• Aryuproudomenowdaddy [comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    Some people considered it a fairly one sided video where he was only interviewing people with a poor view of Russia, but I mean, the guys not a war correspondent.

    • thisismyrealname [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      he did also let jake hanrahan claim "well actually russia's nazi problem is worse, even though they're not the country with an openly fascist army regiment"

      • Aryuproudomenowdaddy [comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        I was about to add that, it's been a while since it came out and I was a little fuzzy on it, that part was pretty cringe. Weren't they standing next to an Azov recruitment poster?

    • FunkyStuff [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Right I see. I mean he never puts his own views into the videos, just lets the people say what they want, so even if he isn't NATO-brained it would be hard to get a balanced view across unless you went to Donbass to interview victims of Ukrainian violence, but that would be too dangerous obviously. I don't see the problem as long as he wasn't platforming some Azov scum.

      • Aryuproudomenowdaddy [comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        He did do an interview with Jake Hanrahan who was definitely downplaying Azov's reach, kinda feel like he just wanted to talk to someone that he assumed had a better understanding of the situation than he did.

        • FunkyStuff [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Yeah I watched the whole video now. Absolutely downplayed the Azov but at least he interviewed some anarchist comrades, the first guy said something kinda cringe about how it's fine to fight alongside Nazis in a dire situation but I understand it's easy for me to say that halfway across the globe with all my comfort. I think he's genuinely well-intentioned but probably should've been careful with the messaging in that video.

          • NomadicWarMachine [any]
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            3 years ago

            some anarchist comrades

            Who were collecting body armor for the Ukrainian military, and openly said they would ally with Nazis against Putin,