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fandomsecrets2014-05-02 06:39 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2014-05-02 06:39 pm
[ SECRET POST #2677 ]
⌈ Secret Post #2677 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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[The Scribbler]
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[bioshock infinite: burial at sea]
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[True Detective]
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[fire emblem/super smash bros]
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[World of Warcraft]
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12. [SPOILERS for Hannibal]
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13. [SPOILERS for Bioshock: Infinite]
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14. [SPOILERS for Game of Thrones]
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15. [WARNING for rape/abuse I'm assuming? Ramsay/Theon stuff]
http://i.imgur.com/Xo0GSkI.png
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16. [WARNING for mental illness/hospitals]
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17. [WARNING for depression]
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18. [WARNING for eating disorders]
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19. [WARNING for rape]
[Game of Thrones]
Notes:
Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 000 secrets from Secret Submission Post #382.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
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So, here's where I get you: the Germans, in general, shouldn't get shit for what some of them did a generation ago. And in a fair world, Americans would be the bad guys more often (but we don't live in a fair world and, as someone else has already pointed out, America is generally a primary market).
But...the rest?
First, the Russians and Japanese definitely do get portrayed as villains. Second, people definitely do criticize Israel and portray it poorly. Third, the reason it's so easy and so popular to use "Nazi" as shorthand for "bad guy" is because the Nazis are a morally clean enemy. By that, I mean that there is absolutely no way to justify what they did. Why would people make a big deal out of genocide, and focus on that over other types of dickish behavior? Because it's fucking genocide. I'm sorry that your countrymen were intimately involved in it, but that doesn't actually change anything. As an American, I don't freak out on people for criticizing the US. I accept the reality that my country has done some fucked up shit.
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I agree and I actually wish people would talk about it more. Shit needs to be talked about.
Also, your point about moral ambiguity is a good one and probably part of the reason it is what it is.
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There's a lot of people who view patriotism as blind allegiance ("my country, right or wrong"), but I think they're wrong. To me, patriotism in a democracy/republic means speaking up when your country does something wrong. It means trying to change things. And you can't change what you don't know needs changing.
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