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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by postsantum on Sunday May 23, 2021 @09:47PM (#27260385)
That's not always obvious. Luckily, we have a lot of movies showing us the difference between goodies and baddies
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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by itsyaboi on Monday May 24, 2021 @12:02AM (#27260994)
It's a good thing we have Hollywood to help us calibrate our moral compasses!
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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by ajnin on Monday May 24, 2021 @10:44AM (#27264929)
You're getting downvoted but the producer of the show "24" has stated that it was a "patriotic" show and it's at least in part responsible for the acceptance in the American public opinion of the torture inflicted upon terrorism suspects post-9/11. TV/movies are not mere entertainment, they often carry a message.
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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by postsantum on Monday May 24, 2021 @09:14PM (#27271643)
It's an open secret that US military influences movies to whitewash themselves. The message is that regardless of some dark pages of history, military and CIA are fundamentally the Good Guys(tm)

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/27/nsec-f27.html

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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by Dah00n on Monday May 24, 2021 @05:53AM (#27262583)
Yeah, look at Hollywood and calibrate to the opposite!
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