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—”I read all sides of this and I’ve come to the conclusion we are being lied to frequently in fact almost completely...”

IMO there is a tremendous unseen background action and this mostly appears on any thread that might involve the Ukraine topic.

The Resistance Operating Concept, AKA ROC doctrine US conceived a plan for small countries resistance of attacks by larger states circa 2012. I has been previously implemented and changes with local considerations...

From CNN:
The doctrine also calls for a broad messaging campaign to control the narrative of the conflict, prevent an occupier’s message from taking hold, and keeping the population united.
Videos of Ukrainian strikes against Russian tanks, often to a soundtrack of pop music or heavy metal, have gone viral, as have clips of Ukrainian soldiers rescuing stray animals. Whether intentional or not, it becomes part of the resistance, allowing Ukraine to frame the headlines in western media in their favor and often humanizing Ukrainian service members in ways the Russian military has abjectly failed to do. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/27/politics/russia-ukraine-resistance-warfare/index.html

Reading around shows many are surprised at how well Ukraine is doing with the ROC and that the famous Russian propaganda machine is mostly missing in action.
The “Ghost of Kyiv” gave them a good start; my favorite is the old man and shotgun taking down an SU 34.
Humanizing Ukrainians, heroic Ukrainians, is humorous and aggravates the Russians and their supporters; notice the many reactions from the vatniks....
There is a large PDF on ROC from USG(https://www.hsdl.org/?abstract&did=838149) do not waste your time as I have, mostly boiler plate.

—”I’ll have to admit I’m surprised you’re touting the veracity of daily beast”

I read around, a lot and wish I had foreign language skills... Also do a quick WHOIS on the unusual sites and am slightly concerned that Mr Torvalds & Co may have left an opening on my workstation.
Yes. I have heard of myside bias/confirmation bias.

AND.
“Everyone holds a piece of the truth.”
―Gandhi—
On today’s internet, the portion has noticeably decreased.

The interlopers have aversion to almost any internet site with a working link.

The problem is the total bs posts; they add nothing.
Wasting time is probably one of their goals.
Yes, sometimes I do engage wasting still more time.

Some are looking to stir the pot with the same canned replies and photoshop graphics. More wasted time.

The anti-war/econ factors/religion/ecology... types are fine if they simply present their case; we can discuss it.
I have known former grunts that are deep antiwar and will glady brief anyone, and I say good for them. Thirty months RVN and bear the physical scars.
I used to take the train to work and every week or so would see an old bud attempting to sell the communist’s newspaper at the Chicago station. It was enjoyable to talk with him, even when I had to take a later train.
I was always generous hoping he used it on himself, but he was a true believer.

Surprisingly there are a few well-known posters that put out simple bs with zero to back up their post.
They post their position/source and I can decide, simple enough.

And: Early reports are error-prone.

“I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time.” Pascal -— Also this topic is damaging the Freerepublic I enjoy reading.

PS:
A friend has received numerous name-calling rants/ threats pure sewage from a well-known poster in FR private mail.

I had always thought well of them and they had previously helped me with some technical issues... Recently I saw some public posts from the same individual and had to double-check an incredible change???