Right on. It’s usually pretty telling when they’re asked about their thoughts on the Kronstadt Rebellion. Vanguard socialism is fucking bunk, imo

i wanted evidence the nazi prop was false.

okay and i want evidence that it’s true before spending time and energy debunking something that is just a wild claim presented without sources

the burden of proof is on the claim not the defendant

and my point was related to the bullshit principal- there MUST be a cohort of links debunking the claims.

that’s absolutely not related to the bullshit asymmetry principal other than it being a prime example of it: it takes minimal effort to write a post asking for evidence - sincere or not, btw, there’s no way to know if you’re acting in good or bad faith - whilst it takes a lot of effort to do a web search by comparison, which you could also spend time and energy doing

if you provide evidence pointing to the fact that ukraine has nazis, then that does 2 things:

• shows that there’s actually something to discuss other than harmful conspiracy: not trying to prove a negative: there’s specific claims and perhaps sources
• shows that you’ve invested time into the topic (perhaps), which means that at least we’re confident your asking in good faith rather than using the question as a means to an end

assuming you don’t believe the ukrainian govt has a nazi problem, this is also a core part of the scientific method: don’t try and prove what you believe; try and disprove it and if you can’t then what you believe is correct… dig up any real evidence for the claim, and if you can’t find real evidence then it’s nothing more than putin making a claim for unknown reasons when he clearly has an agenda