One of odder superstitions people have is that persons we think of as bad cannot (therefore) have any good qualities.
If Putin is a bad man, he cannot (therefore) be "savvy" or "a genius." To think so makes you a "traitor."
How does it?
Why can't a bad man be a savvy man?
If Putin is a bad man, he cannot (therefore) be "savvy" or "a genius." To think so makes you a "traitor."
How does it?
Why can't a bad man be a savvy man?
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It is (or should be) fairly obvious that Adolf Hitler was a master orator.
And he had a first rate understanding of propaganda and how to use it effectively.
Neither of those facts makes him less of an evil man. They made his evil more effective.
And he had a first rate understanding of propaganda and how to use it effectively.
Neither of those facts makes him less of an evil man. They made his evil more effective.
If Putin is a bad man, this is no evidence that he isn't "savvy." He is. Nor is it evidence he isn't "a genius." I wouldn't go that far, but Putin is clear a rather brilliant stateman and he is outplaying the West very well.
MORAL INDIGNATION is nothing more than hot air here.
MORAL INDIGNATION is nothing more than hot air here.
There are different ways that political leaders can be bad.
They can be evil in their actions and intentions. They can also be weak, feckless, spineless, and/or delusional.
The West today has a surfeit of the latter. Whatever you think of Putin, he isn't one of those.
They can be evil in their actions and intentions. They can also be weak, feckless, spineless, and/or delusional.
The West today has a surfeit of the latter. Whatever you think of Putin, he isn't one of those.
The Left seems to think it has a "zinger" in comparing Republican anti-Communism with a Republican "lack of zeal" in being anti-Russia.
But Russia ≠ Communist Soviet Union.
We were never against the Russian people or Russia as a country.
Unless you're an anti-Russian bigot.
But Russia ≠ Communist Soviet Union.
We were never against the Russian people or Russia as a country.
Unless you're an anti-Russian bigot.
The Left seems to be composed of such anti-Russian bigots. For the Left, it was ONLY the Communism of the Soviet Union that kept their anti-Russian bigotry in check.
For the Right, it was the Communism that they opposed, not the Russianness of the Russians.
For the Right, it was the Communism that they opposed, not the Russianness of the Russians.
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