Seems like a more appropriate one would be Putin shooting the dove with an AK47DennisN said:
Fair enough - not all of them are deserving of hate because they may not support Putin's actions and are against the invasion.fresh_42 said:
Your bias is showing. The videos description says these women are pilots, not flight attendants.Jarvis323 said:
Idiots are everywhere and Germany is no exception. But so far I only have heard of one event against a Russian grocery store (Graffiti or window, I don't recall). I was saying it because of Putin's declared goal to protect Russians in countries he doesn't have a say in. We have currently 263,000 Russians here. Furthermore, the number of Russians (=grew up in) with a German passport (=have German ancestry a couple of centuries ago) is even significantly higher than that.StevieTNZ said:
That's too simplistic. You can't just shoot down aircraft, you have to destroy the ground based surface to air missiles that are protecting the air-space they are in and sometimes, near a border with Ukraine for example, those might be in a different country (Russia for example).vela said:
Plus it usually requires a mandate from the UN security council, and ...phinds said:
Some humans will always want to oppress others. It's a risk, but keeping that kind of outcome away always comes with the risk of conflict and loss. Living under Putin would be miserable. Russian kleptocrats stole so much from the citizens, it was like stealing 20 TRILLION dollars if it happened in America. Can you work hard enough day and night to pay 20 TRILLION to thieves? You want scary? Imagine being at risk of 15 years in prison because you used the word "war" to describe the war in Ukraine. So, if you are willing to think about things that make you full of fear, think about than. When you realize how awful that would be and for how many people, be *grateful* some people will stand up with ONE HUNDRED PERCENT CERTAINTY of being in combat so that you don't have to while you cower online. Be grateful. We need to fight in Ukraine, even if it means the US pulls the gloves off. Better to fight now than have our necks under a boot for the rest of our lives.fresh_42 said:
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Why would he do a lot of things he's done/ordered? The man probably suffers from delusional disorder.Jarvis323 said:
Maybe he realized the optics of sitting at the other end of the table away from everyone else would be bad for that meeting, but he wasn't willing to actually sit near anybody.Jarvis323 said:
Of course, but didn't you know that the dove had a "swastika" on it's wing, it's a Nazi bird, the dove needed "denazification"...But seriously speaking I really fail to understand how some of you here think that this is all just a old man who lost his mind. Reality seems different. Putin has spent these last 20 years making and cementing an unholy marriage between Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox church (for popular support of course) , his friends in crime and billionaires while throwing everything else he has left to army to manufacture new weapons and planes etc. If anything he has been consistent in his rhetoric over the years and that rhetoric has slowly escalated, especially since 2014 with respect to Ukraine.phinds said:
I remind all that Putin is not immortal. It is important to actively limit and mitigate the damage that he does and to eventually punish his enablers. And try not blow up the world in the process.artis said:
If it is (presumably so) can we get translations and contribute in real time?neilparker62 said:
It is even more absurd: Putin's fanbase itself contains a fair amount of Nazis, or nationalists to use a better-defined word.neilparker62 said:
Yes, but without facebook, twitter, and of course the channels of western news agencies.neilparker62 said:
It's not quite clear whether Mr Putin wants to "de-communize" or "de-Nazify" Ukraine ??fresh_42 said:
At least, it will be the first time a country is de-Nazified that is run by a Jew.neilparker62 said:
Perhaps the contradiction has not escaped Mr Putin - hence the backup line is that what we really need to do is "de-communize" Ukraine!fresh_42 said:
Plenty of East Europeans resented both National Socialists and Communists and found Communists the greater danger. So yes, a lot of people in East Europe supported the Nazis as the lesser evil... including some in Ukraine. Which, of course, Russians are eager to blow up.neilparker62 said:
I'm not so sure "the Russians" are eager to blow ANYTHING up. I think this is mostly Putin.snorkack said:
This is a truly abhorrent post.snorkack said:
The abuse "Fascist!" for any Western minorities in Russian popular culture long predates Putin, or indeed Gorbachev. I do not have a living memory of that, but I am sure it predates Khruschchev.phinds said:
So, what's your point? In what way do you feel that your comment addresses my post to which it was a reply? Do you really think the average Russian gives a damn if there are fascists in Ukraine and want to bomb them? Seriously?snorkack said:
Average Russian gives a damn, but not that much. Average Russians look at Ukrainians... with mild condescending prejudice. Which is in no way inconsistent with liking them as persons, and not wanting Ukrainians to be bombed.phinds said:
What evidence do you have that the "average Russian" believes anything of what you ascribe to them?snorkack said:
"Contributed" as in failed to stop his imperialism. I read it as more of a warning than blame. As-in: if you don't stop appeasing Putin eventually he'll invade someone you do care about.neilparker62 said:
I think this is a fair assessment. I just wish Mr Putin and co would appreciate this is no more than the "average Ukrainian" wants! He can't go throwing dangerous toys on the basis of a few alleged Nazis. Or covert Leninist communists perhaps ?!phinds said:
1) An account pointing out how the ethnic prejudices were felt around Soviet Union. It was from a generation that was adult in Soviet times, but it is consistent with what the people talk about ethnic groups. Prejudices against Baltic people, Jews, Caucasians (which is why I dislike the English term of "Caucasian" as synonym of "White" - for us, "Black" is a synonym of "Caucasian"), Central Asians, Siberian natives... The prejudices against Ukrainians were not something the third parties noticed as universally, but their firsthand description is consistent with evidence and experience of other prejudices.PeroK said:
That's not evidence. That's your opinion.snorkack said:
Schwartzschild in WWI. But, given the extent of the slaughter, I'm sure there must be many more that died in that war. Perhaps most were still too young to be really famous.caz said:
Putin as avenger of the Holocaust?Keith_McClary said:
This looks like a case of violence vs. prejudice.PeroK said:
In other words: "Burn their children's laughter. On to hell."snorkack said:
Precisely.PeroK said:
I would say it's imperative that we do just that. Whatever it takes. If we can't beat swords into ploughshares, then at least nukes into fusion reactors!snorkack said:
It doesn't help that some (even those in power, not just a fringe) use the flags, symbols and slogans of their WWII heroes and build monuments to them.PeroK said:
This has a long history, at least going back to the end of the US civil war, when Robert E. Lee said building monuments and such would not bode well for the future.Keith_McClary said:
These are much more recent, although I could not find the construction date. When did that pebbled concrete become popular? The Shukhevych statue was erected in 1973.BillTre said:
This is indeed true. I remember that I once visited a cemetery and found a section with graves of Russian soldiers from WW I. I wasn't aware that there had been Russians at this location in Germany at all. As I walked from grave to grave I saw their ages: 26 was old! Many came from somewhere in Siberia, most between 17 and 23 years old. I wondered whether their relatives even have been ever informed about their graves.PeroK said:
