(08-04-2015, 10:45 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Best part was at the end when it warned against turning people against each other based on race or religion.  That is why it is so annoying to hear you use negative racial stereotypes to describe every member of certain races and religions. Or when I hear others on here preaching from the gospel of Ayn Rand and claiming that every lower class person is too lazy to work. Or when I hear all the people supporting the lies Donald Trumps spews about immigrants.

You guys are the ones destroying our country.

(08-04-2015, 10:45 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Best part was at the end when it warned against turning people against each other based on race or religion.  That is why it is so annoying to hear you use negative racial stereotypes to describe every member of certain races and religions. Or when I hear others on here preaching from the gospel of Ayn Rand and claiming that every lower class person is too lazy to work. Or when I hear all the people supporting the lies Donald Trumps spews about immigrants.

You guys are the ones destroying our country.

(08-04-2015, 10:45 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Best part was at the end when it warned against turning people against each other based on race or religion.  That is why it is so annoying to hear you use negative racial stereotypes to describe every member of certain races and religions. Or when I hear others on here preaching from the gospel of Ayn Rand and claiming that every lower class person is too lazy to work. Or when I hear all the people supporting the lies Donald Trumps spews about immigrants.

You guys are the ones destroying our country.

(08-05-2015, 01:10 AM)Rotobeast Wrote: We're all to blame for falling into the mindset of thumping our chests and claiming superiority.
We dwell on differences,  when there are so many similarities that could be pulling us together.
We need a culture change and we need it fast.

(08-05-2015, 12:34 AM)CKwi88 Wrote: To be fair, they probably just meant white and christian. Just look at the representatives in the video. Coincidence that they "bad guy" is the only dark skinned one? 

I find the video amusing because I've found that people usually associate the propaganda machine with fascist Germany or communist Russia. The video goes to show that the US wasn't any better than the other two, it was just feeding the public unicorns and rainbows about capitalism instead of another -ism. It's a pretty standard propaganda piece. Did it prop whatever it supports with some bogus logic? Check. Did it play to the fears of the population with some bogus claims? Check. 

The video shows how people are still stuck in the 1940s mindset, and refuse to catch up to the rest of the world. 

(08-05-2015, 07:49 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: Things like this make me think about Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson speaking out against "hyphenate Americans" in the sense that we all should just focus on being Americans. Of course, both of them had prejudices and acted on them just like others, and the sentiment expressed there was more about bringing them into the fold rather than seeing each other as equals, but still. If you look on the surface it was a nice sentiment.