Yeah, because it couldn't possibly be that Americans are opposed to genocide.
For fuck's sake, Pelosi. Witch hunts are supposed to be a Republican thing.
wouldn’t be the first time Russia has done something like this, that said, how about we stop supporting genocide and it won’t matter
Wouldn't be the first time democrats have done this, either.
The best propaganda in the world is the truth. I wouldn't even be surprised if the Russians were signal boosting Palestinians in some way. Doesn't mean we should keep supporting a genocide though. Israel fucked up.
They're absolutely boosting Palestinians. Russia wants to prove to the world that Israel is carrying out a genocide, and that Israel/US are heavily leaning on international entities to delay any meaningful condemnation from bodies like the ICJ or UN. Russia wants to highlight the moral hypocrisy of the West, and prove that Palestinians are being exterminated
This is not because Russia cares about human rights. Rather it is because they want to paint the United States/The West as obvious hypocrites with no moral standing. Which will enable Russia to commit larger atrocities in Ukraine without meaningful rebuke. After all, these same international agencies permitted the genocide in Gaza, who are they now to condemn Russia when they massacre an entire Ukrainian city? It also will provide cover for China's invasion of Taiwan, and their further suppression of Uyghurs in NW China.
Israel is certainly engaging in genocide against Palestinian. But this crime, and the US' whitewashing of it, will be used by Russia/China as cover to carry out their own escalated human rights abuses. And by that time, the US will have lost its moral leadership in the world and Western international institutions will have similarly been shown to be utterly useless puppets of America. Which is all a very bad thing for the weak and non-nuclear peoples of the world
Yeah, but that was always going to happen. Using it to silence protest is... Maddening.
She gets intelligence briefings and does not interact with normal people. So I'm sure that genuinely colors her perception of reality on this matter. Plus she's old and has never lived in a time where Americans oppose Israel to this extent - so of course she thinks it's all astroturfed rather than being genuine
Doesn't excuse her behavior, obviously. But there is a plausible explanation for it aside from her being evil (which she is, but other factors are also at play here)
While it's all certainly Americans, and we don't like genocides, she is correct in assuming that Putin wants Trump to win, and this would be an effective way to further that goal.
Don't forget Putin was KGB.
I imagine it's more through social media manipulation and misinformation than FSB funding, I suppose I could be wrong. By way of example, though, how many times have you heard that white phosphorous is banned, even though that's not exactly true?
FSB is using social media among other things. Active Measures is one of primary ways how they operated and they adapted it well to the Internet age.
Have you thought how come that antivaxx people also have very pro Russia anti EU, anti UN anti NATO views?
Covid was a great catalyst in spreading disinformation.
Same thing with far right people in US and Europe, how come their views are mostly pro Russia and how come they greatly overlap with antivaxx?
I've honestly just stopped doing that explainer because Israel is using it illegally.
True. But the propaganda line doesn't acknowledge the distinction, and just tries to spread the idea that the US does not care about international law, which is false.
Ahhh yes. I had someone run that with landmines too. According to them we can't get in compliance with international law until we de-mine the Korean DMZ...
Landmines are also not banned. There's a lot of subtly misleading bullshit on the internet.
There is a section on them that most of the world has signed. It's basically the US, Russia, and China that haven't signed.
It's a little more complicated than that, because there are many different kinds of landmines. Nobody bans them all.
Thank you, Flying Squid. I couldn't agree more. The Trump-resemblance in attitude on her part has been disheartening. BTW, I tend to really like your comments. Have a good day.
Yeah, because it couldn't possibly be that Americans are opposed to genocide.
For fuck's sake, Pelosi. Witch hunts are supposed to be a Republican thing.
wouldn’t be the first time Russia has done something like this, that said, how about we stop supporting genocide and it won’t matter
Wouldn't be the first time democrats have done this, either.
The best propaganda in the world is the truth. I wouldn't even be surprised if the Russians were signal boosting Palestinians in some way. Doesn't mean we should keep supporting a genocide though. Israel fucked up.
They're absolutely boosting Palestinians. Russia wants to prove to the world that Israel is carrying out a genocide, and that Israel/US are heavily leaning on international entities to delay any meaningful condemnation from bodies like the ICJ or UN. Russia wants to highlight the moral hypocrisy of the West, and prove that Palestinians are being exterminated
This is not because Russia cares about human rights. Rather it is because they want to paint the United States/The West as obvious hypocrites with no moral standing. Which will enable Russia to commit larger atrocities in Ukraine without meaningful rebuke. After all, these same international agencies permitted the genocide in Gaza, who are they now to condemn Russia when they massacre an entire Ukrainian city? It also will provide cover for China's invasion of Taiwan, and their further suppression of Uyghurs in NW China.
Israel is certainly engaging in genocide against Palestinian. But this crime, and the US' whitewashing of it, will be used by Russia/China as cover to carry out their own escalated human rights abuses. And by that time, the US will have lost its moral leadership in the world and Western international institutions will have similarly been shown to be utterly useless puppets of America. Which is all a very bad thing for the weak and non-nuclear peoples of the world
Yeah, but that was always going to happen. Using it to silence protest is... Maddening.
She gets intelligence briefings and does not interact with normal people. So I'm sure that genuinely colors her perception of reality on this matter. Plus she's old and has never lived in a time where Americans oppose Israel to this extent - so of course she thinks it's all astroturfed rather than being genuine
Doesn't excuse her behavior, obviously. But there is a plausible explanation for it aside from her being evil (which she is, but other factors are also at play here)
While it's all certainly Americans, and we don't like genocides, she is correct in assuming that Putin wants Trump to win, and this would be an effective way to further that goal.
Don't forget Putin was KGB.
I imagine it's more through social media manipulation and misinformation than FSB funding, I suppose I could be wrong. By way of example, though, how many times have you heard that white phosphorous is banned, even though that's not exactly true?
FSB is using social media among other things. Active Measures is one of primary ways how they operated and they adapted it well to the Internet age.
Have you thought how come that antivaxx people also have very pro Russia anti EU, anti UN anti NATO views?
Covid was a great catalyst in spreading disinformation.
Same thing with far right people in US and Europe, how come their views are mostly pro Russia and how come they greatly overlap with antivaxx?
I wanted you to be wrong, but you’re right.
Thanks for providing a link.
I've honestly just stopped doing that explainer because Israel is using it illegally.
True. But the propaganda line doesn't acknowledge the distinction, and just tries to spread the idea that the US does not care about international law, which is false.
Ahhh yes. I had someone run that with landmines too. According to them we can't get in compliance with international law until we de-mine the Korean DMZ...
Landmines are also not banned. There's a lot of subtly misleading bullshit on the internet.
There is a section on them that most of the world has signed. It's basically the US, Russia, and China that haven't signed.
It's a little more complicated than that, because there are many different kinds of landmines. Nobody bans them all.
Thank you, Flying Squid. I couldn't agree more. The Trump-resemblance in attitude on her part has been disheartening. BTW, I tend to really like your comments. Have a good day.
Thank you, you too!