They Were Shooting at Mirrors

“They were shooting at mirrors. We know everything.” — Ukrainian civilian from a village released from Russian occupation. Russian soldiers shot at mirrors. The occupiers destroyed the physical mirrors in Ukrainian homes — a literal manifestation of the Accusation in a Mirror strategy. If mirrors reveal truth, then destroying mirrors = destroying the capacity to see truth.

Source: Paradoxes · Twitter Archive (2022-06-09)

Eyewitness testimony that literalises the metaphor. Russian soldiers physically destroying mirrors = destroying truth. The most visceral passage in the Paradoxes section — occupation forces literally shooting the instruments of self-reflection.

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