The amount of times my lack of support for Ukraine and my support for Palestine have been called hypocritical is astounding. So many people seem to genuinely believe that Russia just wants to take over and rule Ukraine for no reason aside from evil.
Russophobia never really went away because it is a hell of a drug
Me? I grew up during that weird period between 1988 and 2000 when the messaging was “The Russians are our friends now!” so it never stuck with me that Russians are somehow innately evil
Plus I saw that movie where Schwarzenegger played the Soviet cop in Chicago like fifteen times
The amount of times my lack of support for Ukraine and my support for Palestine have been called hypocritical is astounding. So many people seem to genuinely believe that Russia just wants to take over and rule Ukraine for no reason aside from evil.
My parents liked to say Putin wants to rebuild the USSR, which is really silly compared to reality.
I fucking wish
Russophobia never really went away because it is a hell of a drug
Me? I grew up during that weird period between 1988 and 2000 when the messaging was “The Russians are our friends now!” so it never stuck with me that Russians are somehow innately evil
Plus I saw that movie where Schwarzenegger played the Soviet cop in Chicago like fifteen times