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  • PugJesus@lemmy.worldM
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    2 months ago

    I’m sorry, do I have to outline the numerous actions of Russia in and before 2013 that made it quite clear they were a fascist state? “He went to Nazi Germany before it invaded Czechoslovakia” is not the excuse you think it is.

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      2 months ago

      “He did something out of desperation” is not the moral statement you think it is. This is a rage boner for the ages

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        2 months ago

        “He went to Nazi Germany out of desperation, when he had numerous other choices that weren’t Nazi Germany” is a moral statement. Or rather, a statement of lack of morals.

        I hated him much less before the Ukraine War started. I was willing to accept that he had just made a dumb decision, and that he was just a coward for lending credibility to the fascist government he was under. After his comments and constant dodges on the Ukrainian War? I interpret his motivations in a much more negative light.

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            2 months ago

            You feel emptier after having read someone criticize someone you’ve never met for choosing to flee to a fascist regime, support that fascist regime’s talking points during an ongoing genocide, and still get hailed as a hero by some corners of the internet?

            I think you’re taking this altogether too personally.

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              2 months ago

              I feel emptier because of the horrifying tone and the complete lack of awareness of it