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Behind the Aegis

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Mon Mar 7, 2022, 03:37 PM Mar 2022

(Jewish Group) White Supremacists, Other Extremists Respond to Russian Invasion of Ukraine

In the week since Russian President Putin declared a “special military operation” in Ukraine, the Russian leader has become a pariah among much of the global community. Even white supremacist communities, once steadfast in their support for Putin’s Russia, are now questioning whether the invasion is worth the cost in “white” lives. They are also railing against non-white refugees resettling in “white” Europe and offering support for a Ukrainian military arm with neo-Nazi ties.

Putin and his Russia have long been admired by the far right and white supremacists, thanks largely to perceptions of today’s Russia as an all-white, Christian nation. White supremacist and alt right leader Richard Spencer called Russia “the sole white power in the world.” Meanwhile, Mathew Heimbach, founder of the Traditionalist Workers Party, called Russia “The New Shining City on the Hill” and President Putin as “the leader of the free world.” Today, however, in light of Putin’s actions in Ukraine, some white supremacists are having difficulty aligning reality with their long-held beliefs.

Divergence on Putin

White supremacists have expressed a range of opinions around Putin’s role in this conflict. The initial declaration of the invasion being an effort for “demilitarization and denazification” of Ukraine has caused a large backlash among neo-Nazis. The American Futurist, an accelerationist media platform, stated it does not support Putin: “So again, if you’re NS[National Socialist] and you’re supporting Putin who is literally invading a country with a listed reason of destroying NS[National Socialist] groups like Azov Battalion then your pretty fucking retarded…, ”a reference to the Ukrainian national guard unit with explicit neo-Nazi ties. Many other groups have begun referring to Putin as Jewtin, implying that he is controlled by Jewish Russian Oligarchs. One user on the Fashwave Telegram channel wrote “this invasion will result in nothing but dead Europeans at the behest of Russian jewish [sic] oligarchs.”

Others, meanwhile, believe that criticism of Putin is suspicious and may be coming from “the Feds.” One poster on a Telegram channel run by Milo Yiannopoulos wrote “most of these ‘Putin is a Jew’ takes come out of NatSoc [national socialist] circles that are heavily compromised by the feds.” In some cases, support for Putin is lukewarm: “I’m not ready to say that Vladimir Putin is some really great dude but he has more reason to invade Ukraine than we did Iraq,” one post reads. Another wrote, in a response to Yiannopoulos, “I don't think Putin's our guy, but I also think he's preferable to atheist Western hegemony.”

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(Jewish Group) White Supremacists, Other Extremists Respond to Russian Invasion of Ukraine (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Mar 2022 OP
I was wating for us to be blamed. I'm surprised it took this long. nycbos Mar 2022 #1
Oh, I am sure it happened much earlier, but MSM just didn't report on it. Behind the Aegis Mar 2022 #2
The media is slow to report on antisemtism? nycbos Mar 2022 #3
I just visited a right wing pro gun website. .These assholes are actually ROUTING for putin.. mitch96 Mar 2022 #4
New republican meme of Trump's regime::: Russia is our friend keithbvadu2 Mar 2022 #5

Behind the Aegis

(53,921 posts)
2. Oh, I am sure it happened much earlier, but MSM just didn't report on it.
Mon Mar 7, 2022, 03:42 PM
Mar 2022

I bet you are shocked by that.

Of course, others have found a way around out-right blaming Jews. I am sure you can guess how.

mitch96

(13,872 posts)
4. I just visited a right wing pro gun website. .These assholes are actually ROUTING for putin..
Mon Mar 7, 2022, 04:15 PM
Mar 2022

They don't believe anything in the news. The only half assed response was calling TFG an
Orange Julius.. But they spelled it Jewlius of course....... assholes....
Pardon me I have to go take a shower..
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keithbvadu2

(36,678 posts)
5. New republican meme of Trump's regime::: Russia is our friend
Mon Mar 7, 2022, 04:28 PM
Mar 2022

New republican meme of Trump's regime::: Russia is our friend

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