Yes, he described Palestinians as “the bugs” and said some other really fucking ignorant quotes from that movie without the slightest understanding of Paul Verhoeven’s intent (his effort may have been doomed from the start; he even scolded actors on set for “not getting it” and just enjoying the fascism).

I have some license with what I say because I’m moving and transferring out of state in a few weeks but I also don’t want to have a bad mark on my record by saying something particularly scary about the IDF, so what should I tell him on Monday?

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    Did… did you teacher have a part in Starship Troopers? Is he this guy?

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    He believes that he can do a non-STEM job just as well as a non-STEM person because only STEM degrees matter and everything else is, quoting him, “children’s puppet theater.”

    An obvious counter that should shut this dude down: “Why are we talking about this? It’s just a movie, not real life. Why are you reading so much into it?”

    Meet his incuriosity with your own. He sounds like he’s seeking validation for his intelligence and denying that will drive him up a wall.

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      An obvious counter that should shut this dude down: “Why are we talking about this? It’s just a movie, not real life. Why are you reading so much into it?”

      Meet his incuriosity with your own. He sounds like he’s seeking validation for his intelligence and denying that will drive him up a wall.

      I think I may do just that as part of my response in the break room tomorrow. He does seem to base a lot of his worldviews on fiction (and not just that movie) while also deriding fiction as “children’s puppet theater.” projection