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Re:Open Letter to Noam Chomsky (and Other Intellectuals) on ... by kspacewalk2 on Saturday May 21, 2022 @09:24AM (#31457665)
Ooh, "to the last Ukrainian", man what a zinger, har har. It can't be that Ukrainians are begging to be sent weapons to defend themselves from literal genocide and the US is the good guy in the story. That would just blow up Chomsky's Formula For All Global Affairs: US Bad. And since US cannot be good by definition, Ukrainians should just accept their country, language and culture being erased, like don't they know something something spheres of influence and some guy promised no NATO enlargement (actually not, but don't look into that because remember, US Bad).
Re:Open Letter to Noam Chomsky (and Other Intellectuals) on ... by nathanaldensr on Saturday May 21, 2022 @09:30AM (#31457708)
How many "literal" things have happened recently that turned out to be far more nuanced?
Re:Open Letter to Noam Chomsky (and Other Intellectuals) on ... by kspacewalk2 on Saturday May 21, 2022 @09:36AM (#31457769)
Okay, so to what end do you wish to employ this appeal to nuance? I ask because usually this is just a naive argument in favour of inaction. Of course inaction is an action in itself, with consequences that can be just as serious as those of actions. See e.g. Obama on Syria.
Re:Open Letter to Noam Chomsky (and Other Intellectuals) on ... by stoltzmann on Saturday May 21, 2022 @09:35AM (#31457758)
I don't quite see your point here. Russians were killing Ukrainian civilians in territory they attacked and occupied, and presumably this is still happening on the territory they still hold. I definitely count that as genocide, I don't see how this situation can be more nuanced.
Re:Open Letter to Noam Chomsky (and Other Intellectuals) on ... by EB-Barrington on Saturday May 21, 2022 @09:53AM (#31457928)
OK, but in Ukraine, this is actually a genocide. Research it yourself, by any means, and see if you can come to any other conclusion.

It's the opposite of nuanced.