"In America, great popularity of mostly uncritical commentary on American
Sniper, reinforcing the regressive national mood of glamorizing bloody
military exploits as the most admirable expression of true patriotism.
Elsewhere in the world the perception is likely to be quite opposite:
American Sniper inducing anti-American attitudes either out of fear or
resentment or both, solidifying the global image of the United States as
a cruel geopolitical bully. That is, American Sniper is wildly
pro-American for most domestic viewers, and severely anti-American for
most foreign viewers. This gap in subjectivities exhibits the degree to
which Americans are living in a bubble of their own devising."
--by Richard Falk
(http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/01/29/what-too-many-americans-dont-see-when-they-watch-american-sniper)
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