Posted on 05/03/2022 11:03:03 AM PDT by libh8er
Russia has stepped up its propaganda war against Sweden by producing bus stop advertisements accusing the peaceful Scandinavian nation of being Nazis.
The hybrid warfare strategy comes as Sweden prepares for NATO accession, abandoning decades of neutrality in light of Moscow's military aggression towards Ukraine.
The provocation comes hot on the heels of Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov's incendiary comments that 'Hitler had Jewish blood', which drew demands for an apology from Israel.
The campaign has seen adverts pop up in Russia depicting various Swedish national heroes as Nazis with the slogan: 'We are against Nazism, they are not.'
The word 'we' is in the colour of the Russian flag and 'they' in the colours of the Swedish flag. Selective quotes appear next to each picture purporting to paint the figure as a Nazi.
Astrid Lindgren, the creator of one of Sweden's touchstone culture products in Pippi Longstocking, is singled out for her alleged Nazi attitudes, as well as Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad and film maestro Ingmar Bergman.
Another poster paints Sweden's King Gustaf V as a Nazi.
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Putin for a long time has used the old Soviet smear tactic of labeling opponents as “Nazis”, and Leftists all over the western world bought into it during the cold war and some, even here on the American “right” buy into tactic now.
It depends on one’s definition of what a Nazi is, but Malmo has lots of Jew hating rapists…
Not just accused. Anna-Frid’s father WAS a Nazi.
Putin Stooges don’t care unless Putin invades. Then they will swear Sweden is full of Nazis.
Russia is starting to sound like Antifa...everybody who doesn’t like them is a Nazi....
All totalitarian constructs are leftist.
OK, “they” were against the Nazis. Maybe we should have a little discussion of Russia’s history, say, from 1917 to 1991? There is no difference in my book between the swastika and the hammer-and-sickle.
Oh well that’s easy then. Take them over to the Russian border, had them over to the guards and say “Hey we found your Nazis for you”. Then go back home to a more peaceful country than before.
Piton has invoked Godwin’s law so much that it is beyond comic at this point.
“Russia entered into a pact with Nazi Germany of their own free will.”
Yes socialist alliance.
Until they became enemies.
Can’t trust socialists.
They might hate Jews, I wonder given all the muslims they have imported if they hate muslims as well, considering how they have disregarded any semblence of reality concerning Islam.
Sounds good to me.
Africa should remain black, Europe white.
“When everyone is a Nazi, no one is a Nazi.”
Its only a little better to be a Putzi.
Excuse me, you must not have gotten the memo. The new history is that Poland started WWII by invading Czechoslovakia and there was NO SUCH THING as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
St. Vladimir of Lenin (peace be upon him) and St. Joseph of Stalin (peace be upon him) didn’t invade Poland in 1918 either.
And, if they did, it was justified.
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