• Mwalimu@baraza.africa
    4·
    3 years ago

    All media is subjective. Do not go hunting for a perfect house. Eat that poison carefully, as there will always be something you can make from it.

    • Lightbritelite@lemmy.ml
      1111·
      3 years ago

      Nah, i downvoted because the op appears to promote Russian imperialism and whataboutism, and that is a big red flag to me. I’m assuming most of the folks in here agree with the sentiment of this post, but the purpose of it is to pretend that Russian imperialism is fine because America does it? That’s absolute shit.

      • Mystery_Man
        102·
        3 years ago

        No, I think the purpose is to point out the hypocrisy of media coverage of different crises in the world based on the ethnicity (skin color) of the people involved.

      • slacktoid@lemmy.ml
        2·
        3 years ago

        Imperialism bad, but pointing out the general hypocrisy in western media is worse right? The fact that this is a legit issue shows that the west is losing it’s moral high ground and is no longer being seen as the good guys, cause they ain’t. (There are no good guys just people looking out for their own interests)

      • Sr Estegosaurio@lemmy.ml
        12·
        3 years ago

        Agree. I think that both EEUU and Russia (as countrys, I’m not talking about the ppl living there) compleatly suck. I would burn to the ground all OTAN bases in my country and exit it. (Why do I have to be paying to some rich lobbist of the weapon industry?) but that does not justify that Russia is as imperialist as the EEUU. Agree on the media hipocresy tho.

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
          94·
          3 years ago

          I have a whole posse of trolls following me around now. I think we’re headed for levels of hysteria not seen since the Cold War here. So, anything is definitely possible in the short term.

          What’s going to be interesting is how these people react when they become personally affected by all this. Right now, they’re just playing a spectator sport thinking that it’s only Ukrainians and Russians who are going to suffer.

  • poVoq@lemmy.ml
    77·
    3 years ago

    You are aware of the irony that the Russians are peddling the exact same BS about “liberating army” in this case?

    Bigots gonna bigot… No matter which side they are on.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
      154·
      3 years ago

      And once again I’m not supporting Russians in invading Ukraine. However, it’s very important to acknowledge that the west is responsible for similar and far worse kinds of invasions. Yet, those never get the same coverage as Ukraine. Perhaps people in the west need to first learn how to hold their own governments accountable for the atrocities they commit.