Ukraine war latest: EU agrees €90bn loan for Ukraine as Putin tells BBC the West is ‘making Russia the enemy’ - BBC News

    • Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com
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      2 days ago

      I’m not deflecting, I’m doing the testing of a hypothesis.

      Hypothesis: Europe is antagonizing Russia because it invaded a foreign independent nation

      Counterexample: Europe keeps befriending Israel and the USA despite numerous cases of them invading foreign independent nations

      Conclusion: the hypothesis doesn’t hold

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        2 days ago

        Your argument doesn’t follow a valid syllogistic structure. You’re attempt to clarify still follows a red herring pattern.

        The only way to counter the premise:

        Europe is antagonizing Russia because it invaded a foreign independent nation

        would be to show that Russia isn’t doing so. Russia IS doing so, so it is a correct argument. Any other argument you introduce is a red herring.