies, sport event, …etc

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    No, I think most Americans think more along the lines of "Yes, we committed atrocities in Vietnam, but it was an unfortunate consequence of war, which is never pretty." Some McCarthy-aligned Americans would follow that up with "To make an omelette (stop communism) you need to crack some eggs (kill civilians)."

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    What you said is exactly what dehumanizing means. And that last part is just pure evil since it justifies annihilating humans for propaganda.

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