Why I Don't Support the Current Thing
《旁觀者》(The Spectator)一向是英國較右派的時事雜誌,創辦於1825年它的歷史比香港開埠早了十三年,當然比中共建政早了足足93年。部分現由《每日電訊報》擁有,英國首相約翰遜也曾是《旁觀者》的總編輯。筆者因爲其防疫立場持平,在疫情時開始訂閱,副總編輯也表示沒有打針,經常刊登反防疫立場的文章,算是一份合格的報張,至少沒有好像BBC般越讀越嘔血。
《旁觀者》一篇文章名爲 What the right gets wrong about Putin 1,指出俄羅斯一向是西方政客的假想敵,英國左派指控俄羅斯操控脫歐公投,美國的民主黨參選人希拉里指控特朗普「通俄門」,最新調查居然是希拉里無中生有「通俄門」2。作者批評不少新右派(alt-right)和新右派議員例如 Wendy Rogers 欣賞俄羅斯壓制蹂躪西方多年的文化馬克斯思潮,批評美國拜登總統保衛烏克蘭邊界但無視美國南部邊界被難民入侵,左膠支持的就變成右派反對的口實,有些同情甚至欣賞普京,爲俄羅斯進攻烏克蘭的軍事行動喝彩,正正中了俄羅斯的政治宣傳。西方的左膠的確有亂政,但不代表批評西方左膠的普京是正義,現實不是簡單的「敵人的敵人是朋友」。
普京不是正義,但也不代表西方或烏克蘭政府是好人,俄烏衝突只是大國的勢力比試,比完經濟比坦克,固然最倒楣的是烏克蘭平民,其次是俄羅斯的平民。西方主流媒體、國際財團、左膠一面倒的針對俄羅斯是非常不公平,至少一般的俄羅斯人是無辜的,現在因爲普京獨自引發的軍事行動,俄羅斯人身家大副縮水,手機和網上支付服務不能使用,連機也不能打3(想逼更多鍵盤戰士出來當正式的戰士嗎?),俄羅斯人慘變過街老鼠4,有俄羅斯人開的餐廳被砸5,成爲2022年的新「非接種者」。既然俄羅斯如主流媒體所說是獨裁國家,進攻烏克蘭一事不是俄羅斯人的意願。反而阿蓋達恐怖分子襲擊西方平民倒還有些政治根據,因爲西方平民有份選政府,而政府選擇侵佔中東地盤,對外政策得到平民的授權,平民也該「後果自負」。筆者不支持普京,但也不支持西方,因爲這是「奴隸主」之間的鬥爭,身爲「奴隸」為何要蹚渾水,幫某一個奴隸主搖旗吶喊?美國Fox News 記者質問白宮發言人的紅髮大媽爲何繼續購買俄羅斯石油6,反拜登的保守派叫好,爲民主黨又多一件醜事而慶祝。和香港的黃絲免費幫政府堵塞法律漏洞一樣,好了,拜登不買俄羅斯石油,結果呢?美國平民挨更貴的石油,是不是嫌現在的油價還不夠貴?英國的碼頭搬運工人也是,爲了得到主流的掌聲,大家要feel good,拒絕幫俄羅斯進口燃油7,代價便是進一步推高通脹,大家一起get screwed。這不是和之前貨車司機罷工同一性質,貨車司機因爲拒絕打針,那是對自己有切身的影響,俄烏衝突是有錢人之間的衝突,哪一方勝利對平民無什麼好處。
正如Elon Musk 所言(帖文現在已刪除),所有主流媒體某程度上是政治宣傳8,西方國家關掉了俄羅斯國家媒體 RT 和 Sputnik(連Telegram也不能倖免),Twitter 也計劃查封支持俄羅斯的帖文9,因爲「RT是假新聞」10、屬於俄羅斯的國家機器,BBC 、CNN和其他主流媒體何嘗不是11?兩年疫情,主流媒體的假新聞多不勝數,報道完全一面倒,Factchecker任意抹黑反防疫科學家是陰謀論家,新聞當故事亂作一通1213,黑命貴、how dare you、支援烏克蘭示威得到全方位報道,反防疫示威的篇幅少之又少,要麼只特寫暴力鏡頭,然後把本來的和平示威打成「少數極右邊緣分子」的暴動14。反而 RT 取向比較接近右派媒體,不時報道反防疫示威,邀請反對封城的學者和政客撰文15,號稱中立(impartial)的BBC則完全沒有16,無視科學一味用「變種」恐嚇觀衆17。退一萬步,即使RT是假新聞,如果西方沒有向俄羅斯正式宣戰,「假新聞」不是查禁人家電台的理由。在正常的民主國家,人民有權從不同途徑獲得資訊,假如 RT「鬼話連篇」,人民有權選擇不看,而不是政府主導「你應該看什麼」。「即使我不同意,但我誓死捍衛你的發言權」,而不是封殺所有其他意見,連普通老師也不放過18。在法庭,即使殺人犯在席上也有發言的機會。
新右派不是同情普京,而是同情自己,或警惕西方又在搞什麼陰謀。打壓另一邊所有聲音19,一面倒的支持烏克蘭,不就是極權政府的行事規範?普京是獨裁者,但民選的加拿大首相杜魯多凍結示威者財產不是比普京更極權?加拿大、澳洲、新西蘭、歐洲各國在防疫和逼針方面比俄羅斯甚至塔利班更恐怖20。西方主流,無論傳媒、政府或商家都好,用核戰恐嚇大家、針對俄羅斯、擺烏克蘭上神枱的模樣、河蟹俄羅斯「假新聞」21、左膠那股難頂的裝腔作勢,和幾星期前用19病毒恐嚇防疫L、打壓反防疫運動、河蟹反防疫「陰謀論」、妖魔化不打針的人、捧黑命貴的程度一模一樣。至少可以說,西方介入俄烏衝突有明顯政治上的利益,樂見俄羅斯打輸,所以拼了老命拉攏NPC反俄,出動左膠啦啦隊22,妖魔化俄羅斯,製造介入衝突的合法性的輿論,即使不惜犧牲本國人的利益,順便在西方恆常化中共式的全方位審查及一言堂洗腦社會工程。談到俄羅斯,左膠比右派更加右派,大愛主義不了(幾星期前煽動仇恨非接種者,今此輪到俄國人23),愛國主義、保護邊界才是皇道,持槍權24、驅逐外國人25、教人掟汽油彈26居然出自左膠口中。這證明了什麼?我們社會存在的對立面,反俄撐俄、左派對右派、CNN對Fox News,只是政客需要借用的理論來分配社會資源,也是政客利用的鬥爭議題讓人民白忙一場,方便撈選票,奪取公共空間。
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