Whitewashing It Black

As news coverage deepened, the Ottawa massacre was also widely reported. Of course, the France remained very measured in their reporting of this event.

"Remember, when reporting on this matter, you must adhere to the following principles." In a salon at the Moulin Rouge, Lucien reclined on a sofa, his head resting on the lap of Adele, the Moulin Rouge's current top courtesan, as he lazily gave instructions to a few of his men.

Yes, this is one of Lucien's working methods. Generally speaking, those who can talk to Lucien about work here are basically his confidants.

"Though the United States are all barbarians, at least for now, they are still the barbarians on our side," Lucien said, his words slightly muffled by the half-eaten grape Adele had fed him.

"Since they are still considered barbarians on our side, we can't directly attack their barbaric behavior. That would seem too unkind. However, we also need to let the people of Europe know that United States are barbarians just like the Britain. Hmm, Gaiting, what do you think we should do?"

Gaiting is the new editor-in-chief of * Science Truth Daily *. His predecessor had just retired, taking a large sum of money to a small estate outside Paris to live a comfortable life. Gaiting, having just taken office, naturally needed to produce some results; otherwise, why should he be in this coveted position?

Now that Lucien had raised the issue, he naturally wanted to make a good impression. So he replied, "Minister, I think we can resolve this by using collateral damage."

At this point, he glanced at Lucien, and seeing that Lucien made no further comment, continued, "When we report on these kinds of things, on the surface we should still appear to be praising the heroes among our France people. Incidentally, we should also mention the United States. For example, in Ottawa, Father Tom and Laibeike Ottawa many peaceful residents. We can focus our reporting on them, highlighting the humanitarian spirit they displayed. Then, we can incidentally report on the massacre perpetrated by the United States."

Well, considering that United States are, after all, the barbarians on our side, it's not good to just talk about them. When mentioning their atrocities, we can portray them as being blinded by hatred incited by the Britain atrocities, or as being bloodthirsty in battle. The point is to expose the atrocities while simultaneously whitewashing our barbarians. Of course, we need to be very careful with this whitewashing technique, so as not to actually whitewash them. Sometimes, we even need to deliberately leave places where the audience can immediately see that we are whitewashing them, but the effect is to make things worse. This way, we damage the image of United States without making people think we have ulterior motives—after all, you see, we've been working so hard to whitewash them."

After saying this, Gaiting looked at Lucien again with trepidation.

Lucien nodded, ate the orange slice Adele had just fed him, and then said, "That's a good idea! Mr. Gaiting, you'll be a great editor! Hmm, for example, a United States soldier stabbed a little girl to death with a bayonet right in front of Father Tom. How do we whitewash this so that the audience can immediately see we're trying to whitewash them, but the effect is that the more we try, the worse it gets?"

"Let's say that due to deep-seated hatred and intense fighting, the United States soldier's mental state has deteriorated. Hmm, hasn't the Academy of Sciences been conducting a lot of research on 'mental illnesses' lately? Academician Binet even established the world's first 'mental illness treatment center,' with very good results, right? We can describe this soldier as mentally ill, and the reason he's mentally ill is because of the immense harm inflicted on him by the Britain barbarians. Then we can even ask Academician Binet to say a few words, implying that the United States military generally suffers from mental health issues. And so..."

"So the entire American army has been turned into a mentally ill army by us!" Lucien laughed heartily, then added, "This method is good, but not enough. We need to dig deeper and trace the root cause back to the cultural influence of the Britain. Although the United States and Britain are hostile countries, they share a common culture. We must attribute their problems to their culture."

Yes, the Britain committed genocide against the indigenous people of their colonies, were intolerant of their own citizens, and arbitrarily oppressed those who disagreed with them. This is why the United States embarked on the path of resistance. However, United States failed to realize that the tyrannical red dragon lurking within Britain culture also lurked deep within their own spirit.

You see, even when they were resisting the Britain, the United States did not stop slaughtering other weaker peoples, such as Native Americans. Their first president, Washington, was a savage who was good at making boots from the skins of the Native Americans. They were oppressed by the Britain savages on the one hand, and invaded by the culture of the savages on the other. But they did not realize this, so they gradually became like the people they hated the most.

So, the United States are truly pathetic; they've been so deeply poisoned by Britain, yet they haven't even realized it. They haven't even noticed, let alone taken precautions. They're like, well, like the dragon slayer in Chris's fairy tale, who fought with all his might to kill the dragon, but didn't notice the dragon's blood splattering on him. So, right after he chopped off the dragon's head, he... well, what's that fairy tale about?

"'He sat in a pool of dragon's blood, his eyes began to turn red, his body began to swell, and scales began to grow on his skin—he had become the dragon he had just killed.' That's what it said," another subordinate replied.

"Yes, although the dragon hasn't been killed yet, the United States' skin is already itching, and they're about to grow scales. Unless they can awaken from the bottom of their hearts, unless a revolution erupts from within—a revolution against their own culture, from the heart—this tragedy will not stop. Therefore, we must remind our United States friends to learn more from the advanced, humanistic cultural spirit of France to cleanse the evil in their souls and ultimately become truly civilized people. Our propaganda should follow this approach," Lucien concluded.