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Ooh, "to the last Ukrainian", man what a zinger, har har. It can't be that Ukrainians are begging to be sent weapons to defend themselves from literal genocide
by kspacewalk2 4y ago
Ooh, "to the last Ukrainian", man what a zinger, har har. It can't be that Ukrainians are begging to be sent weapons to defend themselves from literal genocide and the US is the good guy in the story. That would just blow up Chomsky's Formula For All Global Affairs: US Bad. And since US cannot be good by definition, Ukrainians should just accept their country, language and culture being erased, like don't they know something something spheres of influence and some guy promised no NATO enlargement (actually not, but don't look into that because remember, US Bad).
- nathanaldensr 4y agoHow many "literal" things have happened recently that turned out to be far more nuanced?
- stoltzmann 4y agoI don't quite see your point here. Russians were killing Ukrainian civilians in territory they attacked and occupied, and presumably this is still happening on the territory they still hold. I definitely count that as genocide, I don't see how this situation can be more nuanced.
- kspacewalk2 4y agoOkay, so to what end do you wish to employ this appeal to nuance? I ask because usually this is just a naive argument in favour of inaction. Of course inaction is an action in itself, with consequences that can be just as serious as those of actions. See e.g. Obama on Syria.
- EB-Barrington 4y agoOK, but in Ukraine, this is actually a genocide. Research it yourself, by any means, and see if you can come to any other conclusion. It's the opposite of nuanced.
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