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>by the Russian government really now?

• pjc50 5y ago
  Yes, their "denazification of Ukraine" propaganda, expanding from the presence of some far-right militia activity in some places to justifying the mass murder of civilians. That and its excessive use on social media renders "Nazi" mostly useless as a descriptor, outside of those groups that explicitly and deliberately reference Nazi symbology and ideology.
  • dragonwriter 5y ago
    > expanding from the presence of some far-right militia activity in some places Note: smaller than that of the same ideological but different geopolitical alignment that Russia has been sponsoring for years (Azov exists, but it's smaller than Sparta) in the same conflict.
  • throwaway0x7E6 5y ago
    I didn't mean the russian propaganda. I meant the western media that had branded anyone with the most milquetoast traditional views as nazis for the past 7 years. The fucking canadian truckers were branded as fascists, for fuck's sake. did NSDAP protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates too? >some far-right militia activity in some places FYI, those guy with wolfsangel and black sun insignias and swastika tattoos are not a militia but a legitimate unit of Ukraine's national guard https://www.adl.org/education/references/hate-symbols/sonnenrad https://www.adl.org/education/references/hate-symbols/sonnen... https://www.adl.org/education/references/hate-symbols/wolfsangel https://www.adl.org/education/references/hate-symbols/wolfsa...