• Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    "Most of our Italian immigrants of the 1950s, if they were men of a certain age, had probably been in the Italian army and fought for Fascist Italy," said Sysyn, who is a member of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies.

    And this is supposed to make things better? This is good? Absolutely fucking deranged.

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Also an extremely inaccurate comparison because SS units like Galicia were volunteer only but Fascist Italy conscripted men of fighting age into their army. I refuse to believe that a professor doesn't understand the difference between being compelled to serve and volunteering to serve, so I must conclude he's saying this shit deliberately to mislead.

      • Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        Would you be surprised if I told you that the good professor has Ukrainian heritage?

        • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          I don't want to imply that anyone with a certain heritage is inherently sympathetic to a specific ideology, but I would not be surprised if he had Ukrainian gusanos as ancestors.

        • Collatz_problem [comrade/them]
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          1 year ago

          To be honest, Ivan Katchanovski is also Ukrainian-Canadian professor and he has been actively protesting all this Nazi shit for a long time. Of course, Western MSM ignore him and boost open Nazis.

          • Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            Of course, Western MSM ignore him and boost open Nazis.

            Yeah, funny how that works.

          • ProxyTheAwesome [comrade/them]
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            1 year ago

            If he isn't careful with how vociferous he is, he may become the next Norman Finkelstein and blackballed by academia. Your identity can only protect you for so long if you rail against zionism/ukrofascism too hard and draw too much attention to the issue.