• witheyeandclaw@lemmy.sdf.org
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    16 hours ago

    “Ukraine’s far-right political parties have consistently received minimal support at the ballot box. In the 2019 parliamentary elections, such groups collectively failed to reach even 3% of the vote. President Volodymyr Zelensky—himself of Jewish heritage, and whose grandfather fought in the Red Army against the Nazis during the Second World War—was elected by a landslide majority. These basic facts undermine the core premise of the “de-Nazification” narrative, which appears increasingly detached from Ukraine’s political and social reality.”

    That’s exactly what it says, but it seems like you just want to argue. I knew responding to the internet was a mistake.

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      16 hours ago

      I knew responding to the internet was a mistake

      If the fact that the far-right is not very popular in Ukraine, and Zelenskyy with the Servant of the People, who are not far-right, came to power, does not convince you that Ukraine is not a Nazi state, and you have nothing else to say, then perhaps you shouldn’t have responded in the first place.

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        15 hours ago

        I said that I want ukraine to not be a nazi country, not that I’m convinced it is. I’m sorry I spoke on the internet and never should have done that.

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          I said that I want ukraine to not be a nazi country

          That’s not what you said, you said “I’d like them to be wrong, but this article isn’t very convincing” which gives the impression that you think Ukraine is a Nazi state.

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      16 hours ago

      Again, it literally does not say that Nazis cannot exist because of those things, you’re reading that into the text. That’s a you problem. It very literally says less than 3% of the country voted for Nazis which is what you’re claiming it doesn’t say? It flat out admits there may be Nazis, but they do not have any power.

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        14 hours ago

        I asked some questions about this slam dunk of an article, and you throw thing out there like “But you think it’s ok when Russia does that”

        wat