▲ 141 ▼ Bro do I have bad news to tell them about the Russian government's viewpoint on LGBT people (lemmy.ml) submitted 3 years ago by tomasz@lemmy.ml to c/the_dunk_tank@hexbear.net 93 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] SerLava@hexbear.net 19 points 3 years ago (2 children) So it would be more like putting trans colors on a US challenge coin about attacking an even worse country, still pretty odd permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ProxyTheAwesome@hexbear.net 12 points 3 years ago (1 child) Russia has risen to a sacred fight to protect its sovereignty and security. We will always support the decisions of President Putin and the Russian leadership … and we will be together in the fight against imperialism. -Kim Jong Un The US has never been anti-imperialist. What is your westoid obsession with projecting your own sins on your enemies? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SerLava@hexbear.net 18 points 3 years ago* The US has never been anti-imperialist What are we pretending my position is next Edit: thanks for saying disengage, it's a good idea, bye permalink fedilink source parent [–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) If we just imagined there was a country (or section of a country) that the US taking over would actually make things better for . . . sure? But there hasn't been one of those since 1945, and even then the US made sure to minimize the good it did by giving amnesty to heinous war criminals. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SerLava@hexbear.net 15 points 3 years ago (1 child) So yeah that's a good example, I could use the logo from like a US WWII regiment to make fun of some Nazis they killed, but I wouldn't put like black nationalist colors or LGBT colors on the logo when it was whites-only and discharged gay people permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) That's a bit of a contortion since "Z" is not a regiment. Using some sort of black liberationist symbol in conjunction with a more general symbol from the US attack on the Nazis seems, well, a little odd since it was a segregated military as you say, but nonetheless had black soldiers triumphing over Nazis who would have them enslaved or murdered. I suppose Azov isn't likely being all that nice to trans people, but I've seen zero reporting on that topic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SerLava@hexbear.net 11 points 3 years ago Yeah that's fair, it's hard to find an equivalent of the Z in other contexts, it's a weirdly used symbol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ProxyTheAwesome@hexbear.net 12 points 3 years ago (1 child) Russia has risen to a sacred fight to protect its sovereignty and security. We will always support the decisions of President Putin and the Russian leadership … and we will be together in the fight against imperialism. -Kim Jong Un The US has never been anti-imperialist. What is your westoid obsession with projecting your own sins on your enemies? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SerLava@hexbear.net 18 points 3 years ago* The US has never been anti-imperialist What are we pretending my position is next Edit: thanks for saying disengage, it's a good idea, bye permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SerLava@hexbear.net 18 points 3 years ago* The US has never been anti-imperialist What are we pretending my position is next Edit: thanks for saying disengage, it's a good idea, bye permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) If we just imagined there was a country (or section of a country) that the US taking over would actually make things better for . . . sure? But there hasn't been one of those since 1945, and even then the US made sure to minimize the good it did by giving amnesty to heinous war criminals. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SerLava@hexbear.net 15 points 3 years ago (1 child) So yeah that's a good example, I could use the logo from like a US WWII regiment to make fun of some Nazis they killed, but I wouldn't put like black nationalist colors or LGBT colors on the logo when it was whites-only and discharged gay people permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) That's a bit of a contortion since "Z" is not a regiment. Using some sort of black liberationist symbol in conjunction with a more general symbol from the US attack on the Nazis seems, well, a little odd since it was a segregated military as you say, but nonetheless had black soldiers triumphing over Nazis who would have them enslaved or murdered. I suppose Azov isn't likely being all that nice to trans people, but I've seen zero reporting on that topic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SerLava@hexbear.net 11 points 3 years ago Yeah that's fair, it's hard to find an equivalent of the Z in other contexts, it's a weirdly used symbol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SerLava@hexbear.net 15 points 3 years ago (1 child) So yeah that's a good example, I could use the logo from like a US WWII regiment to make fun of some Nazis they killed, but I wouldn't put like black nationalist colors or LGBT colors on the logo when it was whites-only and discharged gay people permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) That's a bit of a contortion since "Z" is not a regiment. Using some sort of black liberationist symbol in conjunction with a more general symbol from the US attack on the Nazis seems, well, a little odd since it was a segregated military as you say, but nonetheless had black soldiers triumphing over Nazis who would have them enslaved or murdered. I suppose Azov isn't likely being all that nice to trans people, but I've seen zero reporting on that topic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SerLava@hexbear.net 11 points 3 years ago Yeah that's fair, it's hard to find an equivalent of the Z in other contexts, it's a weirdly used symbol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) That's a bit of a contortion since "Z" is not a regiment. Using some sort of black liberationist symbol in conjunction with a more general symbol from the US attack on the Nazis seems, well, a little odd since it was a segregated military as you say, but nonetheless had black soldiers triumphing over Nazis who would have them enslaved or murdered. I suppose Azov isn't likely being all that nice to trans people, but I've seen zero reporting on that topic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SerLava@hexbear.net 11 points 3 years ago Yeah that's fair, it's hard to find an equivalent of the Z in other contexts, it's a weirdly used symbol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SerLava@hexbear.net 11 points 3 years ago Yeah that's fair, it's hard to find an equivalent of the Z in other contexts, it's a weirdly used symbol permalink fedilink source parent
