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Lets use another example to say why it's misleading, even if it's true. > The US is arming Nazis and Nationalists inside of the United States. This statement
by tedivm 3y ago
Lets use another example to say why it's misleading, even if it's true.
> The US is arming Nazis and Nationalists inside of the United States.
This statement is true. There are Nazis and Nationalists inside of the US Military and inside of various police departments.
This statement is also misleading. It implies that we're giving arms directly to nazis and nationalist, rather than it being a byproduct of poor screening. It also implies that we're doing this on purpose, but that isn't the case.
Now lets try the same thing with Ukraine. If you look at the infamous Azoz battle group you will find nazis. Therefore, it is true that we're arming nazis. However, you'll also find muslims, jews, and other groups that are decidedly not nazi. At the same time the Wagner group, which is on the Russian side of things, has a lot of nazi and nationalist inside.
So yes, the statement is true, but it also misleading. It tries to make a simple point, when the reality is far more nuanced. It's just not a good faith argument because it's made to push people into believing something that isn't true- namely that ukraine is a nazi/ultranationalist hotbed that we're arming, while russia is trying to fight off the nazi threat. This is propeganda that Russia has been pushing for over a year now, but anyone who looks at the situation can see a nazi threat on the russian side and a bunch of people defending their homes on the other.
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