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> "a position that ignores the fact that Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is Jewish" Bwahah. By that logic there are only old white males in the US, be
by justsomehnguy 3y ago
> "a position that ignores the fact that Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is Jewish"
Bwahah. By that logic there are only old white males in the US, because Biden is old white male. Oh and there is no racism there too, because Biden is not a racist, right?
> So far, the imagery has not eroded international support for the war. It has, however, left diplomats, Western journalists and advocacy groups in a difficult position: Calling attention to the iconography risks playing into Russian propaganda
So the Ukrainians wearing Nazi symbols are not the problem, the problem is what it can be used by Russian propaganda. By claiming there are Nazis in the Ukraine.
> A second press officer present said other journalists had asked soldiers to remove the patch before taking photographs.
'if I see no evil, hear no evil, speak no^WW then there is no evil'
> Symbols like the flag associated with the Ukrainian Insurgent Army and the Galizien patch have become emblems of anti-Russian resistance and national pride
National pride in wearing the patch of the unit which 'took part in a massacre of hundreds of Polish civilians in 1944'.
But hey, Zelensky is Jewish, so... no Nazis? Especially in SBU: https://youtu.be/QA5yZnxS2zc?t=82 https://youtu.be/QA5yZnxS2zc?t=82