Got into a conversation with someone today and I mentioned the Soviets liberated a lot of Nazi camps. They looked at me like I was evil and said "Well they're bombing innocent people today and accusing them of being Nazis"

I said that while I'm not a fan of modern Russia, the Azov Battalion is in fact Nazi, and Ukraine has had a Nazi problem for a while.

They didn't know who Azov are and just said "Well they're probably all gone now. They're just bombing innocent people."

I'm sick of people thinking I'm some kind of evil modern Russian oligarchy stan or crazy conspiracy theorist just because I acknowledge the fact that Nazis exist and are a big problem. If Ukraine wins, those strengthened Nazi groups that are supported by western aid and the Ukraine government are going to go full fascist.

  • comi [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    You fallen for the first trick: “I was talking about soviets, not modern russians”.

    Nazis in ukraine is ideological porky patina over war, while they exist (there are some volnov usb videos, but I didn’t want to hurt myself looking into them), it’s not fundamentally that different than contras/death squads in other places, reinforcing will of capital. Plus there are images of tattoos/unit insignias of questionable variety