PATRIOTISM Reverse Patriotism is no better an excuse for irrational and morally

http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2014/05/11/inside-putins-campaign-of-social-media-trolling-and-faked-ukrainian-crimes/REVERSE PATRIOTISM

Reverse Patriotism is no better an excuse for irrational and morally blind behavior, justification of immoral action, and immoral inaction, than is the absurd expansionary patriotism of the Neocons. Hating the state does not justify looking for excuses to hate the state, nor applying selection bias, and every other cognitive bias possible to justify your hatred. It does not mean justifying the lunatic fringe, nor abandoning reason and morality. You cannot both call the Neocons stupid and immoral and at the same time support Putin’s expansionism.

The only moral violent political action is self determination in pursuit of freedom. Both of those properties must exist at the same time – self determination AND liberty. One cannot morally pursue the construction of corruption, even if it benefits yourself, by means of self determination. One can only morally pursue freedom and non-corruption via self determination.

Facts are facts, Reverse Patriotism as Justification is not honest, moral, or rational. It is aiding and abetting the usurpation of liberty. Period. Without exception. WIthout justification.

Ukrainians sought to shed russian oppression once again, and evicted one of the demonstrably, factually, most corrupt politicians in the world. Russia, in fear of contagion of the revolt, violated the territorial integrity of another nation, and stole a vast portion of the country via armed conquest.

Ukrainians in all parts of the country, in every independent survey, demonstrate a supermajority desire to retain their independence as a sovereign nation. Period.

Meanwhile the Russian state, through state media, has hired THOUSANDS of people to conduct a disinformation media campaign, and a social media campaign, to fabricate news, spread it, support it in social media, and to overwhelm opponents by sheer numbers.

The Guardian alone has to edit out cut 40,000 of these posts a day, and they only remove the fraction that they are certain are part of the state sponsored campaign by russians to fabricate news for consumptoin by well meaning fools.

We are all aware that the media creates consensus, it does not arbitrate it. And the russians, copying the germans from ww2, have done so.

I am an anti-universalist, pro-ethnonationalist, because I believe that is the most likely means by which peole will be free. I advocate the overthrow of the american and european governments. And I am an advocate of even the rather foolish russian people, who I love.

But corruption is corruption is corruption, and conquest is conquest, and I know the difference between the pursuit of freedom, and the pursuit of tyranny.

And if you do not, you are not sufficiently wise to call yourself other than a libertine. Although I will refer to you in private as an anti-social, reverse patriot, full of loathing for societies that clearly reject you, and you them.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2014/05/11/inside-putins-campaign-of-social-media-trolling-and-faked-ukrainian-crimes/