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https://thespectaclemag.substack.com/p/westerners-are-in-a-state-of-shock

the tweet that broke Western leftists’ brains and why it should surprise absolutely nobody.

Fresh off my Independence Day piece on the state of Ukraine in 2026, in which I argued that the country is being used as a tool of Western imperial interests while its own people are kidnapped off the streets and sent to die, Volodymyr Zelensky has done me the considerable favour of solidifying my position in a single tweet...

The shock that some people are feeling about yesterday’s tweet is not because something new has happened but because they have finally been forced to confront something that has been true all along and which the Western media, the liberal NGOs, the celebrities, and the political establishment have collectively chosen not to tell them...

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[-] waltersf@bookwyr.me 5 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

It’s twitter. You reading IDF responses
╮(︶▽︶)╭

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth -4 points 15 hours ago

ZOF prefer to minimize Zionist genocide, not criticize it.

[-] waltersf@bookwyr.me 5 points 15 hours ago

Maeve is about to learn what counterintelligence is!
👏👏👏bravo

[-] kibblebits@quokk.au 4 points 16 hours ago
[-] Hell_nah_brother@thelemmy.club 0 points 9 hours ago

But when I say that Ukraine and Israel are allies I’m the dumbo.

I don’t know what more mr comedian can do other than saying the quiet part out loud. “Yes, let’s put on record that we like genocide, and we love whoever does it”. This not enough?

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 8 hours ago

I mean, he's already publicly venerating Bandada and Bandarites...

[-] EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml 1 points 14 hours ago

Only liberals would be shocked, many of us called him out for being a Nazi years ago

this post was submitted on 28 Aug 2026
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