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The only people I see supporting Russia against Ukraine are rightwingers.

• acdha 3y ago
  I’ve some some but they definitely got quieter after the war crimes became public and especially when the Trump-wing of the Republican staked out that position loudly enough that they couldn’t ignore it. Some of them were tankies[1] but most were aligned with the American Green Party, and definitely consider themselves leftists even though their primary function is helping right-wingers get elected. Most of what I saw was conspiratorial: laundered talking points about how Ukraine’s leaders are corrupt and in league with bankers and Biden, the atrocities were exaggerated or faked, etc. This was never more than a quickly-rejected fringe anywhere I’ve seen it but it was definitely real and in a couple of cases from people who’d been there for a long time so I don’t think it was some kind of troll operation — more like how GamerGate had a few communities saying “I knew he was always a bit weird and edgy but I didn’t realize just how deeply he hated women”. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie
• 0dayz 3y ago
  You got direct and indirect support. Direct support would be people like hinkle. Indirect would be people like chomsky, illhan Omar, news outlets like democracy now! and jacobin.[1] https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/07/04/us-politics-ukraine-russia-far-right-left-progressive-horseshoe-theory/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/07/04/us-politics-ukraine-rus...