Dealing with Media Memes on the Ukraine Crisis

Charles Chapel
Daily Stormer
March 13, 2014

There's no need to be upset.
There’s no need to be upset.

As tensions around Ukraine grow to a fever pitch, the propaganda war for the minds of the people also becomes more violent. For those of us who live in the west, it may be difficult to discuss the topic with average people who have been fed disinformation. But as nationalists, it is our duty to inform our friends, family and co-workers about the situation. By explaining the truth clearly and forcefully, most of them will understand and side with you.

The main obstacle to this will be the self-appointed defenders of the media line, who have internalized the talking points of the propaganda mongers. They will regurgitate the carefully crafted memes at you with the complete confidence of those who do not think, but, merely follow. If you falter and fail to reply with equal confidence and eloquence, the average people around you will chose to follow the safer side, which is the side of orthodoxy.

As a remedy, this article contains the most common propaganda talking points related to the situation in Ukraine, along with punchy replies that will undermine them.

Before getting to those, however, you should have a clear idea of your position on this issue. You should be able to explain it in a few simple words, so that anyone can understand. Here is an example of this:

Extremist terrorists have put the capital of Ukraine to the torch and chased the elected president away from the country using violent tactics. The first law they enacted when in power was to bar Russian and other minority languages from official use. These people are clearly violent, and they clearly are hostile to Russian people. And what has Russia done in response to this? Putin has merely sought permission from the parliament to intervene in case things get out of hand. In fact, they would be entirely justified in putting down the rebels and restoring the legitimate, democratically elected government. They’ve shown remarkable restraint. It’s the western leaders condemning Putin who are completely out of line here.

Note that there is no reference here to obscure facts that our media have completely blacked out, just the basic outline of the story that most people are familiar with. The replies to media arguments will similarly not depend on anything which sounds like a “conspiracy theory”, even though there is ample proof available online. For maximum effectiveness in getting our point across, it is preferable to focus on simple, straightforward logic that will make the opponent look like a fool.

Arguments

Argument 1: Putin has NO RIGHT to interfere in Ukraine (and variations: against international law, violate national sovereignty, etc)
Response: If a gang of armed thugs breaks in to your neighbor’s house and starts burning it down and threatening them, do you have a “right” to come and help them? No. You have a DUTY to help them! Only cowards discuss international treaties when their close allies are burning alive.

Argument 2: Protecting Russians is nothing but a phony pretext to invade Ukraine. No Russians were harmed to date.
Response: Oh, maybe you want to wait until the bloodshed begins before we start taking measures? Maybe the police should wait until banks robbers start killing hostages before responding to calls too. You think the fire department should reject 911 calls unless the fire’s done some REAL damage too? Your hatred of Russians is clearly greater than any care you have for the people of Ukraine.

Argument 3: Putin is like Hitler, he just wants to conquer the world! We have to stop him!
Response: Meanwhile, in the real world, Americans have troops and military bases spread over all five continents and are threatening a new country with invasion or bombing every 2-3 years. Yet Washington accuses Russia of being a conqueror because they might conduct a humanitarian intervention in their next door neighbor, at their own request? The whole world is laughing at their arrogance.

Argument 4: We can’t let Putin interfere with the democratic process in Ukraine.
Response: You consider a small clique of extremist terrorists torching the capital and threatening to kill the elected president to be a “democratic process”? Maybe if someone burned down your house and held you hostage, he’s just be making legitimate use of his “freedom of expression” too, according to you?

Argument 5: It would be a good idea to adopt sanctions against Russia to show her we mean business.
Response: As our economy is on the verge of imploding, it’s not the time to play tough guy and threaten people for no reason – we stand to lose a lot more than them. Our treasonous leaders have dismantled our industries and racked up vast, non-repayable debts to foreign powers. You think we’re in a position to apply sanctions to anybody?
Alternate response: Russia is the world’s largest country, and among the top oil producers in the world. They also provide a large chunk of the basic resources that supply Europe’s industries. Nobody sane would adopt sanctions against Russia – and if Obama is stupid enough to try, the US will have a catastrophic economic crisis on it’s hands.

Argument 6: The revolutionaries may use rough methods, but they’re the good guys, fighting for freedom.
Response: Yeah, they’re fighting for the freedom to lose their national sovereignty by joining the European Union and take up a huge foreign debt, while having their economy restructured by the IMF. Oh, I can just smell the freedom!
Alternate response: Maybe we could bring freedom to our country too, by having terrorists burn down the capital and force the president into exile, getting them to borrow hundreds of billions from the IMF, selling all our public property to private speculators and joining a regional bloc that will impose policies from above. Huh, suddenly, when it applies to us, it doesn’t sound so nice anymore…

Closing notes

These are some of the most common memes being propagated by the liberal media. By being ready to attack them effectively, you can show strength to those around you. This will give them the confidence to listen to your more detailed explanations. We must never show weakness or doubt when trying to inform the people – the media talking heads certainly show no doubts when they utter their lies.

The avalanche of media lies and distortions is powerful indeed, any it can fool most people. But the television screen can never have more power than real people who talk to them directly. Even the most “lemming-like” among us will prefer to follow those around us rather than distant people projected on a TV screen. If we can be powerful voices of truth in our close community, we can overpower the media and their lies.