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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I can think of at least one other prominent example where another territory did just that and it is seen as totally illegitimate by basically everyone in the west. Which is it?

separatist regions of Ukraine? Haiti? Northern Ireland? there's so many good options to choose from