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> only hope Westerners don't get fooled by the rhetoric This AP article is written very unsympathetically towards him
by petesergeant 2y ago
> only hope Westerners don't get fooled by the rhetoric
This AP article is written very unsympathetically towards him
- tankenmate 2y agoMaybe declaring martial law when there isn't a violent overthrow of the government in progress doesn't really garner much sympathy.
- petesergeant 2y agoYes brother, that was my point, wrt to the text I quoted
- happytoexplain 2y agoI read it the same way the parent did - can you clarify?
- brvsft 2y agoHis point was that Westerners aren't necessarily going to be fooled, with the example of the AP (Western) viewing his declaration of martial law unsympathetically.
- petesergeant 2y agoThere’s not usually much space between consensus Western opinion (when there is one) and AP editorial stance, so if they think he’s a loon, it’s safe to assume most in the West will too. “Unsympathetic towards” does not mean “biased against”
- bilbo0s 2y agoHe's being "oppressed" by all the "enemies of South Korea" out there engaging in the newly anti-South Korean practices of "reason and logic".
- notahacker 2y agoI don't think the AP is the sector of the West the OP is worried might turn sympathetic towards him if he makes the right noises and does outreach to the right people.