• Glytch@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    “Human shield” is a label that is applied to place the blame for civilian deaths on one’s enemy. It a very useful propaganda phrase for painting your enemies(or anyone really) as inhuman monsters worthy of slaughter.

    Citations needed recently did a very informative episode on the history and use of the phrase