The direct answer to your question is a resounding yes. It’s not just happening here on Free Republic, this country and in fact the entire world has lost its discernment.
I have to admit that I too lost mine for a while but after a lot of introspection, questioning, and frankly praying to get it back I finally did. Here’s how I see it: between Ukraine and Russia as far as the governments of those two countries goes, there are no good guys. They’re just aren’t. The corruption in both countries runs deep and wide, just as it does here. Those who have their eyes open and their discernment intact see exactly what it is I’m saying.
Those who do not are being fooled. There is evil in this world and it’s running amok. Choosing between two evils that is Ukraine and Russia is still choosing evil.
And what makes this worse here on Free Republic is that many do not understand that you can discern the difference between Ukraine and Russia and see little, while still having an abundance of compassion for the Ukrainian people who are caught in the middle of all this evil. That is where I choose to focus, on the Ukrainian people who deserve our compassion and our help. As far as both governments go I just wish the only people getting killed in all of this were them and no one else.
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