‘Number of our deserters is too high’: Ukrainians flee fight against Russia

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    you and your compatriots pretty much exclusively parrot the Kremlin’s talking points

    Kremlin talking points is when you point out who is clearly winning the war

    with articles posted from American sources to cover the connection

    Even when it’s American media saying it, it’s Kremlin talking points. Unfalsifiable orthodoxy. You’re operating on religious belief dude

    . I don’t know who you’re trying to convince because these posts are routinely heavily downvoted

    “The fact that people are currently mad at you for saying this proves it’s wrong, just like when Saddam Hussein totally had WMD”. I know it sucks to have your bubble burst, but just because you want something to be true, that doesn’t make it true. These posts are also heavily upvoted, but of course that doesn’t count. When people agree with US propaganda, it’s totally organic. When people disagree, it’s because of a shadowy foreign influence operation. Again, you are working off of essentially a religious faith, and if it were 2003 you would be calling me a Saddam lover.

    your buddies brigade anyone that dissents.

    Arguing on a thread that comes up on your own page is now brigading. Anything to give yourself permission to ignore perspectives that aren’t sanctioned by capitalist media. In two months time you’ll be calling everyone Venezuelan bots for being against that imperial venture. The common denominator is a burning desire never to admit fault, almost like a political narcissism: any dissent is because of a conspiracy against you.

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        See? Like a toddler refusing to eat vegetables. You put on the appearance of being high-minded and caring about truth, but when it comes time to engage with any kind of dissent, you shut down and become a sullen child. What you actually care about is preserving your illusions in the face of cold reality.

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          Why would I ever waste more than a second trying to argue with you?

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            You seemed happy to perform the appearance of arguing earlier, when you thought I wouldn’t say anything substantial that required you to think. Now that I have, your bluff has been called and you’re shitting your pants in self-righteous indignation.