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Yesterday, a coworker told me that living through current events was like living in the Starship Troopers movie during the Buenos Aires attack. What do I even tell him on Monday? (hexbear.net)

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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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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ask him if he understand, really understands, why dougie houser shows up wearing a full nazi uniform at the end

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Narrator voice: "He doesn't. He insisted it was just a cool uniform and that looking further than that is 'seeing something that isn't there.'" morshupls