Aunburdened said:

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Facts don't care about your feelings

That particular moment when professor Niall Ferguson of the Hoover Institution delivered a brutal reality check to the ‘Slava Ukraini’ cheer squad, pointing out,much to their discomfort, that Russia’s economy is holding strong and Western sanctions have ‘failed utterly.’

It’s… pic.twitter.com/YKRwFtYzcg

— Richard (@ricwe123) October 4, 2026

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Aunburdened said:

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sycasey said:

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Aunburdened said:

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Facts don't care about your feelings

That particular moment when professor Niall Ferguson of the Hoover Institution delivered a brutal reality check to the ‘Slava Ukraini’ cheer squad, pointing out,much to their discomfort, that Russia’s economy is holding strong and Western sanctions have ‘failed utterly.’

It’s… pic.twitter.com/YKRwFtYzcg

— Richard (@ricwe123) October 4, 2026

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By the typical Yogi standard of evidence, I guess this means you now endorse all of Mr. Ferguson's views.

The Oxford-educated Harvard prof Niall Ferguson would like you to know that supporting Palestine is a "luxury belief"– what he calls "a Hermès handbag of an idea". This is to distract you from the fact that he wants Western countries to continue writing blank cheques to Israel pic.twitter.com/xe2E6iZG3f

— Lily Lynch (@lilyslynch) August 2, 2025

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He's also pro-Ukraine proxy war. Thus "Facts don't care about your feelings."

Sometimes you might consider the possibility that the cheerleaders pointing out flaws in the strategy of their own side of the argument impugns their position far better than any critic from the other side can.

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