I like how they're obviously mad about being challenged but they can't say that or they'll look bad so they just invent another reason.

Link - https://reddit.com/r/Qult_Headquarters/comments/kzzw6w/_/gjqq3vc/

  • pepe_silvia96 [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    a few weeks back I referred to Ukraine as 'the Ukraine' on a whim and according to the lad outed myself as a russian operator.

    yea I cant use reddit anymore.

    • RedDawn [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      It’s kind of dated language now but that was the common way of referring to it in English for quite a while, so that person was obviously just ignorant

      • pepe_silvia96 [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        I think they think of it as an assault on Ukrainian sovereignty. like calling it the ukraine implies it's a geographical name rather than an etnicity with a right to self-determination. russia doesnt have any territorial claims against ukraine beyond Crimea that I'm aware of.

        • RedDawn [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Right no I get why they prefer the term not be used, I just meant that the redditor thinking you were Russian for using it probably didn’t realize it used to be quite common in English as well.

          • grill [none/use name]
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            4 years ago

            Russian doesn't even HAVE any articles. There's no "as well" it's exclusively English.

            Four fucking years of this shit god damn.