Mon Nov 2, 2015, 07:13 AM
newthinking (3,982 posts)
Dark Humor: Western Media Makes Light of Political Repression in Ukraine
Dark Humor: Western Media Makes Light of Political Repression in Ukraine
by Eric Draitser CounterPunch ![]() Political repression and violence are allegedly incompatible with Western liberal democratic values. Respect for human rights, freedom of expression, and protection of the rights of minorities are all purportedly the hallmarks of “free societies,” the goals toward which all nations should be striving. And yet, such standards of freedom and democracy are only selectively applied, and only when beneficial to the Western (US-UK-EU-NATO) agenda. Continued: http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/11/02/dark-humor-western-media-makes-light-of-political-repression-in-ukraine/
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Mon Nov 2, 2015, 09:03 AM
Nitram (16,023 posts)
1. Dude, lighten up!
Are you actually calling an artist's transformation of a statue of Lenin into Darth Vader "political repression?" And chiding the western press for appreciating the artist's humor? Wouldn't a "light-hearted" tone be entirely appropriate for reporting such a light-hearted re-purposing of a statue to a WiFi transmitter for the people? Why shouldn't Ukraine want to "erase the symbols of soviet history?" Would you want to raise a memorial praising the Holodomor, the result of soviet policy that resulted in the forced starvation of millions in Ukraine during the Soviet era?
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