• dolores_clitoris@lemmygrad.ml
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    10 months ago

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Waffen_Grenadier_Division_of_the_SS_(1st_Galician)

    I hadn't read about this division in detail before, only heard about the collaboration with the Nazis. For a division formed "to fight for Ukrainian independence from the Soviets", they spent an incredibly large percentage of their time fighting partisans outside of Ukraine.

    At the end of WWII, a special plea was made to the pope that they were good Catholics and fervent anti-communists. This insured they were not sent to the USSR, but a settler-colony more closely aligned with their views. Clearly they were outstanding candidates for KKKanadian citizenship

    • Justice@lemmygrad.ml
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      9 months ago

      And that fuels many westerners views of Ukrainians today. The insane right wingers ended up in Canada and some in the US and much like the "exile Cuban" population in Miami (mostly) aka gusanos they spent decades spreading bullshit anti-Soviet, anti-communist (generally), pro-Nazi narratives. And American/Canadians being fucking morons... just ate that shit up, same as they did/do for those right wing Cuban-Americans.

    • FALGSConaut [comrade/them]
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      9 months ago

      And kkkanada more than welcomed them, considering the multiple monuments to them that got put up

  • SpaceDogs@lemmygrad.ml
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    10 months ago

    Seeing this on the news was so hard to watch. I’ve been so angry about all of this and I go back and forth between being optimistic about the future to outright depression…

      • TheOtherwise [none/use name]
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        9 months ago

        Well then stop falling for Russian troll farms. This is fake news

        AP News isn't credible enough for you libs?

      • knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml
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        9 months ago

        Calling people calling out Nazi worship fake news and Russian trolls tells us all we need to know about your personal beliefs, and they're not welcome here.

        For those actually interested, AP has since wiped all evidence of their mention of Hunka from the screenshotted article and others, but there is still a reference to his history from known Russian troll farm The Toronto Star. I looked at archived versions of the AP article as well and they're the same as the version currently on the AP site.

        https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/courageous-charismatic-volodymyr-zelenskyy-cannot-engineer-ukraine-s-destiny-on-his-own/article_73e80e80-640b-50d8-adc5-02bdd67f0676.html

  • Redcuban1959 [any]
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    10 months ago

    Clapping for a guy that was literally trying to kill his Grandfather and family.

  • olgas_husband@lemmygrad.ml
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    10 months ago

    oh no, the fine and polite of final solution originating country applauding a final solutioners, who would thought of such a thing /s

  • Buchenstr@lemmygrad.ml
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    9 months ago

    Oh wow that's a big fucking mask off moment right there.

    Being a nazi is just so normalized now isn't it? It really shows the analogy "scratch a liberal, and a fascist will appear." is a timeless classic which is only becoming more revelant as time goes on.

    • pipedpiper@lemmygrad.ml
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      9 months ago

      Putin has showed us if you scratch Western countries , Nazis will come out like ants... That explains all IMF loans , why Stalin is bad, all hardcore racism against China

  • AOCapitulator [they/them]
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    9 months ago

    But there isn't a nazi problem because the president is jewish!

    Side note, did Obama ever participate in a standing ovation for a klan member?

  • BelieveRevolt [he/him]
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    9 months ago

    When asked about Bandera, Zelensky said that he believes Bandera is a hero “for some Ukrainians.”

    ”He is one of the people who defended Ukraine’s freedom,” Zelensky said in a 2019 interview with Ukrainska Pravda. “He is a hero for a certain percentage of Ukrainians, and it’s normal, and it’s cool.”