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HandmaidsTaleUntold

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10. Typical Propaganda

Reply to LeftInTX (Original post)

Sun May 12, 2024, 03:21 PM

May 12

Just play with the numbers like it’s a marketing gimmick. Reagan used to do this. I recall when unemployment went down. But he just added members of the military that weren’t included before.

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Changes in UN Gaza fatalities numbers due to reporting method - info - no flames please [View all] LeftInTX May 12 OP

And as noted in the graph... Think. Again. May 12 #1

218 days since Oct 7 Marcus IM May 12 #2

Why bother, didn't do any good. Better to be cynical and ignore all the dying. lostnfound May 12 #9

Fighting over numbers. SarahD May 12 #3

Good/bad people on both sides? Marcus IM May 12 #4

I know. We disregard the facts of violence and death. SarahD May 12 #5

The numbers are hopeless and unusable to any but the innumerate. gulliver May 12 #8

The numbers Hamas puts out are statistically impossible NickB79 May 12 #6

Thank you for posting this, K&R. Celerity May 12 #7

Typical Propaganda HandmaidsTaleUntold May 12 #10

Are there any figures for UNIDENTIFIED? AverageOldGuy May 12 #11

+1000 Agree wirh all you say. AloeVera May 17 #23

And children defined as up to how old? EX500rider May 12 #12

I don't understand that thinking. AloeVera May 17 #24

No children aren't children if they are eighteen or seventeen EX500rider May 17 #25

Is that why there are so many 13-17 year olds in the IDF? AloeVera May 17 #27

I consider them a adolescent or teenager or young adult EX500rider May 17 #30

enough et tu May 12 #13

In case there is confusion, here is why there are unidentified Don1 May 12 #14

Thx, makes sense "The collapse of healthcare infrastructure has left thousands of dead unidentified..." nt cliffside May 12 #19

It's the situation in the north... AloeVera May 17 #28

Not just a north problem, as things closed down in the north and people were told to move south ... cliffside May 17 #29

Kudos to your parents. AloeVera May 17 #31

Thx! And as you said "Travel absolutely broadens the mind!!! ... cliffside May 18 #32

I don't trust Hamas or the IDF to give truthful stats... WarGamer May 12 #15

It's official LiberaBlueDem May 12 #16

Isn't that number about what has been reported all along. brush May 17 #26

Yes LiberaBlueDem May 18 #33

Thank you for digging deeper and posting the links. nt cliffside May 12 #17

We have names, photos, and background stories on most of the Israeli casualties from Octoner 7. lees1975 May 12 #18

UN Peacekeepers manicdem May 13 #21

Revised numbers seem more credible. manicdem May 13 #20

No..they consider it to be Israel's fault. LeftInTX May 13 #22