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1. Eldan Goldenberg (eldang@weirder.earth)'s status on Friday, 04-Mar-2022 19:09:49 UTC Eldan Goldenberg

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   And if you're going to parrot the Russian propaganda about Ukraine being a festering pit of Nazis, maybe first ask yourself why the [predominantly Russian-speaking] Jewish community of Odessa is much more afraid of being "liberated" by Putin than of the status quo in Ukraine: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/21/world/europe/ukraine-jews-russia-evacuations.html

   [full disclosure: 2 of my grandparents were born in that region and fled to Turkey while the USSR controlled it]

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   • Dmitry Borodaenko (angdraug@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 04-Mar-2022 19:09:49 UTC Dmitry Borodaenko

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     @eldang Even more obviously, Ukraine elected a Russian-speaking Jew as President.

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   • Eldan Goldenberg (eldang@weirder.earth)'s status on Friday, 04-Mar-2022 19:09:50 UTC Eldan Goldenberg

     Look, Putin's arguments are ridiculous, but they're also irrelevant. I'm getting more and frustrated with discussions about Ukraine that unquestionably accept that the country is a tidbit for the Great Powers to fight over. Fuck all of that. The only relevant question is what the people of Ukraine want, which is pretty fucking overwhelmingly not to be recolonised by Russia.

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