The zigzags of politically correct opinion in communist regimes

Re:The zigzags of politically correct opinion in communist r... by hackerlight on Monday August 29, 2022 @04:24AM (#32635897)

> Sure NATO did bomb Serbia and a lot of civilians were killed but how does that justify killing an order of magnitude more civilians in Ukraine (and counting)?

Because it justifies the Kremlin's elaborate conspiracy theory that says the US fomented a coup on their border in order to put hostile neo-nazi russophobes into power in order to divide and conquer. Intervention in Serbia, seen as within their sphere of influence, is used as one piece of evidence in support of this conspiracy theory. Basically, they intervened in our perceived affairs before, therefore < conspiracy theory > is true.

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Re:The zigzags of politically correct opinion in communist r... by ithkuil on Monday August 29, 2022 @04:29AM (#32635928)

And it was "their affairs" because Serbia is their ally or because the whole eastern block is by definition sacrosanct Russian sphere of influence?

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Re:The zigzags of politically correct opinion in communist r... by hackerlight on Monday August 29, 2022 @04:41AM (#32635987)

Probably both, and it was done at a moment of maximum weakness in post-Soviet Russia with little to no consultation or involvement with Russia. It would've been a moment of humiliation for the nationalist and imperialist types.

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