RE: Russia and Ukraine
Yesterday at 8:57 pm
(This post was last modified: Yesterday at 9:02 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(Yesterday at 4:21 pm)Belacqua Wrote: A couple of misconceptions I could clear up:
First, I do not support Russia's actions, and I don't think that Putin is wonderful.
This is the type of assumption that people make a lot -- if I say that one side is bad, they assume I'm supporting the other side. As when I said that Kamala Harris was a weak candidate and couldn't win, some people thought I was supporting Trump. But it's possible for both sides to be bad. If I am against cholera, this doesn't mean that I like typhus.
Second, I have never been a Christian and when I tell you what I have read about Ukraine this has nothing to do with religion.
And I am not a Republican. The only political party in the world today that I find respectable is the Reiwa Shinsengumi, led by Yamamoto Taro.
I notice you didn't argue my point that you're historically illiterate.
Secondly, even if you don't like Putin as well ( a self-serving and yet doubtful claim, imo), the fact that you don't critique his actions, (which are worse by far than any of your complaints about Zelenskyy, puts you in the position of carrying water for Putin in this discussion. It undermines any attempt you make at any appearance of objectivity. It's like the use of negative space in the visual arts.
I sure wouldn't want to be seen in that light myself.


