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This is typical of European and American bias


Eurocentric types rocket to the moon where the "moonies" are an inferior race and deserving of extermination.
Wherever a self described advanced civilization encounters aboriginals they must be portrayed as dangerously aggressive but easily defeated primitives.. This is one disgusting film where Earth's moon is inhabited by minstrel type buffoons.

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True that, we should instead fight for the Moon Men's rights.

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It perhaps was not a stretch to think that Earth's moon would have aboriginals for those who prided themselves intelligent enough to launch a giant bullet into the ether. It all fits the pattern of "discoverers and conquerors". What were those impressive explosive weapons which caused the aboriginals to just vaporize in a puff of smoke? Ah, the gun power puff of early photography I guess. They didn't like having their picture taken perhaps.

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For the time when this film was paid, these were widely held views on race!

Its that man again!!

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Yes of course but we still want to assume those in the "arts" are a little more sensitive. A fantasy I know.

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"Sensitive". Please. An "artist" pissed in a jar and dunked a crucifix into it and took a photo of it. Artists are some of the least tolerant people i know. And the only thig bad about that is that they refuse to acknowledge it.

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Kill those all those moonie bastards and take their land so we can build bases for nazi zombie research

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Fighting for land is not a strictly amero-eurocentric trait. Asians and africans and even native americans (who, for some reason, i did not include in "amero"...) all fought over land and for superiority. Ancient indians, mongolians, chinese, everybody fought everybody and hated everybody different.

Warfare is a human trait. Those who don't embrace (or at least prepare for) that fact tend to end up conquered.

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The original poster is correct in calling this '"typical of European and American bias."

Five elderly, aristocratic white men land on the moon and when presented with moon people, they immediately start hitting/killing them with sticks. The elderly men are captured by the moon people and brought to their king. After easily killing the king of the moon people with a stick and many other moon people, they are chased by the moon people, who are armoured and have been armoured with spears the entire exchange but are somehow ineffective of defending themselves against the five elderly men who are actively killing them.
The elderly men flee back to earth and on arrival are celebrated with a statue of their conquering victory of the moon and its native moon people.

Five elderly, aristocratic white men were victorious against an entire community of native moon people. European and American bias right there. Nothing to do with warfare being a "human trait" or all ethnicities fighting for land in the past. Five elderly white men took on a large community of native moon people armed with spears and somehow won.

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You are an even bigger moron than the OP.

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It was the Bafoonies VS The Moonies

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And where are you to defend the human race in such films as Mars Attacks, Independence Day, etc etc? Seems extraterrestrials are bent on invading planets and wiping out the native inhabitants as well...Wait a minute. Are you a human-alien hybrid???

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Do you watch those cartoon movies? I don't If you are a believer in aliens then you are insane and dangerous to those who know better. Independence Day? - Intelligent being don't watch such foolish and corny movies.

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My god you are arrogant. Stunningly arrogant. See above where i said "artist" types are some of the most intolerant people.

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Moron.

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