in fact she seems to say Auschwitz was worse than the liberation pictures show...but it's very odd that the pictures are fakes
I think this is probably something like the "AOC staring at a parking lot crying" situation.
Someones trying to create an emotionally evocative image for manipulation sake, and, since reality is often pretty mundane and lackluster, they need to conjure up something that just immediately churns the guts and gets people emotionally invested. Even if the piece doing that is completely fabricated for that purpose.
That doesn't make it right or okay, but I can see a situation where both something happened and The Powers That Be immediately got to work constructing the narrative to their benefit and purpose even if that ceased to be anything more than "based on a true story" level. And they just kept building off that until the numbers and claims reached parodic levels.
That doesn't make it right or okay, but I can see a situation where both something happened and The Powers That Be immediately got to work constructing the narrative to their benefit
Yup, I think that's exactly it. And it's not even a reach, but people freak out regardless.
Honestly, an obvious true statement like "Propaganda is a real thing, and people can benefit by exaggerating and pushing an angle" is more plausible than the official story, exactly as written.
I think this is probably something like the "AOC staring at a parking lot crying" situation.
Someones trying to create an emotionally evocative image for manipulation sake, and, since reality is often pretty mundane and lackluster, they need to conjure up something that just immediately churns the guts and gets people emotionally invested. Even if the piece doing that is completely fabricated for that purpose.
That doesn't make it right or okay, but I can see a situation where both something happened and The Powers That Be immediately got to work constructing the narrative to their benefit and purpose even if that ceased to be anything more than "based on a true story" level. And they just kept building off that until the numbers and claims reached parodic levels.
Yup, I think that's exactly it. And it's not even a reach, but people freak out regardless.
Honestly, an obvious true statement like "Propaganda is a real thing, and people can benefit by exaggerating and pushing an angle" is more plausible than the official story, exactly as written.