The majority of the time, most people would end up on the side of the mainstream anyway.
I guess I'm grateful that my friends allow me to teach them the history they don't know, because they trust me to separate out known facts, and then my opinions.
(Believe it or not, when I'm genuinely trying to teach someone a subject I come off much less opinionated than I do here.)
Their complaint is that people don't just reflexively trust "the experts"
Which is weird because so much of their youth was spent condemning the knowledge of the institutions which they undermined, destroyed, and then replaced with their own bullshit.
I still cannot even comprehend why I'm supposed to hate Putin/Russia
In fairness, he did not defensively invade Ukraine. Since the coup, he's been attempting to divide out the geo-strategic, or politically useful, portions of Ukraine that he can.
when I'm genuinely trying to teach someone a subject I come off much less opinionated than I do here
For what its worth, I still do take your considerable knowledge base into consideration and allow myself to learn from it. I don't often think you are lying, only that your conclusions from the info are disagreeable.
In fairness, he did not defensively invade Ukraine.
Its an opinion I had long before Ukraine. I was anti-Europe, buddingly pro-Putin all the way back during the Obama years. I never got a solid answer as to why I should reflexively resist Russia on things, only that I was supposed to.
Ukraine is at least something on that front, so even if I don't support the Ukies much it is a reason I can see being anti-Russia/Putin on.
Even if the stated reasons and the people saying it are usually very retarded.
I guess I'm grateful that my friends allow me to teach them the history they don't know, because they trust me to separate out known facts, and then my opinions.
(Believe it or not, when I'm genuinely trying to teach someone a subject I come off much less opinionated than I do here.)
Which is weird because so much of their youth was spent condemning the knowledge of the institutions which they undermined, destroyed, and then replaced with their own bullshit.
In fairness, he did not defensively invade Ukraine. Since the coup, he's been attempting to divide out the geo-strategic, or politically useful, portions of Ukraine that he can.
For what its worth, I still do take your considerable knowledge base into consideration and allow myself to learn from it. I don't often think you are lying, only that your conclusions from the info are disagreeable.
Its an opinion I had long before Ukraine. I was anti-Europe, buddingly pro-Putin all the way back during the Obama years. I never got a solid answer as to why I should reflexively resist Russia on things, only that I was supposed to.
Ukraine is at least something on that front, so even if I don't support the Ukies much it is a reason I can see being anti-Russia/Putin on.
Even if the stated reasons and the people saying it are usually very retarded.
I couldn't ask for anything more.
Normally it's just Leftist Jingoism (which is terrifying in it's own right).