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jaybrendansmith ◴[] No.44089027[source]
This is the last time I felt the power of the propaganda machine. (The most recent time was the 2024 election) It was so obvious to myself and my friends that this was completely cooked up intelligence. And yet the truth was not getting out, and had fooled many people with this strange groupthink, almost like a dumb, braying herd animal, where the collective intelligence was utterly ambushed and tied up in a sack. I don't like feeling powerless, yet I have this feeling that our voices have been smothered of late, destroyed by ridiculous talking points.
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princealiiiii ◴[] No.44089221[source]
The same propoganda machine has been on full effect in Israel's war on Gaza with American support. As soon as the attacks happened, there was a rush of propaganda (40 beheaded babies, mass rapes) to make the Hamas attacks seem completely unprovoked to justify the complete destruction of Gaza. The good news is Americans are more questioning this time of why they need to be involved in this at all.
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Duwensatzaj ◴[] No.44093507[source]
What’s hilarious is how the “40 beheaded babies” claim is indeed propaganda - from Hamas apologists.

The original statement is that 40 infants were murdered during the Oct 7th massacre and infants were beheaded, no number given. This somehow mutated into the claim that all 40 murdered infants were beheaded so the claim could be ridiculed.

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zoklet-enjoyer ◴[] No.44093592[source]
Nope https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas_baby_beheading_hoax
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1. Duwensatzaj ◴[] No.44202579[source]
Sorry, I don't have Gell-Mann amnesia - Wikipedia is not a trustworthy source on controversial claims like this based on the outright lies I've seen on things I know.