Cathy Young, writing in The Bulwark, describes the far-right’s hatred for Zelensky and the Ukrainian cause.
Donald Trump Jr. tweeted: “Zelensky is basically an ungrateful international welfare queen.”
He subsequently tweeted a photoshopped image of a naked Hunter Biden standing next to Zelensky on the podium at the Capitol. Twitter deleted his tweet, despite its famous abandonment of content moderation.
Tucker Carlson railed about Zelensky’s combat fatigues, calling them a disgrace.
On and on it goes. She points out that the far-right actually likes the “traditional” (authoritarian) values of Putin, Viktor Orban, and Jair Bolsonaro.
They despise the liberal secular values of the west and are hostile to Ukraine’s desire to be part of the west. So they heap insults on Zelensky and his embattled country, even as Russian missiles rain down on schools, hospitals, and apartment buildings.
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I have been fascinated and been an amateur student of propaganda since I was a child…Tokyo Rose, Lord Haw-Haw, Axis Betty, Joe McCarthy, William Buckley, Baghdad Bob, etc. You gotta admit, our current “American” batch of quislings doesn’t measure up to the intellectual standards of that bygone age! The stupidity and cruelty people like this parading as representatives of and having it amplified and used by the enemies who would want to destroy everything this nation is supposed to stand for that hurts so much.
It’s funny how Democrats used to be the anti-war party. https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-democrats-are-now-the-war-party?publication_id=778851&isFreemail=true
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We have gone back to 1936, when the America Firsters found Hitler’s support for Franco more acceptable than support for a Republican opposition.
The Democrats did not win the hearts and minds of the public until the War came. What will turn the public mind today?
The public supports Ukraine. It’s the rightwing crazies who don’t, along with a few on the far left. Europe is now experiencing the biggest land war since WW2, and we have not lost a single soldier. Ukraine is defending itself and NATO is providing the means of self-defense.
It’s the few on the left who STILL think that Russia represents some sort of progressive alternative to the evil West. These people remind me of poor, deluded Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, who still professed their allegiances to Stalin and Mao after these people revealed themselves to be genocidal murderers. Which shows you that people can have good ideas and still be total nutcases. (Heidegger was another of these. Dismissing every idea that they every had is a perfect example of the Genetic Fallacy.) But about those aging Leftists in the US who STILL support Putin: Talk about being caught in a timewarp! (or in a honeytrap, or on the payroll of the kleptocratic, imperialist, fascist government of contemporary Russia). Of the first group of such people, one can only say that they are deluded to the point of being certifiably insane.
Diane: it is true that a huge portion of the voting public supports Ukraine. Still, the question is, When will this result in the wholesale rejection of those whose ideas are fundamentally based on myth?
Bob: your comparison to intellectual reaction to Stalin andMao is astute. It goes to the question I posed. Most leftists went away from communist ideology after the non-aggression pact. But not all. What makes the majority change?
Suggested correction: Human beings with a sense of decency who can evaluate a number of phenomena, facts and evidence as well as see and hear objective evidence for themselves support Ukraine. That doesn’t necessarily encompass “the public.”
“When will this result in the wholesale rejection of those whose ideas are fundamentally based on myth?”
Myth?
You mean like religious faith belief myths?
VOA reported on December 1, 2022, that a majoirty of Americans support Ukraine.
“A majority of Americans (57%) believe the United States should continue sending military and financial aid to the people of Ukraine in their fight against Russian aggression, according to a new poll released Thursday.
“In an annual survey by the Ronald Reagan Institute, only a third (33%) say they believe the United States cannot afford to spend more on the conflict and risk further provoking Russia.” …
“Eighty-two percent of respondents perceive Russia as an enemy, a survey high since its inception in 2018 and up significantly from last year, when about two-thirds (65%) of respondents viewed Russia as an enemy.
“Relatedly, 76% of Americans consider Ukraine an ally, a significant increase from 2021 when less than half (49%) of respondents felt that way. …
https://www.voanews.com/a/poll-majority-of-americans-support-continued-aid-for-ukraine/6858460.html
If the US ends up in a shooting war (I hope it isn’t nuclear) with Russia, extreme-right opinionated talking heads like Tucker Carlson may end up being arrested for treason.
The fact that Putin uses facts pundits and newsreels of people like Ted Cruz to spread propaganda to his citizens says it all.
Putin also uses Tucker Carlson.