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The Fifty-shades of Brown in the Ukraine-Russia War
Wars are never blank-and-white despite appearances — be careful when taking sides.
It’s pretty annoying to be called a Putinist or propagandist these days, only for sharing a different opinion than the majority regarding the potential causes for the Ukrainian-Russian war.
People like me, who like to look at facts, analyse and make their own view of the root cause for a situation, are labelled as “whataboutists” — a logical fallacy and a propaganda technique that everyone is throwing these days as the ultimate intellectual insult when they don’t share the same sentiment about politics.
The reality is politics have never been binary. Most of what we’re voicing on the Internet these days, especially on this platform, are opinions. Everyone is entitled to them; however, that doesn’t mean they hold the absolute truth, regardless of how many followers they have or if their dad worked in the military. The only way to decrease your subjectivity level when voicing your opinions is to research the topic and bring evidence.
My academic experience taught me, during my doctoral studies and before, to refrain from trusting passionate discourse that lacks facts and documentation.
