I don’t care about the beef, I care about him spreading Russian propaganda. I’m not Ukrainian, but I am European.
I see every country here fully justified to deny him entry. You can’t be doing propaganda for someone invading a European country and expect to come over and spread it here in person aswell.
I just link the article because it’s the best sourced writeup of Pikes views on Ukraine I found on quick notice.
To your point about free speech: It doesn’t include coordinated disinformation campaigns. If you don’t fight against those, democracy fails. Just look at America or even the rise of the AfD in Germany.
thorhop@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
I don’t think you get it.
All political influencers place their bets on where they think the future may lay. He had reservations of whether or not the CIA was full of shit.
As to the idea of him supporting Putin or being pro Z, that’s bullshit - and you know it. Going through the mental gymnastics of saying that he is, albeit indirectly, when he is obviously pro peace and anti war is disingenuous to say the least
He has stated that he is anti imperialist. Just because Chinese programming has convinced him and that US propaganda has made him jaded doesn’t negate his stance on the issue.
So before we move on, let’s ignore the fan wiki and move to the actual meat of the matter: link to me the direct, unfalsifiable and clear proof that he is anti Ukrainian and pro Z.
If it’s all him being skeptical of US propaganda - wether or not it is correct - then you have no grounds to justify saying that he is actually anti Ukrainian or pro Z.