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How is kindness a bad thing? I thought that was universally agreed to be a good message to have in a piece of media. I guess the excuse is they don't want media to have messages at all but like, how would you even have a movie where the hero has no values that they stand for?

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[–] missingno@fedia.io 108 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Propaganda is powerful. You convince your followers that some classes of people don't deserve kindness, you convince them that everything out of Hollywood is part of a leftist agenda, and once they believe both of those statements it's very easy to spin this as further proof of the narrative they've already bought into.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 60 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hey, fascists don't deserve kindness.

[–] 13igTyme@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (5 children)

But what if you kill them with kindness?

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

I don't care how you do it, it's something that must be done either way.

[–] helvetpuli@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Just be sure to make it look like an accident.

[–] 13igTyme@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Like Bob Ross, just a happy accident.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago

Feels wrong to hide it.

Whatever gets the job done.

[–] Jaybird@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

In that case, the end justify the means. :-)

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm just baffled because not only is it way easier to not hate people, it's way more beneficial for everyone.

These people are taking two mile hikes to find the perfect deer shit to shove down their throats.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

You forget who benefits. It's not the majority, correct.

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That's fully understood, we're talking about propaganda, and I'm talking about who that propaganda affects.

You're not wrong though at all. Arm yourself, convince anyone you can to do the same.

Only war is class war and I aim to win this bitch