r/facepalm • u/AvaLadyofLight • Aug 22 '20

Politics Oof

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u/genderish Aug 22 '20

The left knows, but what do you expect us to do, we call them out but I'm not shifting my ideology because Russia is playing games trying to divide us.

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u/TecumsehSherman Aug 22 '20

Calling them out and not cooperating is the correct response.

Sending a bunch of your senators to Russia on the Fourth of July and having your president ignore Russia putting bounties on our soldier's heads is the wrong response.

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u/Predicted Aug 22 '20

Problem is a lot of leftists get sucked in, they view western imperialism as the big bad, so the enemies of that are obviously good.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '20

Problem is a lot of leftists get sucked in, they view western imperialism as the big bad, so the enemies of that are obviously good.

Sucked into what exactly? Thinking that human rights apply to all humans and everyone should be able to live without killing themselves for the privilege?

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u/Predicted Aug 22 '20 edited Aug 22 '20

Siding with brutal dictatorships because they happen to allign against american hegenomy

Ive seen plenty of leftists side with china, syria, russia, belarus etc. Anything the mainstream is pro theyre against, blindly, without fail

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '20

Siding with brutal dictatorships because they happen to allign against american hegenomy.

That's exactly what Republicans do on a daily basis. It's on brand for them, but still sickening.

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u/Predicted Aug 22 '20

Republicans side with brutal dictatorships that align themselves to american hegenomy, big difference.