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Oh yeah, Poroshenko doesn't want to rid Ukraine of all Russians and Russian culture, yet he bans all Russian social media? You're the one spreading propaganda.

• epistasis 9y ago
  Note the claim shift from Nazi glorification. Look, I have no skin in this game. I just know some Ukranians and some Russians, and they tell me the stuff they see on Facebook. And it's the same story as in all sorts of other misinformation campaigns like anti-vaccination: people are out to get you, you had better watch out, be scared. Now that you're good and scared, here's a very helpful and emotional video/website to prove my point, that just happens to be highly tailored to your biases. It's basic human tribalistic nature, and it's unfortunate. It happens in the US with rural vs. urban, coastal vs. central, etc. The US may share a language, but gets divided because people think those other people disparage and hate them. I've never run into a Ukranian that wanted to rid Ukraine of Russian culture, much less Russians. I know Ukranian-speaking Ukranians that are glad to be speaking Ukranian and wrapped up in a new national identity, with Cossacks and all that. I've met Ukranians that only speak Russian that tell me "today I found out that Americans are just like us." I don't expect to be able to convince people over the internet, but I'm still going to try. We need to learn about people and what they really want, and not be influenced by the very biased view that the internet presents to us. So it's a bit ironic of me post this on the internet itself, or maybe even hypocritical, but please, do not rush to judgement on these serious matters. There's been enough death. So, that's my propaganda, as an outsider.