A court in the central Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod has jailed a woman for wearing rainbow earrings, the human rights group Egida reported late Wednesday, marking the second case of its kind after Russia banned the so-called “LGBT movement” as an “extremist” organization in November.   According to Egida, law enforcement agents tasked with combating “extremism” detained the woman after a group of “aggressive people” approached her and her friend at a local cafe and filmed them on camera.

ngl russia is not making it easy to give critical support lol

  • voight [he/him, any]
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    10 months ago

    I say bring it on. I know everyone is ready to forget that they took Oryx seriously and said stuff like smuglord "Nobody can deny Western weapons are very effective against Russian equipment."

    I look forward to the usual "look I want free healthcare as much as the next guy and want to have a real government instead of a CIA GANGSTER POLICE STATE that bombs civilians for no reason but the alternative is just as bad, and in addition, these savages are nothing like us,,," crap that's been used against Syria and Libya and almost Ethiopia recently! They were revving it up! People are sort of keeping China in this vague category of "they are alright, critical support, but not getting my hopes up in case the all powerful warlords of my country need to try to disintegrate them with bombs & I need to remain neutral"

    So now we just have to pivot back to the normal "I don't understand why all these anti-war leftists support Saddam Hussein and want to hug and kiss him? It's just making things harder for us Real Activists." refrain that keeps people from even approaching the discussion of what a semi-peripheral country is

    • wrecker_vs_dracula [comrade/them]
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      10 months ago

      I failed to understand most of it, but I think this is a brilliant post. I've read it maybe four times now, and its beauty and mystery deepen with every pass.

      • voight [he/him, any]
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        10 months ago

        What I mean in that screed is

        1️⃣ people remained "neutral" but kept supporting the western narrative throughout the past 2 years

        2️⃣ people don't have an actual geopolitical analysis, they have the libertarian "muh tax dollar spending" antiwar argument which is completely anemic. i would prefer ancient bandung maoist takes

        3️⃣ the accusation of marcyism against people who do actual geopolitical analysis has been making a comeback, it's a great way to learn nothing from all this

        what I recommend instead is everyone read abt that & also how western NGOs used things as innocuous as techno to lay the groundwork of the anti ethnic russian movement. look at how the far-right grows in poland etc

        • Kaplya
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          10 months ago

          ancient bandung maoist takes

          lmao i’m gonna steal this phrase

      • voight [he/him, any]
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        10 months ago

        Thanks I think you're joking. Hopefully. I say bring it on bc they get to read these posts

        • wrecker_vs_dracula [comrade/them]
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          10 months ago

          Sincerity is hard to express on an anonymous web forum. This is the kind of posting that makes hexbear a special place. I like your post.

          • voight [he/him, any]
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            10 months ago

            Yea they have the scoop here it is nice. People mostly don't tolerate imperialist takes here. I just think it's hard for everyone to both learn regional history + politics of Ukraine, and read a bunch of stuff about the development of the global south so they end up accepting a lot of premises which they shouldn't.