These days, anti-Russian bigotry is fashionable. McCarthyism in the 1950s included labeling as "Communist" anyone who sounded socialist, and these days, anyone who criticizes Ukraine gets the "Putin's playbook" treatment. In Orwell's 1984, there was a character named Emmanuel Goldstein, whom everybody was expected to hate. Today in the USA, Putin is made to fill that "enemy image."
My absolutely last comment to you John today. On the contrary, I think concerns for the Russian people under a brutal dictatorship strips what might seem fashionable from your perspective. Putin, with all his illusions of grandeur, and the oligarchs and military supporting him out of necessity of life, are the problem.
Labels are just that...ambiguous, weak, simple, and performative. They sprout from no basis in reality...its rather sad actually. I do wish you well.
Ummm, er, Certainly in a playbook somewhere. Putin’s perhaps?
Dave Dalton, do I perceive the stench of Orwellian McCarthyist bigotry?
Perceive what you choose. Stench comes in many forms
I have no idea what Orwellian McCartyist Bigotry means
Hahahahaha. Perfect, Dave. Neither does he. Troll talk playbook.
These days, anti-Russian bigotry is fashionable. McCarthyism in the 1950s included labeling as "Communist" anyone who sounded socialist, and these days, anyone who criticizes Ukraine gets the "Putin's playbook" treatment. In Orwell's 1984, there was a character named Emmanuel Goldstein, whom everybody was expected to hate. Today in the USA, Putin is made to fill that "enemy image."
My absolutely last comment to you John today. On the contrary, I think concerns for the Russian people under a brutal dictatorship strips what might seem fashionable from your perspective. Putin, with all his illusions of grandeur, and the oligarchs and military supporting him out of necessity of life, are the problem.
Labels are just that...ambiguous, weak, simple, and performative. They sprout from no basis in reality...its rather sad actually. I do wish you well.