Sooo, your view is that Dessalines, Davel, Yoghtos and other Marxist-Leninist nuts are all just non-Russians accidentally perpetuating Russian propaganda which actually isn’t even provably Russian propaganda?
My guy, Yogthos has said many times that he grew up in Russia. What’s to be gained by pretending to be someone other than one’s self for years on social media?
Since the beginning of what’s generally called ‘RussiaGate’ three years ago, pundits, media outlets, even comedians have all become insta-experts on supposed Russian propaganda techniques. The most cunning of these tricks, we are told, is that of “whataboutism” – a devious Soviet tactic of deflecting criticism by pointing out the accusers’ hypocrisy and inconsistencies. The tu quoque - or, “you, also” - fallacy, but with a unique Slavic flavor of nihilism, used by Trump and leftists alike in an effort to change the subject and focus on the faults of the United States rather than the crimes of Official State Enemies.
But what if "whataboutism" isn’t describing a propaganda technique, but in fact is one itself: a zombie phrase that’s seeped into everyday liberal discourse that – while perhaps useful in the abstract - has manifestly turned any appeal to moral consistency into a cunning Russian psyop. From its origins in the Cold War as a means of deflecting and apologizing for Jim Crow to its braindead contemporary usage as a way of not engaging any criticism of the United States as the supposed arbiter of human rights, the term "whataboutism" has become a term that - 100 percent of the time - is simply used to defend and legitimizing American empire’s moral narratives.
My guy, Yogthos has said many times that he grew up in Russia. What’s to be gained by pretending to be someone other than one’s self for years on social media?
Get a grip on yourself.
How is this about ML? You got site banned from lemmy.zip: https://lemmy.zip/modlog?actionType=ModBan&userId=27203990
The trick is to confidently make shit up. The tactic isn’t unique to Reddit, but it clearly was inherited from that culture.
They’re posting fake nudes of you? How would anyone on Lemmy know what you look like?
If you really don't want drama then learn what you're doing that tends to bring it on and do less of that.
I’ve never heard anyone accuse dbzer0 of brigading before, and I’m often unsure what someone considers brigading to be.
I don’t understand. Are fake nude images of fake people worse than real nude images of real people?
I’m sure that sounded relevant in your head, where federating with Hexbear is self-evidently a sin. If they owe you a defense, what’s the accusation?
Whataboutism - The Media's Favorite Rhetorical Shield Against Criticism of US Policy
cool story bro
That’s your own community, “Call me Lenny/Leni”/shinigamiookamiryuu.ee/@Lilyunad@lemmings.world, which you created because !downvotedtooblivion@lemm.ee went down along with lemm.ee 🙄