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1. Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 04-Jan-2019 04:09:23 UTC Bernie

   As trip to Vietnam is not complete without visiting the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City...

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 04-Jan-2019 04:11:15 UTC Bernie

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     "Americans harshly criticized the museum for its propaganda and glorification of their victory..."

     Hmm, now I'm curious. So far, Vietnam has been surprisingly free of propaganda posters typical of other socialist countries I visited. Or perhaps it's just more subtle and I didn't notice?

     https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Remnants_Museum

   • allan 📊 (allan@mastodon.club)'s status on Friday, 04-Jan-2019 04:22:51 UTC allan 📊

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     @codewiz it might depend on the Americans as well.

     I met some American tourists in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum that were upset at all the anti-American propaganda. Which is not how I would have described that experience.

     America loves to glorify it's wars and does't take kindly to the opposing view, in my experience.

     Bernie repeated this.
   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 04-Jan-2019 05:30:03 UTC Bernie

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     • allan 📊

     @allan I haven't seen any anti-American propaganda in the Hiroshima Peace Park either... Unless "war is horrible" could be interpreted as anti-American.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 04-Jan-2019 06:01:23 UTC Bernie

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     • allan 📊

     @allan Ok, to be fair, there *is* some propaganda in this museum...

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   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 04-Jan-2019 07:02:37 UTC Bernie

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     • allan 📊

     @allan I wish more Americans visited war museums around the world, especially for wars in which they were directly involved. It takes guts, but perhaps seeing those horrors will make them think twice before authorizing the next military action?

     Bernie repeated this.
   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 04-Jan-2019 07:04:50 UTC Bernie

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     • allan 📊

     @allan peace propaganda is best propaganda

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 04-Jan-2019 07:14:45 UTC Bernie

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     • allan 📊

     @allan @allan peace propaganda is best propaganda.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 04-Jan-2019 07:17:02 UTC Bernie

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     • allan 📊

     @allan Peace propaganda is best propaganda.