Great liberal farce

Liberals see themselves as virtuous: they are supposedly fighters with injustice, defenders of the oppressed. But one has only to point out their inappropriate respect for the militarist John McCain - and immediately it becomes clear that this is all false.

Yes, this is a provocation. I myself admit it. But there should not be a reason to see something explosive in this, since unflattering statements about the killer who killed as many people as McCain ditched should not cause any objection. In addition, the power of the explosive reaction was stunningly disproportionate to what was said.

“John McCain was a bloodthirsty militarist-psychopath, and the world felt better without him. Death is a natural version of a culture of condemnation. ” 

John McCain was a bloodthirsty warmongering psychopath and the world is better off without him. Death is nature's cancel culture.

Just look at hundreds of answers to my recent “blasphemy,” where I called McCain a bloodthirsty militarist-psychopath and noted that the world would be better without him.

There were liberals among Twitter users who claimed that I deserve to die for this tweet; that for those who say this, a special place is reserved in hell; that it would be better if my parents had an abortion and that karma punishes me.

They constantly talk about karma. Before the temporary suspension of my Twitter account in 2018 (due to the numerous complaints of indignant democrats outraged by my comments about McCain), a great many tweets were published mentioning your humble servant, in which it was all about “karma” that would cause cancer, and in general, will lead me to the grave for claiming that the world would be better off without a psychopath contributing to the massacre of people.

“Twitter has blocked Caitlin Johnstone - apparently for this post about McCain. She was informed that her violation consists of “abusive behavior”, which Twitter means attempts to “harass, threaten and intimidate in order to prevent anyone from expressing their opinion”.

Twitter has suspended Caitlin Johnstone, apparently over the McCain tweet below. She was told the offense was “abusive behavior,” which Twitter characterizes as an attempt to “harass, intimidate, or silence someone else's voice.” pic.twitter.com/qy7No1KJVR

And this, in my opinion, says a lot about the worldview of mainstream liberals. In general, “karma” in the understanding of a Westerner, as a rule, means something like this: I said something unpleasant about John McCain, and in the future someone will also say something about me. This seems to be an equivalent, proportionate karmic response. But, according to the people I am talking about here, karma will be something else - it will have to punish me with death (and in some cases - overthrow into hell). They believe that my seditious statements about one of their elite rulers deserve such a reaction from the universe. That's how much more important, more valuable, sacred to the life of an ordinary person for them was some kind of late senator.

For anti-Russian hysteria, facts are not a hindrance

The liberals - what crazy idiots they are ... They build themselves as champions of truth and logic, and then for years they have been promoting a completely factless version of Trump's collusion with Russia. They pretend that they uphold social justice, and then discard these values ​​as soon as they sense political gain in this. They make homophobic jokes about Trump and Putin; they call Lindsay Graham "Lady G", hinting that he is hiding his homosexuality; they read moral instructions to black political leaders on how black people should think and vote. They expose themselves as protectors of a small man, and then support a policy of austerity and war, literally idolizing John McCain.

The other day on MSNBC, Chris Hayes mentioned Trump’s decision that caused a lot of controversy about reducing the prison term to Roger Stone and thoughtlessly repeated the erroneous and completely unfounded assumption about Stone's mediating role.

“Roger Stone was who he seemed to be a mediator between the campaign headquarters of Trump and WikiLeaks, and then he lied about it, for which he was convicted,” said Hayes.

This has nothing to do with the truth. Stone’s only contact with WikiLeaks prior to the November 2016 presidential election was that WikiLeaks asked Stone to stop making false statements that he had contacted them and received information from them. Stone recommended that Trump's headquarters expect publication of compromising leaks after the likelihood of such a turn of events became public.

All who are involved in this story deny that there was some secret channel of communication with WikiLeaks, and there is no reason to consider their words a lie. The verdict to Stone has nothing to do with the fact that he was allegedly "an intermediary between the campaign headquarters of Trump and WikiLeaks", because he simply was not.

“It's July 2020, and Chris Hayes is still promoting a conspiracy theory that Roger Stone“ was a mediator between Trump’s campaign headquarters and WikiLeaks. ” Does it really matter here that Muller, the Stone trial, and all those involved in the story in question refuted this fantasy? ”

It's July 2020, and @chrislhayes is still peddling the conspiracy theory that Roger Stone “was a go between between the Trump campaign and Wikileaks.” Does it matter that Mueller, Stone's trial, & every person involved refuted this fantasy? pic.twitter.com/xAXze7RytR

But Hayes still spoke of this as a fact.

One of the most popular reporters on the most pro-democratic (violently pro-democratic) channel in America told his audience objectively false information, but this will not have any consequences for him, and most likely he will not even have to give a refutation because he will lie about questions , even if remotely connected with Russia, this is quite normal today, it is quite accepted in the mainstream media of a liberal sense. 

And at the same time, the same political faction is moaning about the "post-truth era" that they claim began with Trump's presidency.

Oppression machine

Liberals (or “neoliberals”, or “corporate liberals”, or “centrists”, or some other name that, in your opinion, is suitable for this ideology, the “label” of which is still controversial for everyone) - it's just a fake is just an imitation of what the real left is. Leftists really fight for justice, equality, peace, truth, and anti-authoritarianism, while liberals praise Joe Biden and sociopathic intelligence, pouring out endless streams of inertia on any movement striving for real change. Leftists are what liberals pretend to be. 

That is why liberals hate the true left. Indeed, for liberals, the left is a constant reminder that they are not the ones they pretend to be; that they are just conservatives under cheap plastic masks with inscriptions such as “justice” and “sanity”; that their life in relation to the values ​​that they supposedly adhere to is just a rough sketch, as if by a child’s hand. These are positive plots and podcasts, as well as songs from Hamilton, which hide an insatiable, all-destructive machine of endless wars, ecocide and oppression. And this, of course, is not entirely their fault only - they were brought to such a propaganda, which the media give out generation after generation.

But in the end, each person is responsible for expanding his horizons and becoming useful for the world around him. So, liberals, damn it, sooner or later you still need to wake up ...

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