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Culture War Roundup for the week of January 9, 2023

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Were I autistic, would I be aware of it? I guess not, but again, I'm no doctor.

Yes, that's what I basically claimed, even though I didn't use the word "contradiction", and I mainly commented on the justification given for the removal, not the removal itself.

So it should be "The war will only end [in an acceptable to me and most Finnish people manner]".

That's a hell of a qualifier though, isn't it? When we speak of a war ending or not ending, that's not what we normally mean. I'm not aware what the "back and forth" mentioned by Stefferi was about, or what exactly this statement was supposed to be the response to, but he clearly wrote "The war will only end..." and not "Ukraine / The free world will only win if..." / "A honorable peace is only possible if..." / "Putin can only be defeated if..." etc.

I can only conclude that this Facebook post was designed to be completely propagandistic (which wouldn't be one bit surprising, of course), because it manipulates people's desires for seeing the war end.

I can only conclude that this Facebook post was designed to be completely propagandistic

What did you expect, an expert and impartial strategic analysis?

When addressing one's people, your own side's defeat is generally not considered as an option.

It's the brazenness of it all that I find somewhat surprising.

So do you agree that it's completely propagandistic or not?

I agree it's propagandistic, for it to be "completely" so it would have to be completely untruthful.

Were I autistic, would I be aware of it? I guess not, but again, I'm no doctor.

Yeah man, autists aren't insane. Or replicants, no matter what you have been told.

"He clearly wrote" a statement that clearly was not supposed to be literal.