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[–] 11 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Sounds like someone doesnt know their Nyet's from their Nein's.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (8 children)

    it was this weird period of time during mid 2000s when russian propaganda started to really amp up old soviet imperialist narratives (the continuing demonization of Bandera, Holodomor denial, etc etc etc) and lots of folks started to fall for it even though the truth was a google search away. shit was ugly.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

    the continuing demonization of Bandera

    If you find yourself going "Hey actually the figurehead of an organization that was more interested in doing crimes against humanity against ethnic minorities to fight the fucking nazis gets a bad rap" maybe it's time to reevaluate your takes.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    it's way more complicated than that and that's not the place to discuss it.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

    No, it's not that complicated.

    Russian cultural chauvinism was a problem for the USSR and has only gotten worse, but if find yourself defending a fascist, you're either a nazi or have been duped by nazis.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    you also forgot polish chauvinism and whole lotta causality out of there and a shitton of historical context all around - which means you're oversimplifying which is not a good way to talk history. that's why i say that this is not a place to discuss it. if you want to discuss these matters in detail - private messages are right there, you're welcome.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    fall for it even though the truth was a google search away.

    If only having the sum total of human knowledge in your pocket actually protected against propaganda and misinformation.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    if only peer-reviewed academic research wasn't under seven seals most of the time. would've been marvelous. but nah

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    if you email the authors directly theres a decently good chance they'll just send it to you, for free.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    or scihub if you're feeling spicy. and everyone in every argument would do that all the time to cite every little thing. duh. either way it requires actually giving a damn and those who say stupid shit don't give a damn so the arguing with idiots principle applies.

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