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Democratic socialist Melat Kiros defeats 15-term incumbent in Colorado House primary
(www.theguardian.com)
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Fuck tankies, half of them are paid russian trolls and bot accounts posing as leftists. That doesn't make russia a leftist country. Most actual leftists hate tankies, and it's quite fun to shit on them whenever they venture into leftist spaces that aren't protected by their tankie bubble.
The southampton professor was not making a tankie argument though, and if you can't see the difference, I can't help you.
As for the rest, I've already addressed it, and I feel no need to continue beating a dead horse.
I disagree, but that’s ok, I can see how one might consider his position to be simply humanistic or simply anti-war.
That’s why it’s important to note the professor’s argument isn’t the only element in the article. The fact that The Guardian published it, how, and when they did, are all equal if not more significant elements. All of them combined make it a pro-russian article which is exactly why it was correctly called out by the first people I quoted linking to it.
All the “red herrings” and “strawmen” you see are part-and-parcel of propaganda as it is performed today. Plausible deniability is how the three-letter-agencies used to say it.