#again. an exploitation of a hugely traumatic event where he was the perpetrator of this trauma

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most insane thing i stumbled upon this week was waltz with bashir. at first i thought i misunderstood the movie but no it really is an idf soldiers woe is me narrative where he says look! were soldiers and we also have ptsd and we feel immense guilt after inflicting ghastly horrors upon completely innocent people but literally idgaf. it may just be me but i do not think that a massacre thats part of a larger campaign of ethical cleansing should be a backdrop for a soldier’s sob story. like are u kidding me. are u fucking serious. like go art or whatever but the movie is a disgusting exploitation of palestinian trauma. and yes the lebanese militia did have a role in this but im not seeing them make movies where theyre like oh no :( i was a literal war criminal enforcing genocide and now i feel bad for it :( its just sick sick sick how the whole premise and plot of this is just a lack of self awareness and a grotesque trivialization of human suffering in the face of actual imperialism. like do u get it. it wouldve been completely different if he actually acknowledged that the idf has done some truly terrible things and their methods are inhumane and the whole conflict is just a slow paced genocide but its all about him and his guilt. and then he went on to get critical acclaim for it bc the soundtrack and the animation style made him an intellectual at cannes or whatever disgusting