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This trope comes in 4 varieties:
This trope comes in 4 varieties:
# '''Writers believe this is as wrong as they are showing it.''' In this case, the "What do you mean," part is from the writer, so this overlaps with [[Values Dissonance]]. [[Strawman Political]]s and [[Digital Piracy Is Evil]] are the most common forms of this. A prime source of [[Narm]].
# '''Writers believe this is as wrong as they are showing it.''' In this case, the "What do you mean," part is from the writer, so this overlaps with [[Values Dissonance]]. [[Straw Character]]s and [[Digital Piracy Is Evil]] are the most common forms of this. A prime source of [[Narm]].
# '''Writers think this isn't that bad, but exaggerate for effect.''' So this isn't moral dissonance, it's just [[Anvilicious]]. Even if the thing is wrong, presenting it as something magnitudes worse usually makes it a [[Clueless Aesop]]. [[Can't Get Away with Nuthin']] uses this a lot.
# '''Writers think this isn't that bad, but exaggerate for effect.''' So this isn't moral dissonance, it's just [[Anvilicious]]. Even if the thing is wrong, presenting it as something magnitudes worse usually makes it a [[Clueless Aesop]]. [[Can't Get Away with Nuthin']] uses this a lot.
# '''Writers use [[Values Dissonance]] for [[Played for Drama|dramatic effect]].''' This is common in [[Dystopia]]s, police states, histories, and cults. But it can also be used to make organizations look like this when they aren't, like with [[Straw Dystopia]]s. But thanks to [[Values Dissonance]], this is often about [[Truth in Television|real cultures]] from the past or present.
# '''Writers use [[Values Dissonance]] for [[Played for Drama|dramatic effect]].''' This is common in [[Dystopia]]s, police states, histories, and cults. But it can also be used to make organizations look like this when they aren't, like with [[Straw Dystopia]]s. But thanks to [[Values Dissonance]], this is often about [[Truth in Television|real cultures]] from the past or present.
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