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medicinemane · 2 months

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Really really don't get why so many people seem to have this burning hatred for Ukraine where they'll just... bring them up randomly purely to drag them through the mud and it's like... ok... but... do you actually know a single thing about Ukraine or what's been happening there?

Do you for instance remember when a major dam was destroyed by russia causing massive ecological damage?

Like I'm dead serious here, can you tell me a single thing that's happened in Ukraine in the last 2 years? Can you in any way demonstrate any basic understanding of the situation?

Cause if not... why do you think you should have an opinion on it, especially if your opinion is gonna be how awful people getting bombed are?

Just legit bothers me and... even more so bothers me the number of smart and caring people I see doing this. Basically I'm not even trying to be rude here, I'm trying to remind you to pay attention and remember that not everything you read on the internet is true, a tumblr post isn't a source unless they're giving you a reputable source

Cause like me? I can go track you down articles about the Nova Kakhovka dam being destroyed, and I can talk about all the reason why it's pretty clear that russia destroyed it

Can you do the same for me? Can you back up your claim about Ukraine with something concrete?

In many ways I'm not even asking you to support Ukraine, I get we have a limit to how much we can focus on, it's ok if you focus on your cause and I focus on mine and... both of us giving our undivided attention, maybe we both make some small impact on the world

What I'm asking is you don't be an asshole for no reason. You don't need to throw Ukraine under the bus. Don't you think your cause stands up on it's own two feet?

And again I'm not Ukrainian, I don't know as well as someone there, though... I spare you a lot of the stuff that crosses my dash because I don't want to burn people out with horrible stuff, but please understand it's worse than you probably think

So no, not Ukrainian, but I'll tell you why I'm still worth listening to: I've followed this every day since the invasion began. I keep my ear to the ground. I do know a fair bit and again can back what I have to say up

Anyway, my plea is to just not be a dick to people for no reason. The correct number of bombed civilians is zero, that's my stance

#still fucking haunts me the video of this zoo keeper just crying as she films the flooded zoo #and you can just hear all the animals screaming in terror as they slowly drown #and... there... there just wasn't anything anyone could do #the water was coming up too fast... they didn't have time... they didn't have the equipment to move them #it was really only the birds that survived cause they at least could fly away when their enclosures were opened #I really do mean haunt; like... the second I think about it... just kind of gnaws at my insides #and that's just one video of one thing from one event #anyway; to pivot slightly; not that I want to call everything I disagree with russian propaganda #but there's various stuff I can point to and draw a pretty solid line between it and russian propaganda I think #as in; if I popped open sputnik right now I think there's a fair chance I'd find an article on it #...like the biolabs thing; that one I literally did that with and guess who was spreading it? the literal propaganda site #like man... you're smart; you're so brilliant... why on earth are you falling so hook line and sinker for this stuff?#Ukraine ain't your enemy man #where as russia; again I can draw a direct line between them and say... the suffering of the Iranian people #between russia and the election results in Venezuela; to my understanding russia literally has ships off the coast right now #and it's a fact putin congratulated maduro despite there being a number of issues #such as... the total percentages released by the government totaling 109%#listen man; I'm not stupid; I'm susceptible to propaganda too; you think I don't know that?#but I can at least show my work and I can at least explain my motivation and I can at least lay it all bare #maybe I'm wrong... maybe #hard for me to think I am when I see hospitals being bombed... kinda tend to think the people who do that are bad #(and why... why do people keep making it a pissing match instead of saying 'it's bad no matter where it happens'?)#but maybe I'm wrong... at least I can walk you through why I'm coming to the conclusion I am #and just fuck me... all I want is a world where no one's getting blown to bits for the crime of being alive #do you actually have any grasp of geopolitics?#not as in like... this or that theory or some bullshit about why america good; america bad; whatever #I mean can you actually draw a line between things happening around the world and tell me how they relate?#like... can you talk about India in relation to other countries; can you talk about Modi's politics?#(I can't stand Modi and I think I have some pretty good reasons such as his treatment of the Muslim minority; he's a nationalist)#can you talk at all about Turkey; or Armenia and Azerbaijan?

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