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.
I was incredibly lucky that one of the only other communists at my job was working when it came up. Having someone to back me up when I cringed at photos of Azov's pinup girls at the very least deflated my lib coworkers' moral outrage.
Also I ran into a Ukrainian dude selling jewelry for refugee donations months before the invasion. I feel like that really helps with segueing into the complete 180 on the MSM narrative.