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Re: Acts of political violence are often designed to be witnessed.

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The Starmaker wrote:
> 
> The Starmaker wrote:
> >
> > "Acts of political violence are often designed to be witnessed.
> > Executions, massacres, rapes, and lynchings are frequently performed in
> > front of audiences or carried out in ways that leave traces for all to
> > see. And even when such acts are ostensibly concealed, they are
> > sometimes  covered up so neglectfully that one is left to wonder whether the
> > discovery isn’t part of the perpetrators’ strategy. Such formations of
> > violence  produce political effects in part through their theatricality.
> > Staged violence elicits a range of affective responses from audiences,
> > including fear, shock, and horror but also pleasure."
> 
> There is two sides to every coin...
> 
> https://www.wsj.com/video/series/on-the-news/we-dont-know-where-to-go-gazans-on-israels-evacuation-demand/249F58A8-E8CD-4099-B927-B8356404BBDB
> 
> which side of the coin are they showing you?


There are two sides to every coin...

https://www.netflix.com/title/81077863/



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to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, 
and challenge the unchallengeable.

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Re: Acts of political violence are often designed to be witnessed. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2023-10-15 18:26 -0700

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