{"id":1304904,"date":"2025-10-11T19:21:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T16:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/on-true-unity-and-the-hostile-ipso\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T06:26:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T03:26:15","slug":"on-true-unity-and-the-hostile-ipso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/on-true-unity-and-the-hostile-ipso\/","title":{"rendered":"True Unity or Tactical Illusion: When \u201cTogether\u201d Becomes the Enemy\u2019s Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Source: Author&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid06mW47BLvJpswBoScpzNqeK1PpD7jqvZ8fmeQKDFgh2ZNGQSGBnSDtgTMnecoAbvYl&amp;id=61560447667526\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> page<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Once again, amid heavy enemy strikes and the inevitable questions to those in power \u2014 about their own promises of \u201cclear skies,\u201d \u201ca million drones,\u201d and \u201cthousands of missiles\u201d \u2014 we hear the same tired refrain: <em data-start=\"211\" data-end=\"261\" data-is-last-node=\"\">\u201cDon\u2019t criticize, it\u2019s not the time, it\u2019s IPSO.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"226\">Who, if not the masters of stand-up in power, should understand the power of words, scripts, and imagery? They rose to power through relentless criticism \u2014 and are now trying to hold onto it by inventing an \u201cinternal enemy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"228\" data-end=\"408\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">But war demands a different logic. <em data-start=\"263\" data-end=\"296\">\u201cShut up, you don\u2019t understand\u201d<\/em> is both humiliating and ineffective. People want \u2014 and have the right \u2014 to know the answers to their questions.<\/p>\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/knockout-television-how-telethon-is-destroying-professional-journalism\/\">Telethon Knockout: How State TV Is Beating Real Journalism to Death<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p data-start=\"128\" data-end=\"330\">Countering Russian IPSO \u2014 which undoubtedly exists \u2014 is not about labeling or silencing. The constant drumbeat of praise and the suppression of problems only create a <strong data-start=\"295\" data-end=\"327\">parallel information reality<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"332\" data-end=\"603\">Rumors, gossip, and fantasies \u2014 that is the enemy\u2019s ammunition. So stop <strong data-start=\"404\" data-end=\"446\">acting like a Soviet propaganda bureau<\/strong>. Admit that problems exist. Restore open, rational discussion in the media about solutions \u2014 that, more than anything, neutralizes Kremlin disinformation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"605\" data-end=\"822\">But that\u2019s not what we see. It\u2019s easier this way. It\u2019s easier for the President\u2019s Office to think that <em data-start=\"708\" data-end=\"750\">\u201cPoroshenko is to blame for everything.\u201d<\/em> And when reality finally hits them in the face, it will be too late.<\/p>\n<p>Also, follow <strong>\u201cPryamyi\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 Materials published in the \u201cOPINIONS\u201d section reflect the opinion of the author of the publication, who bears full responsibility for the accuracy of the information.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 The editorial staff of prm.ua may not share the opinions expressed in the author&#8217;s material.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 The owner of the webpage in the \u201cOPINIONS\u201d section is the author of the publication.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Author&#8217;s Facebook page Once again, amid heavy enemy strikes and the inevitable questions to those in power \u2014 about their own promises of \u201cclear skies,\u201d \u201ca million drones,\u201d and \u201cthousands of missiles\u201d \u2014 we hear the same tired refrain: \u201cDon\u2019t criticize, it\u2019s not the time, it\u2019s IPSO.\u201d Who, if not the masters of stand-up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":1304881,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76893],"class_list":["post-1304904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1304904"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1305710,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304904\/revisions\/1305710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1304881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1304904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1304904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}