Propaganda Films and Hate Speech

[Rev. Rye]

You know, this reminds me of Chaplin's speech from the Great Dictator. He only makes reference to the bible once, and the quote adds ab-so-fucking-lutely NOTHING to the rest of it, in fact it stops things dead but he luckily doesn't dwell on that. Such a wonderful, passionate and spot-on speech where the only blemish, the only thing that causes a hard shift and calls into question the motivation, is when religion is inserted.

Religion. Poisons. Everything.

Personally, I considered it Chaplin's attempt at giving audiences who might have been skeptical about his fiery left-wing views some sort of common ground to think: "See? This isn't just some sort of Godless Communism. It's compatible with Chrisitianity!"

The one flaw for me with the speech is his assumption that fascism is fueled by people who think too much and feel too little. Especially strange in 2017 because we've seen a Fascist demagogue in all but name rise to power in America, and his supporters sure as shit weren't thinking, and so much of his appeal relied on his emotions. They just weren't the ones Chaplin would consider good to cultivate.