I have a theory for why liberals are being even weirder than usual about Russia/Ukraine. It's impossible for them to say plainly "it's evil to start wars of aggression and kill civilians," because that raises hard questions about the US government's foreign policy. So, they have to distract from the cognitive dissonance with batshit insane takes and invent weird racist reasons why Putin is actually different
I have a theory for why liberals are being even weirder than usual about Russia/Ukraine. It's impossible for them to say plainly "it's evil to start wars of aggression and kill civilians," because that raises hard questions about the US government's foreign policy. So, they have to distract from the cognitive dissonance with batshit insane takes and invent weird racist reasons why Putin is actually different
Holy crap, so well said. Yes.
Or if they’re slightly more left leaning they’ll say “two countries can be bad at the same time”
Ok why aren’t you calling for crippling sanctions against the USA, Saudi Arabia or Israel and boycotting all their goods?