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Re:Nazi Symbols on Ukraine’s Front Lines Highlight Thorny Is... by JumpinJack_Cash on Monday June 05, 2023 @02:57PM (#36201361)
> > And tbh teaching about nazi atrocities leads to 5% creation of nazis sounds like something pulled from air without proofs

Russians are painted as evil as Nazi in American movies and yet I love MIGs and everything I know about MIGs and AKs and their resilence I learned from movies.

A movie needs to depict close contest in order to be entertaining (even if the good guys eventually win). A close contest always brings PR to the losing side as well.

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Re:Nazi Symbols on Ukraine’s Front Lines Highlight Thorny Is... by bell-cot on Monday June 05, 2023 @04:08PM (#36202819)
Easy to fix - make sure all movie villains are drawn from fantasy - dark lords (black robes, sinister metallic masks), eldritch abominations (lots of eyestalks & tentacles, no sign of bones nor clothing), fire-breathing dragons, ...
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