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The capture of Constantinople was a long-standing Russian strategic aim, since it would have given the Russian Navy, based in the Black Sea, unfettered access to the Mediterranean Sea through the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles (known as the "Turkish Straits"); conversely, the British were determined to block the Russians, in order to protect their own access to India.
Activists in Ukraine using the image of "Vatnik" in the action of "Boycott Russian Films" campaign. Vatnik (Russian: ватник, pronounced [ˈvatʲnʲɪk]) is a political pejorative [1] [2] used in Russia and other post-Soviet states for steadfast jingoistic followers of propaganda from the Russian government.
[2] [4] [8] This French quality finds its parallel in the English-language term jingoism, which has retained the meaning of chauvinism strictly in its original sense; that is, an attitude of belligerent nationalism. [8] [9] [10] In 1945, political theorist Hannah Arendt described the concept thus:
The expression by Jingo is a minced oath that appeared rarely in print, but which may be traced as far back as to at least the 17th century in a transparent euphemism for "by Jesus". [1]
“Listen, I love America,” said Musk, a native of apartheid South Africa. “And some of you will say, ‘Look, that’s just jingoistic propaganda.’ I don’t care. I love jingoistic propaganda.
A simple smiley. This is a list of emoticons or textual portrayals of a writer's moods or facial expressions in the form of icons.Originally, these icons consisted of ASCII art, and later, Shift JIS art and Unicode art.
The word of the year is "demure," which has been around for centuries but took on new meaning over the summer after Lebron went viral in a video showcasing how she did her makeup for work.
Its goal is usually to influence people's attitudes and behaviors, either by promoting a particular ideology or by persuading them to take a specific action. The term propaganda has acquired a strongly negative connotation by association with its most manipulative and jingoistic examples. American cartoon, published in 1898: "Remember the Maine ...