Perhaps. I’m smart enough to know that, like everyone else, I can be fucking stupid sometimes.
I was deliberate to use the word assumed, because it was just based on a hunch. That hunch, however, was predicated on observations of how nothing critical could ever be said of Russia.
For example, I was confused about how everyone was (rightly) denouncing the invasion of Palestine, but not the invasion of Ukraine. The most explicit reason I ever received was, apparently, Ukraine is just chock full of Nazis and Putin is simply liberating the innocent Ukrainians. I know there is a lot of history to distill and this is not the best forum for it. It just seems like such a waste of lives on all sides.
So, it stands to reason since ml is reticent to criticize anything about Russia and I see a lack of criticism about Trump (who is buddy buddy with Putin), that may be the cause.
I know your main shtick is to be incendiary, but I just thought I would expand on my reasoning just in case you wanted to have a human conversation.
was predicated on observations of how nothing critical could ever be said of Russia.
Well, no, because things critical of Russia absolutist can and are said.
but not the invasion of Ukraine.
Plenty of people would, I certainly do. But the people who don’t certainly don’t not because they’re pro-Putin or anything.
So, it stands to reason since ml is reticent to criticize anything about Russia
We really aren’t.
I see a lack of criticism about Trump
How do you see a lack of something? What would be the acceptable amount of criticism for Trump? certainly you won’t see anyone there unironically praising him. If there’s more criticism of Dems, it’s because opposition to Trump is already consensus, so there isn’t really more to say about the matter, where as people on Lemmy still have some support for the Dems.
In regards to Trump, by measuring it relative to the critiques of other liberals, especially when they are in a race for the US presidency.
If there’s more criticism of Dems, it’s because opposition to Trump is already consensus, so there isn’t really more to say about the matter, where as people on Lemmy still have some support for the Dems.
Extremely well said, and a good point. I’m not sure it explains everything, but it’s something I should definitely consider.
Extremely well said, and a good point. I’m not sure it explains everything, but it’s something I should definitely consider.
Keep it in mind and I think you’ll find it does a pretty good job explaining everything. Think about it like this: I have never seen a single person who is openly pro-MAGA, I don’t know if I’ve even seen someone who’s pro-GOP. On the other end, we’ve been in this Trump dominated political purgatory for almost a decade. What’s the point then, of reiterating criticisms that have been repeated ad-nausea, to a community that universally has already heard them a thousand times and already agrees.
To people who view politics as a spectator sport rather than a power structure for changing the material world, you gotta keep cheering for the home team and booing for the away team, until the end of time.
The treatment of western politics as a spectator sport is so deeply engrained in the culture that it’s really hard to even get people to recognize they’re doing it.
And it’s ironic because I think it’s become that way because the political system seems so unresponsive to actual efforts to change the material world, so people need to find a different reason to engage with it.
Perhaps. I’m smart enough to know that, like everyone else, I can be fucking stupid sometimes.
I was deliberate to use the word assumed, because it was just based on a hunch. That hunch, however, was predicated on observations of how nothing critical could ever be said of Russia.
For example, I was confused about how everyone was (rightly) denouncing the invasion of Palestine, but not the invasion of Ukraine. The most explicit reason I ever received was, apparently, Ukraine is just chock full of Nazis and Putin is simply liberating the innocent Ukrainians. I know there is a lot of history to distill and this is not the best forum for it. It just seems like such a waste of lives on all sides.
So, it stands to reason since ml is reticent to criticize anything about Russia and I see a lack of criticism about Trump (who is buddy buddy with Putin), that may be the cause.
I know your main shtick is to be incendiary, but I just thought I would expand on my reasoning just in case you wanted to have a human conversation.
Well, no, because things critical of Russia absolutist can and are said.
Plenty of people would, I certainly do. But the people who don’t certainly don’t not because they’re pro-Putin or anything.
We really aren’t.
How do you see a lack of something? What would be the acceptable amount of criticism for Trump? certainly you won’t see anyone there unironically praising him. If there’s more criticism of Dems, it’s because opposition to Trump is already consensus, so there isn’t really more to say about the matter, where as people on Lemmy still have some support for the Dems.
In regards to Trump, by measuring it relative to the critiques of other liberals, especially when they are in a race for the US presidency.
Extremely well said, and a good point. I’m not sure it explains everything, but it’s something I should definitely consider.
Keep it in mind and I think you’ll find it does a pretty good job explaining everything. Think about it like this: I have never seen a single person who is openly pro-MAGA, I don’t know if I’ve even seen someone who’s pro-GOP. On the other end, we’ve been in this Trump dominated political purgatory for almost a decade. What’s the point then, of reiterating criticisms that have been repeated ad-nausea, to a community that universally has already heard them a thousand times and already agrees.
To people who view politics as a spectator sport rather than a power structure for changing the material world, you gotta keep cheering for the home team and booing for the away team, until the end of time.
The treatment of western politics as a spectator sport is so deeply engrained in the culture that it’s really hard to even get people to recognize they’re doing it.
And it’s ironic because I think it’s become that way because the political system seems so unresponsive to actual efforts to change the material world, so people need to find a different reason to engage with it.