My friends, welcome to the Sheep Get Sheared
podcast. I'm your host, Austin Creed. And my
friends, I have a question of the day for y 'all.
I want to get back to a good old mixture of people,
politics, a popular culture like we get to take
care of here on the show. Question of the day
is this. Why do older generations in the West
tend to support Israel while the younger people
tend to sympathize with Palestinians? I think
it's a very interesting question. I also think
it's a very unpopular question because as soon
as people hear Israel, they immediately draw
their conclusions one way or another. It's like
a religious thing at this point. People don't
want to discuss the rationality of the topics
and it takes a certain level of tact to discuss
complicated issues like this. And I think we
have the capacity to keep the conversation respectful.
I also think that it's something we need to discuss.
Because I've noticed a trend not just in the
media not just on Instagram Facebook, etc But
in the dialogue in the streets as well. I've
noticed that People who are older maybe I'd say
past the age of maybe 50 they tend to support
Israel More than the younger people below the
age of 50 who tend to go a little bit more towards
Palestine Especially in their 20s in their 30s
now, obviously you're gonna find exceptions But
I think it's a very interesting topic and the
reason I think it's interesting is it highlights
a couple things one is generational values I
don't think any of us on this who will listen
to anybody listening to the show would disagree
with that The media ecosystems also changed.
We've gone from more titans of the legacy media
like CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, ABC, et cetera, to
more social media platforms as people turn elsewhere
outside the legacy media to find sources of information.
I also think we need to look at historical context.
You know, I don't want to bring up the Holocaust
because soon as you bring up the Holocaust people
like go they fall asleep it's like mentioning
the Civil War or World War two people mean like
They immediately tune out they don't care they've
heard about it so many goddamn times they don't
care anymore Which I also think highlights a
difference because the older people like to bring
it up and the younger people tend to not want
to hear it because they've been listening to
it forever I also think we need to highlight
the differences in the political climate as well.
Now, for those of you who are politically astute,
you know that the Muslim world, the radical Muslims
have kind of teamed up with the left wingers
in this country, the radical ones especially,
to converge on the middle. And when you look,
this is no more highlighted than when you look
at the old versus the new because the newer conflict
between Israel and Palestine that was not necessarily
started on October 7th, but it's more just another
modern iteration of what we've been seeing. It's
another, it's a different chapter of the same
book. Let me put it to you that way. And it's
not just in America, by the way, when I was in
the Balkans over the summer, I went to Bosnia,
went through Croatia, went through Dubrovnik.
I went through these different places, especially
in Bosnia, which is known as the Muslim area
of the Balkans. There was a sign that I hung
over a river and I posted this on my ex. If you
haven't gone to my ex, you're missing out. I
think a lot of hot takes over there. If you love
hearing the hot takes on the show, you're going
to love it even more over on X. That sheep gets
cheered. Go ahead and check it out if you want
to check it out. But. I put a picture up of when
I was in the Balkans. There was a sign over a
river. And it had a list of all the people that
had died. It said it didn't that didn't start
on October 7th. They talked about the so -called
genocide. There is no genocide. That's the big
lie of the decade. That's the big lie of the
decade. There is no genocide in Palestine. It's
a lie because you don't know. Don't don't take
the bait so quickly my friends don't act like
a guppy in a fish tank and don't take the bait
so fast Because if you look how Hamas is framing
everything They're not afraid to show you AI
generated images that are fake They are not at
all worried about lying to you about who's dying
and what numbers and whether it's women children
or fighting -age men They don't like to talk
about that. They like to conveniently be at places
with a camera And pretend like the Jews are out,
the nasty Jews are out there killing the innocent
Palestinians. It couldn't be further from the
truth. It couldn't be further from the truth.
But the problem is because people are so quick
to be emotional today, they're ignoring facts.
They're ignoring that AI generated art is so
popular when it comes to fake news. So popular.
Fake news has never been easier. Fake news business
has never been booming more than it is right
now. I'd say ever since the old days of the storyteller
using a fire and colorful dust to create images,
that was the last time before now that fake news
has never been more popular, in my opinion. But
the problem is people are so busy being emotional
that they don't want to look at the facts They
don't want to look at what's actually happening
and the complexities the topic such as why are
the older people? Overwhelmingly supporting Israel
and why are the younger ones supporting the Palestinians?
Now it also needs to be said and I know you don't
want to hear it That the communist sympathizing
progressive left tend to support Palestine whereas
the evangelical Christians the MAGA people tend
to support Israel, which is good. I think that's
fine. But both sides, I understand it. But the
problem is a lot of times. We want to sit, but
we don't want we don't we overlook. We are really
overlooking the more complex issues at hand,
and I think one of the issues we need to talk
about that's not discussed enough is the the
rules of wartime propaganda. and I've written
about this back when I had a medium account before
I got suspended but here are some rules of wartime
propaganda that you need to be aware of and keep
in mind This is not just for Israel or Palestine
or Russia and Ukraine for all. And I'll read
them out to you and you let me know if they sound
familiar. Let me know if you've seen these things,
whether it be by legacy media, social media,
maybe your friends, maybe your family members,
maybe your husband, your wife, maybe they brought
this up to you. And maybe it didn't sit right
with you. Maybe you weren't sure how to respond,
but here's what we're going to talk about. And
keep in mind. This is analysis according to Arthur
Ponson, but Ponson be oh, I said that right So
here's what it is the ten rules of wartime propaganda
number one We don't want war. We're only defending
ourselves. Does it sound familiar to you? Number
two the enemy is solely responsible for the war
attention Zelensky attention Ukraine warmongers
number three The enemy has the face of the devil.
Attention all you anti -Putin shills who don't
want to address the reality, the situation. Attention
all you pro -Palestine nutcases. Number four,
we are defending a noble cause, not our interests.
That one strikes a chord big time. Examples include
freedom, justice, and democracy. Ooh. Oh, you
don't say. You know who that sounds like? The
thugs in the street. The thugs in the street
who want to dispute the reality and they want
to do it under the demise of defending democracy.
They want to attack conservatives. They want
to attack kids in the street. They want to burn
down Tesla dealerships in the name of peace,
justice and love like they did back in the 60s.
But this time it's under the guise of democracy.
In other words, they want to act like fascists
to save democracy. That sound familiar to you?
Good, because if you're paying attention, it
does. Number five, the enemy deliberately commits
atrocities. We only make mistakes. Attention
all you Ukraine warmongering thugs. attention
mark levin attention attention right wing talk
show hosts attention all you neocon ventriloquists
out there who want the dollars to go to the military
industrial complex number six the enemy uses
illegal weapons attention all you old bush hasbens
weapons of mass destruction ass people number
seven We suffer small losses the enemy suffers
heavy losses thus are familiar to you Now and
Palestine Israel has actually kind of been reversed
where they're evil as opposed to in Ukraine It's
the Ukrainians aren't dying. It's only the Russians
that are dying when in fact that's not the case
at all in fact an entire generation of Ukrainian
men have been destroyed the breadbasket of Europe
has been singed But and no we're in for a major
famine Oh yeah, you'll see it not long from now.
We mark my words. Number eight. Now keep in mind,
this is a list of 10 wartime propaganda tactics
that have been around for a long time. This is
not news. This is not re this is not recent.
This has been going on since the beginning of
time. And we're there's 10 of them. We're at
number eight. Number eight, intellectuals and
artists support our cause. attention all of you
celebrity influencers out there attention all
you bootlicking Taylor Swift fans number 9 out
of 10 our cause is sacred making compromise is
immoral really? you don't say does that strike
a bell with anybody in the audience today? and
finally Number 10 the enemy is not human. The
enemy is a monster Dehumanizing the opponent
to justify violence Attention all you Palestinian
shills who called Jews Nazis. Yes, I'm talking
to you Yes, I'm talking to you. I Know what you're
doing us intelligent people. We know what you're
doing We know that you're repeating these ten
tactics right in our faces brazenly in our faces
We know you're doing it You're not gonna get
away with it You might get away with it with
the idiotic nutcases who are emotional you might
get away with them But you won't get it away
with us. You might get away with doing it to
the drug addicts the mental head cases But you
won't do it with us Us the audience of the ship
gets your pockets. We are intelligent people
You won't get us on this. We know what you're
doing. We know you're lying to us. I don't care
if you're on Fox News, MSNBC, or a TikTok influencer
whose shows are behind. I don't care who you
are. If you do not address these 10 tactics,
if you fall for them, you are getting what you
deserve. Because you're not educating yourself.
This is why the old people who've been through
the 60s, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, some
of them stole Remnants of the Holocaust, they
know these things. They're not always right,
by the way. You shouldn't support anybody blindly.
Israel, Palestine, Ukraine, Russia, you shouldn't
support anybody blindly. Because when you walk
blindly, you walk with no sense of direction.
as opposed to researching, as opposed to diving
into the complexities of the topic. But the problem
is, there is no logic when it comes to the overwhelming
support of the Palestinians because they're run
by gangsters. They're run by, they drive by in
their Lambos and their Bugattis while people
ride by on donkeys and in carts in Palestine,
in case you didn't know it. They are not run
by a good republic or democratically elected
government. Arguably, us in America, we're not
even run by a democratically elected system.
We're run by a bunch of lobbyists in our two
-card monkey game called a political system or
two -party system. But that's besides the point.
Let you let me know, my friends. What do you
think of this list? I'll repeat it in case you
don't remember it. I'll repeat it in case you
missed it. 1. Worry that we are always in the
right 2. The enemy is solely responsible 3. The
enemy's leader is evil in the face of the conflict
4. We are defending a noble cause, not our own
self -interest 5. The enemy commits atrocities
deliberately 6. Our mistakes are rare and honest
7. The enemy is using illegal weapons and tactics
8. Artists and intellectuals support our cause.
Nine, our cause is sacred and doubters our traitors.
Ten, the enemy is a monster and not human. Those
are the wartime propaganda tactics that are not
new to the game. They are an old story, but one
that's been forgotten to the test of time amidst
the TikTok and YouTube generation. Now, my friends,
you don't need to tell me your age. What can
you tell me is where do you line up on the issue
and what made you go down this route? Because
there was a time in this country when journalism
was journalism and opinion was opinion but today
The line is so faded that you can't tell a difference
anymore unless you're paying attention The line
has become so gray that you don't know whether
people are actually giving you news or they're
giving you a party line or something paid for
by some lobbyist schmuck moron. You don't know.
You have no idea what people actually think.
You only know what their corporate boss is and
the people who pay for their political ads. That's
the only thing you know about. You only know
how much, how many side effects the medication
has that's advertised on everybody's show around
the clock. Big Pharma is out of control. with
how much they advertise. You ever seen these
old advertisements from the early 90s, early
2000s that were actually creative and not just
an ad with some old guy going to play tennis
while talking about his AIDS medication? Anybody
remember these things? You can't believe I sometimes
can't believe I'm living in this world. Truth
be told, I really can't. There was a time when
people respected their elders. There was a time
when these topics were actually discussed instead
of just some hogwash, impossible question thrown
up there. And if you don't agree, you're some
horrible, evil person who doesn't care about
children, doesn't care about oppression. And
there was a time when those who were perceived,
keyword perceived to be oppressed were not inherently
virtuous. There's a time when that was true,
but that's not true anymore people assume that
the The perceived oppression of any group makes
them inherently more virtuous Than either those
who are perceived to be oppressors or perceived
to be neutral and the problem is Nobody wants
to discuss these topics in depth. They want to
give you something that's sugar -coated That's
watered down to keep sponsors. I don't have sponsors.
I have you I Don't have corporate bosses. I have
you and You my friends of the sheep get shared
podcast. You let me know Am I out of line for
bringing up these these topics in this manner?
Am I? going too far Am I too flamboyant with
how I'm talking am I too? bombastic like Trump
we're talking about things well you let me know
you the people you tell me you speak because
this is your show not just mine my friends whether
you're young or old you let me know where you'll
wind up on this issue i'm curious how you arrived
at your conclusion even if i disagree with you
i will not delete your comments i won't censor
you If you make an intelligent point, I'm more
than happy to listen to it. My friends, you let
me know where you line up on the question of
the day of why do you think that the older generation
overwhelmingly supports Israel as opposed to
the younger generation who overwhelmingly supports
Palestine? You let me know. Take care of yourselves.
I'm out. Peace.