Most Americans have their talking points ready to go around certain topics: healthcare, guns etc. But if you get anything that attacks the capitalism, building the country off of slave labor, or the country being the product of a genocide, that's when the propaganda really kicks in.

Oh and if you call it propaganda, then the denialism gets even stronger.

[–] SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Spaniard here, you get very, very similar reactions here from a lot of people (possibly a lower percentage) if you dare to question the process of colonization or call out the barbaric behavior of some historical figures that have become a part of the national myth. Nationalism is a brain disease.

[–] Tak@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

You get the same shit from most nationalities.

Nobody is immune to propaganda.