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In case you doubt that anyone who deviates from the mandated consensus instantly gets smeared as a Russian agent or apologist. The DSA statement was reasonable (see below); its crime was that it criticized NATO. Hence it must be "pro-Putin." The WH also attacked DSA.
Here's the @DemSocialists statement. I'm sure many would disagree with some of these claims but it's perfectly reasonable, and if you can't express this minimal dissent without being smeared by top Democrats and the WH as a Kremlin agent, then the climate is toxic and warped.
And again, just to illustrate how much more open and permissive the debate over Ukraine is around the world, here's one of Brazil's most influential YouTubers and commentators, @felipeneto, asking a question which, in the US, would prompt instant "pro-Putin" accusations:
The Huffington Post in 2017 published an article by constitutional scholar Bruce Fein headlined: "he United States Should Withdraw from NATO." You know what that means. cc: @FBI

huffpost.com/entry/the-unit…

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