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Fair enough, but how about "documentaries" like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uQLsDrs-74&t=9s

I am not willing to spend a lot of thime on this, but from first glance I can see that they are misusing a mutant deer from Georgia/US (1:10 into the video) for their narrative. Who knows if any of the images there are actually from Chernobyl. And that video has 2.6 million views.




The images at the start are meant to shock and contrast the truths that they go on to explore, context is import. The rest of that video goes on to talk about how wildlife is now thriving in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, that the mutations can only be seen on the genetic level and that those mutations are part of what is allowing wildlife to thrive there. They are not using mutation as anti-nuclear propaganda, they are exploring much larger and more nuanced topics.

You really should have watched the video before posting instead of just finding some propaganda to repeat. I have no doubt you can find an example which will "prove" you right, but it will take you a fair amount of digging most likely and is about as common those heavily mutated births caused by radiation exposure.




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