Jan Šinágl angažovaný občan, nezávislý publicista

Speaking the truth in a time of universal deception is a revolutionary act!

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One of the concomitant phenomena of Russian aggression is the brazen lying of Russian officials. It is common for people to lie, just as it is common for politicians to lie. But there is some evidence to convict the liars. For example, when the person is caught on camera, when many witnesses see him commit the act, when he is caught in the act, etc. I know anything can be challenged, but we still live in a world where the truth is assumed to be discoverable.

The Russians are showing us that objectively nothing may be true at all and that there is still a kind of reality to them. When they first invaded Ukraine, they were not Russian soldiers, but some unmarked soldiers on leave. If they are now committing demonstrable crimes, then they are not committing them, but the Ukrainian Nazis are. When we see corpses lying in the streets, they are hired extras. When Ukrainians are being taken to Russia against their will, it is not against their will. When they carry out genocide, it is denazification. When they drop bombs on human dwellings, it is a cleansing of the enemies hiding in those dwellings.