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> I think this is more about virtue signally than anything else I don't really agree with you here, I think it's more about being respectful to the wishes of a
by yladiz 5y ago
> I think this is more about virtue signally than anything else
I don't really agree with you here, I think it's more about being respectful to the wishes of a country's people. Politics aside, Ukrainians do not want their country to be called "the Ukraine" in English, and respecting that isn't virtue signaling, it's just being respectful to that desire.
- thereddaikon 5y agoBut see that's the thing. Every actual verified Ukrainian I've seen weigh in has said they don't really care. That's not to say that a sample size of several people can represent an entire nation. But I think its telling that everyone I've seen make a big deal out of it has been an American and I have yet to see a Ukrainian national do so. I think they all have bigger fish to fry at the moment.
- CRConrad 5y ago> I have yet to see a Ukrainian national [care whether it's "Ukraine" or "the Ukraine"]. I think they all have bigger fish to fry at the moment. Which seems to imply that if they hadn't, perhaps they would.