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.
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).