The effete-Euroweenie part of the world that laughs at Trump is not worhy of consideration. I don't see a lot of laughing at Trump in India, or in Poland, or in Taiwan, or in a lot of other places where people are more grounded in reality.
Posted on 05/04/2020 7:57:20 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
It looks, at first, like one of a zillion unfunny video clips that now circulate on the internet: “Once Upon a Virus” features cheap animation, cheesy music, and sarcastic dialogue between China—represented by a Lego terra-cotta warrior with a low, masculine voice—and the United States, represented by a Lego Statue of Liberty with a high, squeaky voice. They “speak” in short sentences:
“We discovered a new virus,” says the warrior. “So what?” says the Statue of Liberty.
“It’s dangerous,” says the warrior. “It’s only a flu,” says Statue of Liberty.
“Wear a mask,” says the warrior. “Don’t wear a mask,” says the Statue of Liberty.
“Stay at home,” says the warrior. “It’s violating human rights,” says the Statue of Liberty
The dialogue goes on like that—“It will go away in April,” the Statue of Liberty says at one point—until it ends, finally, with the statue on an intravenous drip making wild and contradictory statements while the warrior jeers at her.
Although this looks like an I’m-bored-at-home amateur production, it is not: The video was published on April 30 by Xinhua, the official Chinese news agency. It has since been promoted by Chinese diplomats and watched, as of yesterday afternoon, by more than 1.6 million people around the world.
It has also been mocked and denounced as crude propaganda—which, of course, it is. Crude propaganda is what China’s leaders do, both at home and abroad, and since the pandemic began they have stepped up their efforts. But even those who are mocking should beware: Anybody who knows any history will be aware that propaganda—even the most obvious, most shameless propaganda—sometimes works. And it works not because people necessarily believe that all of it is true, but because they respect the capabilities or fear the power of the people who produced it.
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Or drive them to suicide.
My bad.
That saying inspired my method of keeping other cars away from me while driving in NYC. It works.
For over forty years I’ve hear this. It’s only Republican Presidents do they truly fear or respect.
i meant I’ve heard this
Crying wolf sometimes works too, except from those with Trump Derangement Syndrome who have been crying continuously for the past 4 years.
.....but I'm going to dedicate an entire column to China's effort.
God help us if he doesn’t get in. The press hates all Republicans, especially Trump and Nixon.
We’ll see who’s laughing in November, you elitist pig.
Based on history, it would appear so.
Anne Applebaum and Maggie Haberman are two peas in a pod. They hate Trump with a passion.
I’m not laughing at the Atlantic. Just shaking my head about it, and most global media, having been hoodwinked by the CCP (and by the CCCP in Cold War times).
I don’t think the rest of the world is laughing. They spent hard currency on useless medical equipment and PPEs from China
The vacuum that opened up only exists in the minds of these socialist intellectualoids. Populists around the world will soon be laughing at the globalist stupidity that belongs, along with Marxism, on the manure pile of history.
Right. And who cares about "the rest of the world"?
But the rest of the US is laughing at the people in a city so stupid, that they left the subways and buses running during a volatile pandemic.....needlessly killing thousands of their own citizens.
Yeah, the Euro-filth are probably not laughing much anyway, as they are busy being over-run by murdering muzzards.
BS. And the American people are mostly applauding Trump
LOL...The leftist totally control the media and every TV station. After decades of these controlling leftist, you still don't know what they're all about? Ya need a steady diet of this?
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