(TW: dead bodies in replies) https://twitter.com/elivalley/status/1710703675813810419?t=mP3Ybaow8Kudbh8Co2aATw&s=19

  • KittyBobo [he/him, comrade/them]
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    11 months ago

    Um, it's not the same because Ukraine never attacked civilians you dumb tankies! Donbas? No, I haven't heard of it. No, why would I do the barest amount of research into the things I claim to care about? That's what CNN is for.

    • refolde [she/her, any]
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      11 months ago

      I've seen takes where they go "oh Donbas was filled with Russian thugs and gangsters anyways so they deserve to be gunned down like animals"

      Crackers, never once.

      • RyanGosling [none/use name]
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        11 months ago

        I’ve seen liberals say that Ukraine striking their own citizens with missiles is Russia’s fault because if they didn’t invade Ukraine wouldn’t have made the mistake.

        I agree with this logic to an extent. But surely liberals would apply the same logic to Palestinians and the deaths of Israelis right???

        • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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          11 months ago

          liberals would apply the same logic

          Liberals don't apply logic to facts to arrive at a conclusion. They apply rhetoric to CNN articles until they arrive at their predetermined bias.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      11 months ago

      No, why would I do the barest amount of research into the things I claim to care about?

      "TL;DR. Your source has an agenda and a narrative anyway." smuglord

    • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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      11 months ago

      "Euromaidan"? Is that what they call the winner of Eurovision?

      • the_kid
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        11 months ago

        only if the winner is a woman

  • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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    11 months ago

    I wonder how many people tut-tutting this were cheering at videos of Ukrainian soldiers executing prisoners and brutalizing "collaborators"

  • Teekeeus [comrade/them]
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    11 months ago

    Why is zelensky cheering on israel-cool anyway? From a purely practical standpoint this probably means that whatever's left of western weapons in storage will be diverted from ukr to israel-cool

    • CantaloupeAss [comrade/them]
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      11 months ago

      Yo I kinda hate the use of Israel Kamakawiwoʻole as a substitute icon for the apartheid state of Israel, given that israel-cool used his music to identify the US State of Hawaii as an apartheid state against the native Hawaiian population.

      Izzy K was a very cool figure, if u are not familiar with his work u should give him a listen!

      • BelieveRevolt [he/him]
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        11 months ago

        I thought the whole joke was that the emoji is called israel-cool and he was a cool guy called Israel.

        It's not a good fit for the apartheid ethnostate, though.

        • booty [he/him]
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          11 months ago

          Yes, the point is that we don't want an actual :israel-cool: emote because we dont want an emote of the star of david on fire, even if it's only on their shitty flag. but we want an :israel-cool: emote to use in situations like these, so we've got an emote of the only cool israel as a stand-in

    • ChapoKrautHaus [none/use name]
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      11 months ago

      Why is zelensky cheering on anyway?

      Cause this upcoming war will take attention away from Ukraine's inevitable downfall. smuglord

    • BoxedFenders [any, comrade/them]
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      11 months ago

      It's not a zero sum game. The Military Industrial Complex can build an infinite supply of weapons as long as there are willing buyers.

      • FunkyStuff [he/him]
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        11 months ago

        Not really true, while it is the case that a huge part of the heavy industry remaining in the US is mostly related to weapons and aerospace, the US doesn't have the industrial capacity to sustain endless conventional warfare. It could sustain forever wars against enemies much weaker in the Bush and Obama years, but I'd be surprised if it can keep giving Ukraine + Israel + Taiwan support against real enemies were hot wars to go on for any length of time in each.

  • MF_COOM [he/him]
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    11 months ago

    peltier-laugh damn I wish I could read the responses to that tweet

  • Moss [they/them]
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    11 months ago

    Holy fuck this goes hard. Usually I don't like Eli's grotesque style but this art is incredible

    • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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      11 months ago

      Usually I don't like Eli's grotesque style

      Isn't your pfp Asa from Chainsaw Man? Just think of Eli's caricatures as Devils

  • Adkml [he/him]
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    11 months ago

    Ok so our suspicions have been confirmed and it literally is just "but Ukrainians are white"

    Prolly for the best if I avoid liberals discussing foreign policy for a bit