{"id":247272,"date":"2023-11-06T12:00:11","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T12:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=247272"},"modified":"2023-10-31T05:09:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T05:09:17","slug":"theres-only-so-much-propaganda-spin-you-can-put-on-the-murder-of-thousands-of-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2023\/11\/theres-only-so-much-propaganda-spin-you-can-put-on-the-murder-of-thousands-of-children\/","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s Only So Much Propaganda Spin You Can Put on the Murder of Thousands of Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_247273\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/gaza-palestine-israel-genocide-demo.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-247273\" class=\"wp-image-247273\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/gaza-palestine-israel-genocide-demo.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/gaza-palestine-israel-genocide-demo.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/gaza-palestine-israel-genocide-demo-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/gaza-palestine-israel-genocide-demo-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-247273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via Socialist Appeal (CC BY 2.0 Deed)<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><em>The fact that the US and its allies are helping Israel murder children by the thousands is a giant glitch in the narrative matrix. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>30 Oct 2023<\/em> &#8211; The thing is there\u2019s only so much propaganda spin you can put on the murder of thousands of children.<\/p>\n<p>With other imperial military actions the propagandists had an easier time spinning things. Oh no those evil communists are taking over South Vietnam, we need to stop them! Oh no Saddam\u2019s got WMDs, we need to get him! Oh no Gaddafi\u2019s gonna rape and kill all those Libyans, we have a responsibility to protect them!<\/p>\n<p>In Gaza, Israel and its western backers are <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/RIPBk#selection-4347.34-4347.72\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">massacring children by the thousands<\/a> with a shockingly vicious bombing campaign that is <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2023\/10\/25\/middleeast\/satellite-images-gaza-destruction\/index.html\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">turning entire neighborhoods into gravel<\/a>. They\u2019re raining down military explosives on a giant concentration camp that is densely populated by children.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s only so much a propagandist can do with that.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At this rate, they\u2019re killing over a thousand Palestinian children every single week. That\u2019s over 142 per day. That\u2019s over 6 children per hour.<\/p>\n<p>Every HOUR Israel is allowed to continue this massacre, half a dozen Palestinian children will be murdered. MAKE THEM STOP! <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WxpGn7xZPh\" >https:\/\/t.co\/WxpGn7xZPh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Omar Baddar \u0639\u0645\u0631 \u0628\u062f\u0651\u0627\u0631 (@OmarBaddar) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OmarBaddar\/status\/1718425075387343171?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >October 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>They can talk about the killings on October 7 til they\u2019re blue in the face, but people are going to object that nothing Hamas did makes it moral or acceptable to murder children by the thousands.<\/p>\n<p>They can say \u201cIsrael has a right to defend itself\u201d as much as they want, but people are going to object that murdering children by the thousands is not actually defending anything from anyone.<\/p>\n<p>They can bleat the phrase \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l78dOLxt6_g\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">human shields<\/a>\u201d over and over again, but eventually people are going to start saying \u201cOkay but even if they are human shields, could we please stop murdering children by the thousands? I know I wouldn\u2019t want my children to be murdered just because they were being used as human shields.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caitlinjohnst.one\/p\/us-warmongers-keep-pushing-the-narrative\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">say every death is the fault of Hamas<\/a>, but more and more people are going to start saying \u201cOkay blame whoever you want, but can we please stop murdering children by the thousands right this very instant?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They can say \u201cWell what do you expect Israel to do?\u201d, and people will respond \u201cStop murdering children by the thousands for starters, please and thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Come back. <br \/>Just come back\u2026 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Se9haHzAYj\" >pic.twitter.com\/Se9haHzAYj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Refaat in Gaza \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8 (@itranslate123) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itranslate123\/status\/1717763185963421698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >October 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Imagine you\u2019re a mass media propagandist trying to frame all this in a positive light. How would you do it? Would you be able to make it believable?<\/p>\n<p>Propagandists are used to having a lot more wiggle room to work with than this. They\u2019re used to interfacing with a complex matrix of narrative and manipulating it to distort the public\u2019s understanding of what\u2019s going on. But raw video footage of a mother clutching the tattered remains of a child is not narrative. Satellite images of powdered city blocks are not narrative. It\u2019s just reality. Right there in your face.<\/p>\n<p>Western civilization <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caitlinjohnst.one\/p\/why-propaganda-works\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">is dominated by propaganda<\/a>. The \u201cfreedom\u201d and \u201cdemocracy\u201d we think we have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caitlinjohnst.one\/p\/the-biggest-obstacle-to-real-freedom\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">is an illusion<\/a> that has been carefully cultivated by those who manipulate the way we think, speak, act and vote by <a href=\"https:\/\/caityjohnstone.medium.com\/15-reasons-why-mass-media-employees-act-like-propagandists-553a08074347\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mass-scale psychological manipulation<\/a>\u200a\u2014\u200aas Chomsky says, propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state. A mind-controlled dystopia is not some dark future that awaits humanity if things go terribly wrong for us; it <a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/2022\/01\/21\/consider-the-possibility-that-this-is-already-the-dystopia-you-fear\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">is already presently the case<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Propagandists are able to control civilization so effectively because they understand that <a href=\"https:\/\/caityjohnstone.medium.com\/society-is-made-of-narrative-realizing-this-is-awakening-from-the-matrix-787c7e2539ae\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">humans are storytelling creatures<\/a> whose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caitlinjohnst.one\/p\/the-more-inner-work-you-do-the-more\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lives are dominated by mental narrative<\/a>, so if you can control the narratives the humans are telling each other, you can control the humans. A globe-spanning empire centralized around the United States depends heavily on its ability to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caitlinjohnst.one\/p\/most-propaganda-looks-nothing-like\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">indoctrinate us<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caitlinjohnst.one\/p\/its-not-the-really-blatant-propaganda\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">subtle mass media messaging<\/a> from a very early age.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/34LGPIXvU5M?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;autohide=2&amp;wmode=transparent\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Gaza massacre throws a big fat monkey wrench in all that, because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2023\/10\/27\/un-says-gaza-health-ministry-death-tolls-in-previous-wars\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the raw data<\/a> coming out of it is so transparently horrifying that no amount of narrative spin can make it look acceptable. The fact that the US and its allies are helping Israel murder children by the thousands is a giant glitch in the narrative matrix.<\/p>\n<p>The longer this continues, the more people are going to wake up out of the propaganda-induced coma the empire has had them in all their lives. The more people are going to realize that their government is not what it has been pretending to be and the media have not been telling them the truth about the world. As the western empire backs the slaughter of thousands of children, the discrepancies between what the propaganda tells us about our society and what our society actually is are being brightly illuminated.<\/p>\n<p>By murdering thousands of children in Gaza, the empire has exposed its true face in front of everyone. And the people aren\u2019t liking what they see.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">[Thread] For the third weekend in a row, cities across Europe \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa have seen massive demonstrations in solidarity with Palestine \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8<\/p>\n<p>1) London: A wall of humanity marches through the city center. Some estimates say 500,000 people are there. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2KGubzJvhG\" >pic.twitter.com\/2KGubzJvhG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alan MacLeod (@AlanRMacLeod) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlanRMacLeod\/status\/1718301599531954370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >October 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Eyes are opening everywhere. People are being radicalized in record numbers. The streets are being <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlanRMacLeod\/status\/1718301599531954370\" >flooded with protesters<\/a>. Very inconvenient questions are being asked. Rigorous scrutiny is being applied in places it was seldom applied before. Light is shining in through cracks that weren\u2019t there before.<\/p>\n<p>This is all so, so horrible and so, so painful to watch day in and day out. But something is moving underneath it all. Something big. The empire has done irreparable harm to its ability to keep everyone sleeping and complacent going forward. A healthy world may be in our future yet.<\/p>\n<p>________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Caitlin-Johnstone.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-236973\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Caitlin-Johnstone.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"56\" height=\"56\" \/><\/a> <em>Caitlin Johnstone is a rogue journalist, poet, and utopia prepper who publishes regularly\u00a0<\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@caityjohnstone\" ><em>at <\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@caityjohnstone\" >Medium<\/a>. <em>Contact: <\/em><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/TRANSCEND\/T%20M%20S\/TO%20POST\/A%20BYLINES\/admin@caitlinjohnstone.com\">admin@caitlinjohnstone.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com.au\/2023\/10\/30\/theres-only-so-much-propaganda-spin-you-can-put-on-the-murder-of-thousands-of-children\/\" >Go to Original \u2013 caitlinjohnstone.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>30 Oct 2023 &#8211; The fact that the US and its allies are helping Israel murder children by the thousands is a giant glitch in the narrative matrix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":247273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[928,532,101,100,2898,87,865,2414,2415,2416,3120,767,771,427,85,2897,880,99,92,1025,886],"class_list":["post-247272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-palestine-israel-gaza-genocide","tag-bds-boycott-divestment-sanctions","tag-colonialism","tag-cultural-violence","tag-direct-violence","tag-ecocide","tag-gaza","tag-genocide","tag-israeli-apartheid","tag-israeli-army","tag-israeli-occupation","tag-jewish-settlers","tag-middle-east","tag-nakba","tag-palestine","tag-palestine-israel","tag-sociocide","tag-state-terrorism","tag-structural-violence","tag-violent-conflict","tag-west-bank","tag-zionism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247272"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":247274,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247272\/revisions\/247274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}