Excellent point Blackhawks and funny shit. It is that seeming impunity where all dumb ass thoughts are supposed to be treated equally as you well know - all sides should be represented faithfully in our pluralistic societies - not.
.. we are exploring the legal framework to address the systemic integration of information operations with military atrocities: can one hold propagandists to account if they are intentionally aiding and abetting war crimes?
We are also looking at Russia forcing Ukrainians to abandon their identity and culture, and there are parallels to explore with China’s enforced “re-education” of Uyghurs and what it means for freedom of thought.
Instead of ushering an era of impunity, the invasion of Ukraine is inspiring efforts for the opposite. “From day one of the invasion,” says Ibrahim Olabi, legal lead at the Reckoning Project, “groups have begun the process of fighting impunity on all fronts – a process that in and of itself makes it hard for perpetrators to get away with their crimes, or think they will only face consequences later, if at all. In Ukraine, with support from people around the world, they are facing consequences today.”
The latest US opinion research led by the Worthy Strategy Group, human rights charity Razom and pollster Change Research shows that while the involvement of US troops is an anathema ever since the invasion of Iraq, Americans across the board believe it is imperative to stop the murder of innocents: 68% believe Russia is attempting genocide in Ukraine, murdering innocent civilians in an attempt to restore its former glory; 81% believe the US should stand up for vulnerable people and their human rights whenever possible; and 78% believe the US must play a leading role in stopping mass killing and genocide.
Even supposedly isolationist Republican voters think the US is right to help a weaker country fighting for its freedom: 86% of Maga – Make America Great Again – Republicans believe that everyone has the right to live in freedom and the US should stand up for freedom whenever possible. What they don’t like, however, is the lack of a clear aim to win the war.
1:30 to 2:35 some cogent points addressing the deep shit peeps feel buried in: