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submitted 11 months ago by UlyssesT@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

Yes, he described Palestinians as "the bugs" and said some other really fucking ignorant quotes from that movie without the slightest understanding of Paul Verhoeven's intent (his effort may have been doomed from the start; he even scolded actors on set for "not getting it" and just enjoying the fascism).

I have some license with what I say because I'm moving and transferring out of state in a few weeks but I also don't want to have a bad mark on my record by saying something particularly scary about the IDF, so what should I tell him on Monday?

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[-] Misanthropic_Stork@lemmy.ml 9 points 11 months ago

This is acktshully quite an apt comparison! In parallel with the ""resumption"" of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the media omit to mention that the war didn't start with the attack on Buenos Aires, but with the establishment of colonies in the bugs' space. They are just as much otherized (in the movie, by their obvious non-human nature), and we're fed daily with apologetic propaganda for their eradication by any means necessary. If you can refine that, I think that's worth mentioning to him.

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