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minus-squaregeneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up87arrow-down1·7 days agoYou might not be familiar with it but “people under 18” is a long standing propaganda trope. What Reuters could have said is “Children, defined as people under 18”. But they hit the “people under 18” keyphrase.
minus-squareevasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·7 days agoIt’s because they want people to mentally subtract “military-age males” from the figures.
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·edit-27 days ago “Children, defined as people under 18” People under 18 whom it defines as children Aside from including your ‘meme phrase’, I don’t see the difference
minus-squaregeneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-27 days agoWomen and children are usually two subsequent words which imply innocent people not involved in any combat.
minus-squareflamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·7 days agoOh, didn’t know about the meme, thanks
You might not be familiar with it but “people under 18” is a long standing propaganda trope.
What Reuters could have said is “Children, defined as people under 18”. But they hit the “people under 18” keyphrase.
It’s because they want people to mentally subtract “military-age males” from the figures.
Aside from including your ‘meme phrase’, I don’t see the difference
Women and children are usually two subsequent words which imply innocent people not involved in any combat.
Oh, didn’t know about the meme, thanks
“meme”