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North Korea calls US "murderous ogres" - their propaganda art has for years.
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Posted on 05/07/2017 7:54:05 PM PDT by OldGuard1

As you've probably seen, the latest rant from the "Democratic People's Republic of Korea", they've threatened to nuke the White House, calling the US “murderous ogres”, “robbers”, “air pirates” and “warriors who master the occult arts”.

It's easy to see North Korea's rants as hyperbole. But this is literally how they actually portray America to their citizens.

In North Korean propaganda, Americans literally are vicious, bloodthirsty beasts. They shoot Korean children at point blank in the head for fun. They brand them with red-hot irons. They nail written messages into their heads. They saw the tops of their heads off, while other soldiers watch on snickering. They rip women's teeth out. They even throw babies down wells. All of the most disgusting, inhuman things you can think of? That's literally how they portray Americans.

And the part about destroying the White House? They've been presenting propaganda about Korea destroying the White House and congress for ages. Here a DPRK soldier smashes the capitol building (crosshair over it) with bombs from the left. Here he smashes it from overhead with his fists. Here is literally North Korean ICBMs destroying the capitol building, and here's one with them mid-flight en-route to DC. And another. And another. Or rather than aiming specifically at DC, this one is just hitting the US in general. Lady Liberty too. They've been posting this stuff for years - while steadily working towards having the actual capability to carry out the things that they unrelentingly threaten; one of the most common motif in North Korean propaganda art is soldiers advancing while missiles fly overhead.


TOPICS: FReeper Editorial; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: korea; northkorea; propaganda
I just found the reaction to the latest threats interesting, and thought some background might go well with it, how they portray the "American Bastards" (the second word almost always coming after the first), who children are taught to hate from a young age. Thankfully, North Koreans are slowly becoming less isolated and increasingly learning the truth of the world outside their borders. But for most people, there's still very little information flow, and the state dominates the messaging.
1 posted on 05/07/2017 7:54:05 PM PDT by OldGuard1
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let’s go “free “ them. That always works do well.


2 posted on 05/07/2017 7:55:57 PM PDT by brucedickinson
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I swear if I had a dollar for every time I’ve been called a murderous ogre...


3 posted on 05/07/2017 7:57:08 PM PDT by Eddie01
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4 posted on 05/07/2017 7:58:40 PM PDT by dfwgator
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“air pirates” and “warriors who master the occult arts”.

Cool.

5 posted on 05/07/2017 8:01:36 PM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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“air pirates” and “warriors who master the occult arts”.


6 posted on 05/07/2017 8:05:07 PM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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Yeah, I don’t think that they realized that that sounded more like a compliment!


7 posted on 05/07/2017 8:05:11 PM PDT by OldGuard1
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Proud Air Pirate since 1966!
Avast ye scurvy commie lubbers!


8 posted on 05/07/2017 8:05:19 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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An interesting article about what a North Korean kindergarten is like.
9 posted on 05/07/2017 8:07:30 PM PDT by OldGuard1
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So if we are so horrible, why are they always looking to start fights with us??? ;)


10 posted on 05/07/2017 8:08:17 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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I want one of those flying long boats....


11 posted on 05/07/2017 8:11:43 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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Lets give North Korea Obamacare!


12 posted on 05/07/2017 8:11:48 PM PDT by Daniel Ramsey (Thank YOU President Trump, finally we can do what America does best, to be the best!)
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http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/05/06/national/politics-diplomacy/pacifist-japan-might-acquire-cruise-missiles-strike-north-korea-source/#.WQ_jEr66_Hl


13 posted on 05/07/2017 8:17:37 PM PDT by Bogie
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What they teach in kindergarten is pretty much the same crap our media foisted on us concerning Abu Ghraibh.
There was one story about Abu Ghraibh under Saddam, where people underwent hideous tortures... but what did our press report on instead? 14,000 or so stories about the gal with the dog leash, etc.


14 posted on 05/07/2017 8:20:43 PM PDT by piasa
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The fat one calls DJT and his team “Stooges.”
Haven’t heard that term used by commies since cold war propaganda days.


15 posted on 05/07/2017 8:26:50 PM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not tired of Winning)
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16 posted on 05/07/2017 8:40:33 PM PDT by montag813
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As a teenager back in the 60’s I purchased a short wave radio to amuse myself with during the long winter nights. This was during the Cold War and it didn’t take long to discover the propaganda programming from behind the iron curtain. The most entertaining programs were those from North Korea. Nothing has changed regarding the insane nature of their statements. The thing that has changed is that with nuclear weapons a definite possibility this fat, little weirdo could actually inflict some serious damage.


17 posted on 05/07/2017 9:03:56 PM PDT by Sam Clements
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To: Daniel Ramsey
"Lets give North Korea Obamacare!"

They already have it.

18 posted on 05/07/2017 9:43:06 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (I told you so)
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