• M137@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      “The families of” and “the people of” reads very differently. And starting it with “the families of Israel” makes that the main point. I have no idea about Obamas views on this, but I know he’s intelligent enough to choose his words carefully. And those words absolutely makes Israeli citizens look more like the victims here.

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        2 days ago

        Yeah.

        He’s using a Propaganda trick of choosing certain to elicit more positive feelings in the audience towards one side than towards the other, whilst the message itself seems neutral so he can claim neutrality (even better: people tend to take in more easily messages that seem neutral).

        It’s a form of manipulation, which he deploys to favor Israel (a country to whom under his orders a lot of American Taxpayer’s money was given).