• Pentacat [he/him]
      hexbear
      56
      16 days ago

      They know they’re pieces of shit. They’re proud of being the bad guys. The fact that they’re protected by the US government at all levels while being the worst people on earth is a rush for them.

    • davel [he/him]
      hexbear
      34
      16 days ago

      🤷 The same way the Brownshirts did, I imagine.

  • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
    hexbear
    55
    16 days ago

    Wasn't israel doing this with drones to try and lure people out of their homes to shoot them? Settlers continue being normal.

    • Torenico [he/him]
      hexbear
      20
      16 days ago

      Yes, stuff so evil it's hard to believe it's real. But it is, and all zionists will get the wall for this.

  • citrussy_capybara [ze/hir]
    hexbear
    46
    16 days ago

    As a way to make her talk, Meero orders an ISB worker to use an audio torture device on Bix that continuously plays the dying screams of children over and over through a pair of headphones. The screams come from an Imperial genocide that took place on the planet Dizon Frey, with the native Dizonites being culled by the Empire during colonization efforts and the construction of a refueling center.

    "The massacre of the Dizonites was broadcast and recorded as proof of mission," the ISB worker says. "They make a sound as they die — a sort of choral, agonized pleading. It's quite unlike anything anyone has ever heard before." According to the worker, a trio of communications officers monitoring the broadcast were later found in various states of emotional distress. He tells Bix: "We've taken the recordings and modified them slightly. Layering, adjusting. And we found a section of what we believe are primarily children, which has its own particular effect."

    • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
      hexbear
      26
      edit-2
      16 days ago

      I had this in mind too, and this time I don't even feel bad for comparing real life to le epic series, because we're just pointing it out, these motherfuckers are the ones actually doing it.

      Fascists continue to be, among other things, really fucking cringe and tryhard in their emulation of fictional bad guys.

      • Dessa [she/her]
        hexbear
        14
        edit-2
        16 days ago

        I suspect the Andor writers did their homework. It echoes so many RL colonialist and revolutionary narratives.

  • dat_math [they/them]
    hexbear
    31
    16 days ago

    I'm confused. Were the pro israel mob trying to say something like "hamas kills babies" or were they dabbing on people who know about israel's lure tactics with this kind of sound?

  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
    hexbear
    30
    16 days ago

    Imagine if the pro-Israel mob chanted this: "We're gonna cosplay as Israeli murder drones in Gaza. You are evil! We are perfectly normal!"

  • D61 [any]
    hexbear
    20
    16 days ago

    Waiting for the Zionist tiki torch march and chants of "You will not replace us!" as they surround pro Palestinian/anti genocide protesters.

  • sexywheat [none/use name]
    hexbear
    6
    16 days ago

    The videos of the pro-Israel brownshirts look like the most insufferable fucking meat head frat boys that you can imagine. Can't say I'm surprised in the slightest.