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This is a disturbing trend I've seen on the left. Any criticism of a foreign country is construed as racism, or talk around immigration policies. That's obvious
by eloff 7y ago
This is a disturbing trend I've seen on the left. Any criticism of a foreign country is construed as racism, or talk around immigration policies. That's obviously conflating issues, and it serves to shut down conversation rather than promote it. I hope people stop being so woke and wake up to the harm they're causing with that kind of extreme attitude.
- seneca 7y agoIt's unfortunate, because I think those people are largely motivated by good intentions and don't realize the damage they do. With apology for the pejorative, this is the entire problem of the "useful idiot". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot
- caseysoftware 7y ago* Except Russia You can insult, malign, and attack Russia all you want because "it's all Russia's fault!"
- eloff 7y agoOne can't look at Russia and say they're the good guys - but I have a lot of empathy for how they're treated by the West. I don't think it's always fair or justified by any means. Governments seem to find it useful to have a bad guy to point to, for various reasons, and Russia has served this purpose a lot. That's a shame, because we should be trying to get along peacefully rather.
- lostlogin 7y ago> This is a disturbing trend I've seen on the left. It’s not just the left, it’s both sides, and often there have been incidents of actual racism that can be accurately cited as prior examples of racism.
- eloff 7y agoI haven't seen this on the right, I think the left is far more guilty of invoking racism falsely. The right tends to be guilty of actual racism sometimes.