“We believe the prerequisite for meaningful diplomacy and real peace is a stronger Ukraine, capable of deterring and defending against any future aggression,” Blinken said in a speech in Finland, which recently became NATO’s newest member and shares a long border with Russia.

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    1 year ago

    I honestly have no idea what you’re on about, except that you forgot the one about making mountains out of molehills.

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      I find it common for bullies and abusers to ignore criticism of their behavior while blaming their victims

      “DARVO is an acronym used to describe a common strategy of abusers. The abuser will: Deny the abuse ever took place, then Attack the victim for attempting to hold the abuser accountable; then they will lie and claim that they, the abuser, are the real victim in the situation, thus Reversing the Victim and Offender.”

      The Missing Missing Reasons

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      “Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.”

      ― Jean-Paul Sartre

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        1 year ago

        This is the most appropriate thing you’ve said all day.

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          Do liberals feel some kind of indescribable euphoria from taking what they believe to be the moral high ground? They’re always on their high horse, must be a side-effect of the brain rot.

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            1 year ago

            🤷

            It’s such an important topic but a conversation can’t go anywhere if the two speakers are talking about different things and can’t agree on what the topic is.