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It is crystal clear that you are proceeding from the preconceived notion that Russia and China are essentially "evil", rather than arriving at that conclusion t
by pphysch 5y ago
It is crystal clear that you are proceeding from the preconceived notion that Russia and China are essentially "evil", rather than arriving at that conclusion through critical scrutiny of available evidence and historical trends.
To you, any allegation from a Washington-aligned media source is a) unquestioningly true and b) evidence of the respective government's bad behavior. You do this automatically, without considering the alternatives.
Do these media sources have an incentive to misrepresent their foreign subjects? For example, to maintain good relations with Western governments, or to score lucrative contracts. If so, why would they not act on that incentive?
Do Western intelligence services have an incentive to manufacture evidence against their opponents? Why would they not act on this incentive? Indeed, there are countless well-established historical examples of this behavior, from the USS Maine to the OPCW cover-up. Yet to modern Western chauvinists, that behavior is eternally in the past and could never explain present controversies.
- robbedpeter 5y agoWay to go with the attempt at obfuscation, but China is actively engaged in imperial encroachment on Taiwan, abused Hong Kong and is suppressing any and all dissent, and are imprisoning people based on ethnicity and religion in concentration camps. They also threatened Japan with nuclear first strike just in the last 96 hours. The Africa situation, the spread of misinformation and obstruction with regards to covid, and the endless parade of human rights abuses in their manufacturing infrastructure are also front and center in the world's eyes. By all means, though, continue with your narrative. Obviously China is just a force for good in the world, and is just misunderstood because of all that nasty CIA propaganda.
- pphysch 5y agoThis entire comment is dripping with "fake news", like a Trumper hopped up on Pizzagate and Qanon. I mean this sincerely: you seriously need to reexamine where you get your information, and exercise a bit of critical scrutiny instead of mindlessly regurgitating headlines from Reddit. This is totally, dangerously insane.
- robbedpeter 5y agoIs there a checklist you follow when attempting to discredit, redirect, and misrepresent? It's a little formulaic and boring at this point - "quick, change the subject! Accuse of being right wing, conspiracy theorist, crazy, and deluded!" Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!