#fight like a Ukrainian

[catdaddi-o]

So, a year now. A year in the life of Ukraine and her people. A very hard year, a devastatingly horrid year that didn't have to happen. It began with a telling sign of how determined Ukrainians are to keep their land, state, and peace of mind. "Russian warship, go fuck yourself." So telling of the Ukrainian spirit that it was made into a stamp. One I wear today. And it's something I feel strongly about as well.

At least Boris Johnson got one thing right, "you don't negotiate with an alligator that's eating your leg." Many other leaders and would be leaders of countries not currently being invaded condemn Zelenskyy for not negotiating, fuck that shit. To any American who thinks Ukraine should stop fighting I say fuck that shit.

I'm about to reblog some posts my wife made that really hit hard on me. Hit hard because they make me think through my own comfortable status as an adult white male and the privileges that are inherent in this society because this country existed for millennia as not America. Do I really understand that? Probably not, or at least not to the extent others (non-whites) do. All I can do is take others' point of view as real and valid.

Which is why I stand so firmly behind the Ukrainian people. When Zelenskyy says Ukraine is fighting for its freedom, European freedom and the very life of democracy, I believe it. I believe it because I know the the history of colonialism, I see from the inside how a democracy is subverted by fascism, and I fear for this people- the "others", others meaning any non-white heterosexual male person.

I'm not saying be consumed by fear and hatred, I'm saying live your life purposefully. Take your joys and live them deliciously. Look into life's heart every day and live for the ones who can't. Ukrainian soldiers have told their people over and over, we want you to live your lives, drink your coffees, gather together for celebrations, that is what we are fighting for, that is the life waiting for us when we have defeated this enemy.

Slava Ukraine

[imerian]

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[hussyknee]

Bit of a mindfuck to see USAmerican conservatives supporting Israel. How do they square that with their antisemitic tinhattery and general abiding hatred of Jews? Do they slap an Israeli sticker with the Star of David on their pickup before or after going and vandalizing a synagogue?

Guess when we said "do not equate the Jewish people with the state of Israel" they went "Hell yeah! Fuck Jews! Stand with Israel!" 💀

Edit: I stand corrected. And informed. What the fuck.

[beastblade69]

dumbass people online don't even think of us as of human beings, all they fucking do is make MeMeS 🤪🤪 about ww3 or ukraine DemAnDiNg MoNeY FroM TgE UsA. as if we were fucking homeless people in a need of charity. let me break it to you: WE DON'T LIKE IT EITHER, WE WOULD RATHER LIVE OUR LIVES IN A FREE COUNTRY THAN ASK YOU FOR HELP JUST TO BE HUMILIATED AND INVALIDATED IN THR END. BUT THAT'S THE WAY THINGS ARE FOR US NOW. unfortunately we don't have the privilege of living comfortably in a free country without electricity being turned off for like 16 hours daily and constant air raids. NO ONE would ever wish this to happen, everyone just wants to live a free careless life but oh well we live next door to russia aka a terrorist state and we cannot give in because then all our hopes for the brighter future would be crushed once and for all. we want OUR land FREED. we don't just ask for help because we find it entertaining or enjoy taking your money away, we ask for help because WE NEED HELP IN THIS FIGHT WITH RUSSIAN TYRANNICAL REGIME WHICH BRINGS NOTHING MORE THAN PAIN AND SUFFERING OF THE BLAMELESS

and for everyone who sees ukrainian civilians online posting something unrelated to war and immediately comments on their post with "it doesn't look like there's an ongoing war in your country" FUCK YOU. have you ever lived through war? or did you just watch several war movies and are now judging based on what you saw there? we cannot always post about the invasion, we can't always think about it because it'd drive us crazy. and in order to be able to help we have to be relatively sane. how should victims of the war act anyways?? like are there any rules or shit? maybe we should all eat from trashcans and cry 24/7 with no breaks?? if we all were crying and eating shit we found on the streets (because apparently when the war begins the economy stops working and you can't even find fine products to eat anymore and you are not obligated to work to pay taxes because taxes disappear along with economy idk??) would it look more convincing to you? or you would still find an excuse to invalidate our struggles?

[johnlockifconvenient]

If you’re a fan of fanfiction where Watson bravely rescues Holmes and they are just super soft and romantic, while also being really hot, I’m gonna HIGHLY recommend you play the remastered Sherlock Holmes: the Awakened frogwares game

[unhonestlymirror]

Guys, who's gonna tell her?

Molotov-Ribbentrop pact who?👀

[imeriayapping]

I'm so happy that at least in motogp i can breathe without seeing russians because they are always lased in f1 history, they still try to push that fucking shwartzman there too and into indy, they are in wec. THEY ARE EVERYWHERE

And I can't even express my fury because I'm not gonna be called racist/nazi/xenophobic but when people do same thing to Israeli it's ok. I can't be angry at nation that killed my granddad my uncle and probably many more in my family tree. I can't be anything other than thankful for support even if it's never fucking enough because my timeline looks like necrolog.

All i see when I'm online is either other Ukrainians trying to crowdfund ammunition for our soldiers without much success because everyone and our economy is exhausted or news about how new forces join russians to kill us. It's their only goal.

And you can't just fucking cherry pick those russians you like to say that they aren't guilty. They need to embrace consequences of what their politicians are doing. You can't be innocent and russian at the same time, one of very few truly good russians died recently fighting on the side of Ukraine. Our outlook on life becoming so individualistic we don't realise that power is hold by masses, that if they wanted for war to stop those "simple russians" could just stop going to war. Their system is extremely corrupt, it's easy to escape being drafted. Only times they protest is when they get denied another app. There millions of them and somehow just dozens of those caught by police for protest. They just don't fucking care and you continue to defend them online

[bibleofficial]

russians are traveling saying they’re ukrainian 😭😭 literally was eavesdropping on this conversation bc these 2 russian women w a child are next to me & they have a delayed flight so they called but said they’re ukrainian despite heading to moscow via moldova ? 😭😭

[ballsballsbowls]

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[medicinemane]

As always, if you wonder why I don't talk about certain current events but do others, a lot of it comes down to whether I think it's something that other people are talking about a lot

If it's something where I figure you're going to be well informed and need a break, I tend to keep it to a minimum on here cause you already know

If it's something I rarely see talked about, then I'm more likely to mention it

World's bad, we're all doing what we can, I know people have said to me before they appreciate me more keeping to cats and frogs and random stuff, so I mostly try to do that, but... in the end I just kinda share whatever my brain decides to share

Want to give my thought process though

[reginaphalangephalange]

[suqqubus]

the fact that karaoke guy wants to get in a fight w ukrainian boy bc hes jealous and doesnt want me to replace him. and ukrainian boy wants to fight karaoke guy bc everyone keeps saying theyre similar and hes mad about it bc he thinks hes better looking. god. yeah. thats the shit right there.

[shattered-pieces]

I wonder if it would help to make a movie.

That's how you get to American audiences. It's not real until it's on a big screen lol

As great as 20 Days in Mariuol is, documentaries won't get to a lot of people.

Idk how long it takes to make a movie.... if one can be made fastish....

We need to show the stakes to an American audience.

I think one of these stories of prisoners of war would be good, because it would show what russia does, what we are fighting, and it would be actiony and have a hero at the center. Of course there would be adherence to the main facts and give some ways at the end to see for themselves the sources.

[papirouge]

the capacity of people to shit on leftists while expecting their support for their own benefit will never stop amazing me

...they're really acting like the left was useless....while begging for their support to achieve their goal. like- what's the truth ? lol

[unhonestlymirror]

At first, I didn't realize why my mentor suggested me her Netflix subscription. It was later when I discovered almost all websites to watch movies are blocked here. >:/ Now I know this, but I am too afraid to ask.