Incredible how valueless identity politics has become as a phrase, other than as a way to signal disagreement.
> The truth of the matter is the West provoked a war through utter inept diplomacy and they are making things worse every day.
“The world isn’t black and white. Anyways, I am going to blame one party alone for a geopolitical disaster. If you disagree you’re either wrong or doing identity politics”.
> As someone else commented it's like we have children at the wheel. The sad part is even a large part of HN is just towing the party line blindly.
Putin is evil. What he is doing is not morally acceptable. But it’s possible for Putin to be evil and for the western leadership to be inept and to have helped precipitate the instability. Is one of these more salient than the other? I tend to think so, despite popular opinion.
ashtonkem|3 years ago
Incredible how valueless identity politics has become as a phrase, other than as a way to signal disagreement.
> The truth of the matter is the West provoked a war through utter inept diplomacy and they are making things worse every day.
“The world isn’t black and white. Anyways, I am going to blame one party alone for a geopolitical disaster. If you disagree you’re either wrong or doing identity politics”.
> As someone else commented it's like we have children at the wheel. The sad part is even a large part of HN is just towing the party line blindly.
Valueless ad hominem.
oldcigarette|3 years ago
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newbamboo|3 years ago