Re: Ukraine War Watch Thread
Posted: Sun May 22, 2022 1:52 am
Again, I’ll tell you what my angle is. Yeah, obviously war is bad and it’s terrible that innocent people have to suffer and die. Every war is tragic, and this one really isn’t unique. My main issue is why we in the West are expected to make sacrifices to support Ukraine. We have nothing to do with them and it’s not justifiable for us to have to get involved and take their side, even just with sanctions, when doing so just makes life harder for us (and also happens to accomplish little else). I really couldn’t care less if not wanting to see more poverty and hardship in my own country than there has to be makes me morally disgusting to you. I’m just not interested in cringeworthy virtue signalling where I have to cheerlead for Ukraine, because what’s the point wasting our time cheerleading for any country that happens to be invaded? And if this can’t be extended to every other invaded country, then why is Ukraine special? In any case, such sycophancy doesn’t make us heroes and it doesn’t even help those people. It’s nothing more than a feel-good exercise for middle class Westerners.
If you’re not interested in all this criticism or the reasons behind it, then sure enough, there’s no point to this conversation because that’s all it’s about. I’m not going to tell you what emotions to feel, but if other people want a more cerebral discussion about history, philosophy and politics, then that’s fine too.
If you’re not interested in all this criticism or the reasons behind it, then sure enough, there’s no point to this conversation because that’s all it’s about. I’m not going to tell you what emotions to feel, but if other people want a more cerebral discussion about history, philosophy and politics, then that’s fine too.