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Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Add to the above list if you can, thank you.

Resources For Understanding The War Beyond The Bulletins

Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map, who is an independent youtuber with a mostly neutral viewpoint.

Moon of Alabama, which tends to have good analysis (though also a couple bad takes here and there)

Understanding War and the Saker: neo-conservative sources but their reporting of the war (so far) seems to line up with reality better than most liberal sources.

Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict and, unlike most western analysts, has some degree of understanding on how war works. He is a reactionary, however.

On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent journalist reporting in the Ukrainian warzones.

Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.

Yesterday's discussion post.

  • Z_Poster365 [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    If you hear the good news that 2 anti-imperialist nations are becoming more friendly and immediately start fretting about how it’s only because they are reactionary (without and against all evidence), that is a deep seated chauvinistic belief that needs to be rooted out

    Sorry I wasn’t polite enough when dealing with imperialist Russophobia that sounds like it’s coming out of the mouth of Hilary Clinton

      • Z_Poster365 [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        I’m being appropriately sensitive to disguised liberal imperialist narratives being parroted by “leftists” in the west, famous for being chauvinists

          • Z_Poster365 [none/use name]
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            3 years ago

            Debatebro is when someone recognizes an imperialist narrative and points it out. The more they do this, the more of a debatebro they are.

              • Z_Poster365 [none/use name]
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                3 years ago

                Maybe next time they won’t jump immediately to anti-Chinese and anti-Russian condescending chauvinist statements if they remember getting chewed out for it.

                This is effectively just tone policing, tone policing on behalf of liberal imperialism. Smh

                  • Z_Poster365 [none/use name]
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                    3 years ago

                    What’s important here is that you only respond to tone like a dog, and that you think anyone pointing out imperialism rudely is an idiot

                      • Z_Poster365 [none/use name]
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                        3 years ago

                        I’m not omniscient and omnipresent, I can only call out the horseshit I see. I didn’t see that thread.

                        I hold my point that if the first thing your mind jumps to when you hear the words “Russian Culture” is homophobia, and you have so little faith in the Chinese populace’s revolutionary potential, that you fret over whether the evil Russians are corrupting them, that idea stems from very chauvinist roots.

                          • Z_Poster365 [none/use name]
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                            3 years ago

                            I just find it quite interesting that you all are much more concerned over my rudeness than over a so-called “cringe take” exhibiting imperialist and chauvinist tendencies. Where are your priorities?

                          • Z_Poster365 [none/use name]
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                            3 years ago

                            It’s definitely not a good take to have

                            I’m glad you agree, the first I’m hearing of it instead of insipid tone policing on their behalf. Why didn’t you just say that earlier?

                            you are overreacting

                            Love to have condescending westerners always poo poo me and tell me I’m overreacting whenever I point out their shitty chauvinist underlying their logic. You are saying this to a displaced Syrian. Would you tell a black victim of racially insensitive comments that they are overreacting, and even if they are right they shouldn’t be so rude about it? I have all the right in the world to shit on western chauvinism, it destroyed my home nation and my family.