1/ Witness a leftist #bluecheckmark sitting safely in USA, posting opinions.
Here he's calling an actual reporter on the ground "journalist" in scare quotes, and mis-representing the tweet. The tweet is simple: a report, not "taking credit".
2/ >Why?
Gonzalo Lira has disappeared disappearance. An opinion poaster and youtuber, recently posting spicy commentary on the #Russia-n #invasion. Last stationed in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
>citizen of the world
Citizens of the world unite? I don't like this.
3/ Important point of note: the reporter on the ground is also described as "Dem operative" with certain underhanded history.
4/ Recommend:
- I don't side with either, and recommend same for you
- note the "SBU death squads", alternatively "SBU goon squads" - it's not organic. It's coordinated propaganda language, frequently used by Gonzalo, also by Scott Ritter.
5/ Recommend:
- note leftist infighting: (Max, populist & revolutionary leftists) vs establishment left (Sarah, liberals)
- the activisty leftists aren't happy with Russia, but can't support Ukraine due to nationalism
- the establishment presumes Ukr win but without betting on it
6/ PS.: why Sarah would call Gonzalo "Russian spy"? It's weird, and I don't know. Probably just for dramatic effect - he is known as *opinion-maker* rather.
But maybe the interests in finance & the trips between Ukr & London he mentioned on occasion had some more to it. Idk.
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2/ What is the problem that's inverse of censorship?
Hyper-aversion to being wrong. Exaggerated importance placed on never-ever being wrong. No "soundbite chicken", no failed prediction, no professional slang that turns slur 10, 20 years later.
3/ There are several tactics used in the course of Hyper-aversion to being wrong, and we can group them into a couple broad categories.
1/ The pervasive censorship and the uniparty establishment are american wartime measures. #dmutc
In turn, keeping up the wartime posture is dictated by maintaining the #PaxAmericana. Which has certain major advantages.
2/ The censorship is used to maintain a somewhat coherent foreign policy and posture in the face of strong internal dissent and plurality of voices.
3/ The uniparty establishment is used to continue economic & other wartime measures more or less intact, while being able to let voters express dissatisfaction with the outgoing admin & reps.
The above two factors lead to certain major problems.
2/ In USA and several other countries, the people are the sovereign. The people have the moral and practical right and obligation to decide the *exceptions* to the rules.
We've seen that in action many times.
3/ The people deciding exception to rules, above and beyond lawyers' "rule of law":
"Penny Auction", in particular in context of Great Depression