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ileftherbackhome · 7 months ago

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it does NOT surprise me that there are SO MANY tabloid movies coming out being labelled as "documentaries" filled with "friend of a friend of a friend" claims or like heavily, heavily, heavily biased with a clear narrative the filmmaker wanted to push from the beginning that tells only one possible explanation of the truth.

usually if a documentary is trying really, really, really, really hard to make you think a certain way, it's a propaganda piece. you shouldn't have to force feed your audience the "right" opinion to take away from the film evidence. you should present the full story as accurately as possible with real historical evidence to back up the storyline and the audience will walk away with the right idea.

documentaries should not have an overly persuasive tone to them because you should be able to follow the facts to get to the right answer yourself. if you find yourself walking away from a documentary feeling nothing but "wow this proves exactly what i suspected to be true why arent more people angry about niche radicalizing viewpoint that most people find to be inaccurate" you should recognize that as the first step to being indoctrinated into extremist behaviors and thoughts.

#if someone starts telling me about how much they love watching documentaries and its all super emotional hit pieces on bad celebrities #im like BIG yikes and i stay clear from them emotionally like no fucking thank you #i am a snob about documentaries sorry and i have no idea if im right in my thinking i just think this is how it should be imo #yall should walk away from a documentary understanding how someone can come to the wrong conclusion about something #because the documentary should always present the opposing view point in as sympathetic light as possible #steel man the argument then use facts to demolize it #if a documentary about a controversial or political issue #documentaries that lie manipulate rely on emotional support rather thana factual support are bad imo #because it often radicalizes people to the wrong side once they find the steal man argument against ur position #there is a reason people believe certain things #for example my terfs are lying about the original definition of woman argument post #in it i accept the possibility that woman could be defined this way only if u insist on denying factual history #i explicitly state woman was a white female child because it forces well meaning terfs to investigate the truth of my claim #and it forces them to confront the fact that their argument against trans women can be applied to people they think are in fact real women #you have to be willing to engage with repulsive ideas to show why they're factually incorrect.#im not saying the tone has to be completely passive but you have to be FACTUAL with your documentaries.#i am genuinely of the opinion that the facts will convince anyone because all people just want to be right at the end of the day.

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