"Everyone is being manipulated but me, the guy whose opinions just happen to run fully in lockstep with the right-wing orthodoxy of the day on literally every issue" - you, a catastrophically dumb individual.
The imperialist kleptocracy that invaded a neighbouring democracy is as close to a "bad guy" as you can get in such things, regardless of what your Kremlin-backed propaganda outlets tell you about "NATO aggression".
It’s sad that you continue to act like a clapping seal at the thought of Russia losing this war, because if that does happen, the risk of nuclear war significantly increases. But nobody seems to care, all the seals continue on clapping. Regardless, it’s not Kremlin propaganda discussing NATO aggression. It’s fact. NATO agreed to not expand to Russian borders. They broke their promise. Russia sees western interference in Ukraine as an existential threat. You idiot clapping seals are pushing the world into dangerous territory, but you don’t give a f**k because the mainstream media has completely poisoned your mind. I think it was absolutely wrong for Putin to have invaded. That being said, if you acknowledge the reasons, that doesn’t mean you support the invasion of Ukraine. It just means you have a brain, and aren’t a trained clapping seal. You keyboard warriors are all chicken hawk bags of crap. It’s all a sporting event to you people.