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Barbenheimer Memes Provoke Angry Backlash in Japan (www.hollywoodreporter.com)

submitted 1 year ago by realcaseyrollins@kbin.projectsegfau.lt to c/moviesandtv@lemmy.film

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Warner Bros. Japan apologizes after the U.S. Twitter account for the movie promotes posts that appear to make light of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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[–] zzmthesurand@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

They’re in it too deep now. It’d be weird to suddenly apologize for events that happened 80 years ago, even though they should.

[–] Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Didn't the Dutch royal family recently apologize for the horrible shit they did in Africa?

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

They'd have to also apologize for denying it for 80 years at this point

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

To be fair, I feel like the United States is frequently in the same position on many issues.

We have acknowledged big ones like slavery, but for all of those there are many others.