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> well technically the ukranians were doing the shelling first, starting on february 17th, killing ethnic russians in donbas. Many sources argued both in advan
by gammarator 5y ago
> well technically the ukranians were doing the shelling first, starting on february 17th, killing ethnic russians in donbas.
Many sources argued both in advance and at the time that these were false-flag attacks designed to create a pretext for the invasion. (Eg, https://www.voanews.com/a/shelling-mortar-fire-intensify-in-ukraine-s-donbas-as-war-clouds-gather-/6450218.html https://www.voanews.com/a/shelling-mortar-fire-intensify-in-...)
So the accusation of propaganda can go either way.
- id02009 5y agoBut that's exactly the point. DDG is in no position to verify any of it. We need to learn this cycle on our own skin: Read something, get outraged, then read a study proving it was false, learn not to get automatically outraged. Repeat. Censoring is keeping adults in informational childhood state.