Ladies and Gentlemen: The "Regressive Left"

[DetlefK]

103. I'm just unnerved by the constant propaganda over that topic.

"Russia is innocent." - Never mind that Russia's military is active in eastern Ukraine, in Crimea and in Georgia, and that russian warships are bullying civilian ships in the Baltic Sea, and that russian journalists have confirmed the existence of russian internet-trolls, and that russian internet-trolls have given interviews how they shape opinions online, and that the reporting of Kremlin-sponsored "news-channel" Russia Today has all psychological/stylistic hallmarks of propaganda. (Find one story about the US on RT that makes the US look good. I dare you. Find one story about Russia on RT that makes Russia look bad.)

"Ukraine is run by Neonazis." - Never mind that they are just one of several factions supporting the ukrainian government.

"The West orchestrated the putsch because they want to hurt Russia." - Never mind that Ukraine is breaking apart along political and geographical fault-lines that have existed for decades.




It's the lying. The constant lying. The dismissal of facts just because one doesn't like the facts. It's the blind and reflexive hatred, the political extremism, the willfull ignorance. It's the constant propaganda, the "both-sides-do-it".

Just to be clear about this: One country has invaded another country and is now waging a propaganda-war to portray itself as the real victim here.

And what really pisses me off are those juvenile wannabe-heroes on the extreme left who think that the world is black&white. They imagine themselves being lone warriors against darkness and (oh, what a surprise) everywhere they look the see evil that makes their heroism necessary.
The US did something bad? Well, that can only mean that the opponents of the US are the good guys.
They want to be a somebody, they want to be important and for that they need a noble cause to stand up for. Any cause will do. Whether it makes sense, or whatever the facts say, that doesn't matter. They NEED this political fight and their made-up tragic role as an outcast underdog hero for their own self-worth.