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Anyone else notice more Vietnam war stuff in the media painting North Vietnam as the baddies? (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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When I was little (2000s) the consensus seemed to be that Vietnam was a shitshow. It was sort of not talked about because it was considered an embarrassment for the west.

Lately on Boomer TV I've been seeing a lot of stories about gusano Vietnamese that "escaped" the "eeeevil communist north Vietnam".

Shits weird. It's one thing to paint a country like North Korea as evil because it's easy to make shit up about an isolated country. But people can watch like a billion travel shows that show communist Vietnam is a normal ass country. The idea that people fled from that becomes less harrowing when you see that it's a beautiful place that's just as free as any other country.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I'm sometimes seeing the flag of the Republic of Vietnam on people's profiles. It shocks me, as at no point during the puppet government's history was it anything near a democracy or a human rights champion.

Also Vietnamese gusanos piss me off. They'll spend hours talking about some "[pro-capitalist] journalist jailed", and not bat an eye about the bombing and agent orange. Like come on, which is hurting the people of Vietnam more???

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

There was someone who used to take the Republic of Vietnam flag to refugee rallies where I live, I think they got swept up in the big anti lockdown protests, havent seen them since 2021

I see the flag around a lot in decoration at resturaunts / places of worship :/

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

The city hall of my ex-locale would circle through various national flags thay they'd fly for a few days. It was always a fun game of guess the comprador of the week. They'd often fly the South Vietnam flag to appease the small business owners.

They'd also fly the Falun Dafa flag too.

USA's the trash heap of the world. Like a bug lamp that pulls in reactionaries across the world. Or a festering wound on the world, full of maggots. The place is cursed.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The kinda shit I'm used to seeing shared amongst Vietnamese gusanos.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I used to work for some gusanos, they were prissy little small business owners that complained about everything and only ever hired family members or disabled people they could get or cheap.