There are plenty of people here, just like during the Cold War, who sucked up all of the Kremlin propaganda and actually believed it or were on the take.
If 9/11 happened today I wonder how many would have sided with Bin Laden and believed his side of the story? After all, he pointed to many of the West’s moral failings in his rhetoric - so his cause must be just, right?
Bin Laden did 9/11?
The reason many of them are sucking up to Russian propaganda and getting away with it is that Biden is President.
Many have been horribly misled by Tucker Carlson who I love on every other issue but on this he was absolutely disgusting.
And some of them are just straight up idiots or Russia lovers or they have some bizarre concern about homosexuality and they think Ukraine is the center of homosexuality on Earth.
Whatever the reason, some of them are horribly misbehaved they do not discuss the issues in intelligent fashion and they accept arguments that are defeatist, leftist, pacifist and anti American.
I could do a pretty good job criticizing American foreign policy as it has been handled by liberal democrats when they’ve been in power, including Biden.
However, with this little game these posters are playing with the neocon label, many of them end up viciously attacking everything that America has ever done in the world.
Countering some of their worst comments is the only reason I started posting on this issue Whether it’s appreciated by the powers that be, I believe calling out some of the worst anti-american statements here has been my effort to keep free Republic from being identified with people who hate America.
They really have engaged in a lot of arguments which normally would be rejected by free Republic conservatives. I also notice that the tactics they use change over time.
I remember for a long time they were saying that anyone who supports Ukraine was too old to understand the new world reality and we all don’t understand how to use cell phones and computers just like their grandfathers and they would respond to you with images of old people barely able to walk with a cane.
I don’t think disrespect for our conservative elders was ever a conservative value or a Free Republic value.
They used to say that America was at fault in World War 2, and some of them call for Germany to join with Russia and expel America from Europe, just like Hitler and Stalin tried to do.
So I answer them because some of them become anti-american and many times they engage in childish name calling.