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[–] 34 points 3 months ago (2 children)

What am I missing about the comments here? It's a satirical cartoon, so it's not meant to be taken as these labels are what the author would apply to each group.

I read it as highlighting the hypocrisy of how Ukraine fighting Russia is self defence but Palestine fighting Israel is seen as terrorism.

Is this a controversial take?

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    [–] 18 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    History is full of groups that were called terrorists before they were called governments. Whoever decides what is an act of war and what is an act of terrorism decides the rules of the game

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  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago

    Funny that someone felt the need to put flags on this

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  • [–] 37 points 3 months ago (1 child)
  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago*

    the illustration is a bit of an oversimplification, but I think a redeemable takeaway is that the rhetoric changes depending on which side (western) capital is supporting.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Ukraine would be a drone

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  • [+] -3 points 3 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    Historic abuse is when a country that lost many millions of people to the nazis...doesn't tolerate ethnic cleansing by nazis?

    I think the historic abuse here is your abuse of the word historic

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  • That's only the most superficial level everyone should agree with on principle if they have eyes and ears.

    Now let's see who/what is backing these groups, lol.

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  • [+] -26 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Can't disagree on that, that Ukrops are terrorist.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I mean, the funny thing is that the UON-B (The Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists – Bandera faction) has unequivocally been operating as a stateless paramilitary seeking political reform through violence. Not unlike the Houthi Rebel movement or Hamas, after the IDF killed all their civilian bureaucrats and political functionaries.

    But because the term carries "brown person acting badly" connotation, people reflectively reject the idea that a white person can earn the title.

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  • [+] -5 points 3 months ago (1 child)
  • [+] -20 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    the opposite is pretty much true

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