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| Top 20 Most Cringeworthy Zelensky PR Moments | |
| 2023-01-16 | |
| [CaitlinJohnstone] The US empire’s proxy war in Ukraine has had many jaw-dropping instances of imperialist sociopathy, propagandistic audacity and brazen journalistic malpractice that we’ve discussed in this space many times, but one of the most cringeworthy and degrading aspects of the globe-spanning narrative control campaign surrounding this war has been the way the nation’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has been turned into an ever-present corporate mascot for the most aggressive ad campaign ever devised. The way the most powerful institutions in the western world have been throwing their puppet in everyone’s face to sell the empire’s proxy warfare puts Ronald McDonald to shame. Here are 20 of the cringiest moments of establishment PR using Zelensky to market the McProxy War to the western world, in no particular order. Click through for links and evidence for every one of these insults to your intelligence. Remember kids, the deep state is a hostile entity that doesn't have your interests at heart - except regarding Ukraine. Then everyone cheers along like the crowds in George Orwell's "1984" during Hate Week. 1. A House Republican introducing a bill to place a bust of Zelensky in the US Capitol building 2. The fake Hollywood action hero-sounding "I need ammunition, not a ride" quote 3. The Vogue cover shoot 5. Time Magazine Person of the Year 6. Star Wars: Attack of the Drones 7. Zelensky giving a speech at the Golden Globes https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1613126818823012352 8. Zelensky giving a speech for the Grammys 9. Zelensky getting an Academy Award from actor Sean Penn 10. Zelensky addressing the World Economic Forum Gosh, if there's anyone who isn't totally evil and in bed with the deep state, it's the WEF. 11. Zelensky giving a speech and ringing the bell for the New York Stock Exchange Likewise Wall Street. 12. Zelensky giving a speech at the secretive Bilderberg Group (probably) Ditto.
14. Zelensky giving a speech at the Glastonbury Festival 15. Weird Hologram Zelensky at the Founders Forum in the UK 16. Zelensky meeting with Ben Stiller 17. The Ukrainian flag performance in the US congress 18. The bizarre Biden-Zelensky slow motion action-heroes-walking-away-from-an-explosion video clip 19. Guest on David Letterman’s show 20. The obligatory Bono psyop Honorable mention: Zelensky meeting with BlackRock CEO Larry Fink to help "rebuild" (read: buy up) Ukraine If the corporation forcing Americans out of their homes and into rentals isn't someone you should cheer for, who is? Honorable mention: DC party at the Ukrainian embassy openly hosted by the US military-industrial complex Ditto. Are people not tired of having their intelligence insulted yet? | |
| Posted by:Herman Hapsburg8987 |
| #12 ^ And so you now understand why Besoeker says it is no longer an option. :( |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2023-01-16 14:46 |
| #11 RE: #9 - I thought I should share. Trichotillomania, also known as hair-pulling disorder or compulsive hair pulling, is a mental disorder characterized by a long-term urge that results in the pulling out of one's own hair. A brief positive feeling may occur as hair is removed. Efforts to stop pulling hair typically fail. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2023-01-16 13:56 |
| #10 Come along now. I think all he really needs to perfect his image is a cigar. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2023-01-16 13:22 |
| #9 /\ We laugh about it, but for many here on the Burg, the gnashing of teeth or trichotillomania are no longer options. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-01-16 07:26 |
| #8 Next - the warmth and humor of Joseph Stalin. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-01-16 07:25 |
| #7 Are there groupies? The Democrats (and far too many Republicans) The Media The Bidens . . . (the list goes on and on) |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2023-01-16 07:21 |
| #6 #1 Zelensky on tour. Does he have a cover band? Are there groupies? Posted by: Skidmark 2023-01-16 01:34 ...I saw him open for Procol Harum in '73. Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2023-01-16 06:11 |
| #5 Joe Rogan scorches 'liberal robot zombie' phenomenon that brainwashes people: 'Can’t think for themselves' |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-01-16 03:04 |
| #4 "War is our business, and business is good." I think it was from the entry voiceover by Nicholas Cage for Lord of War |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-01-16 02:30 |
| #3 /\ "War is our business, and business is good." author unknown |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-01-16 02:09 |
| #2 It's shocking how many people who otherwise think and are skeptical have went along with this deep state operation 100%. Cheering for the same people who cheated Trump out of the White House. The same people who weaponized the FBI and raided Trump's estate. The same people who slandered General Flynn. The same people who came up with the Russia collusion hoax. But just say "Ukraine" and suddenly anyone who disagrees is clearly a Russian employee of the Internet Research Agency, a Russian bot, a Traitor, or better yet all three at once and is to be dismissed out of hand. And banned. All posts removed. Just to be sure the heresy does not infect the deep state's holy scripture. |
| Posted by: Herman Hapsburg8987 2023-01-16 01:52 |
| #1 Zelensky on tour. Does he have a cover band? Are there groupies? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-01-16 01:34 |