It really is, not even directly defending the poster in and of itself but it didn’t happen in a vacuum and pretending it did is apologia for nation that invaded sovereign soil unprovoked, murders civilians in cold blood and then to point at this as an out after YEARS of this conflict?
Yeah it’s not really about the poster, they support Russia’s invasion, anti-imperialist only if it’s the USA I guess
Like the saying always goes, if Russia stops there’s no war, if Ukraine stops there’s no Ukraine.
Agreed, it one thing to say this poster is too far but that isn’t what they’re doing. They’re using it to paint Ukrainians as the aggressor which they very clearly are not.
The image clearly depicts an ordinary Russian holding a rifle, standing next to 3 publicly declared military targets, with a caption saying ordinary civilians are to blame. It really doesn’t get more obvious than this.
We can argue about some broader context, like extremely entitled Russians crying because their stupid berry business is losing money. But that does nothing to change the fact that the image itself sends a message to the effect of: “Russian civilians are our enemies.”
And we already know for a fact they are. Ukraine has repeatedly demonstrated that it has absolutely no issues with striking civilian targets.
Note that none of this means Russia is any better. Criticizing Ukraine (for self evident war crimes, no less) is not pro-Russia. It’s anti-war-crimes, period. Both of the sides can, and seem to be, fascist shitholes with no regard for international law, or even as simple a value as life.
Just because Ukraine is the victim in this war, doesn’t mean it’s immediately a good country, and doesn’t mean it now gets to do whatever it wants. Just like the US Empire attacking Iran doesn’t make the Iranian government good guys, and doesn’t justify any Iranian war crimes.
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“Is it poor taste to draw civilians as military targets while we broaden our campaign to target civilians and civilian infrastructure? Parhaps…”
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It really is, not even directly defending the poster in and of itself but it didn’t happen in a vacuum and pretending it did is apologia for nation that invaded sovereign soil unprovoked, murders civilians in cold blood and then to point at this as an out after YEARS of this conflict?
Yeah it’s not really about the poster, they support Russia’s invasion, anti-imperialist only if it’s the USA I guess
Like the saying always goes, if Russia stops there’s no war, if Ukraine stops there’s no Ukraine.
Agreed, it one thing to say this poster is too far but that isn’t what they’re doing. They’re using it to paint Ukrainians as the aggressor which they very clearly are not.
This comment is some insane Ukrainian apologia.
The image clearly depicts an ordinary Russian holding a rifle, standing next to 3 publicly declared military targets, with a caption saying ordinary civilians are to blame. It really doesn’t get more obvious than this.
We can argue about some broader context, like extremely entitled Russians crying because their stupid berry business is losing money. But that does nothing to change the fact that the image itself sends a message to the effect of: “Russian civilians are our enemies.”
And we already know for a fact they are. Ukraine has repeatedly demonstrated that it has absolutely no issues with striking civilian targets.
Note that none of this means Russia is any better. Criticizing Ukraine (for self evident war crimes, no less) is not pro-Russia. It’s anti-war-crimes, period. Both of the sides can, and seem to be, fascist shitholes with no regard for international law, or even as simple a value as life.
Just because Ukraine is the victim in this war, doesn’t mean it’s immediately a good country, and doesn’t mean it now gets to do whatever it wants. Just like the US Empire attacking Iran doesn’t make the Iranian government good guys, and doesn’t justify any Iranian war crimes.
Funny how it’s always silent about the Russia side of those same war crimes though.
Focus on the content of the image and it’s reasonable to say a Russian citizen holding an AK is an enemy. Ukraine is full of them.
You want to insist on my nuance but how many dead friends and family would you need to see it plainly for what it is.
“No no, this poster encouraging collective punishment of civillians is correct actually”
-The good guys
You people have gone fully insane
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