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[–] [email protected] 168 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

Hexbear and .ml covering their ears and yelling "lalalalala"

[–] [email protected] 71 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nah, Hexbear is cheering the genocide on. They're mask-off at this point.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Look at lemmy.ml and they're on the verge of calling zelensky himself a nazi.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Accusing a Jew of being a nazi. I don't even know what to say....

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

To be fair, it wouldn't be unprecedented .

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not really on the verge, many of them have been justifying the invasion because of neozasim in Ukraine, which is indeed a problem, but Russian born Putinesque neofascism is probably not the cure for it.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just so you understand, there has never even been neo-Nazism in Ukraine. And there was no "problem"; this problem was artificially spread by Russia.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

These guys rose in popularity because they fought against Russian-backed rebel groups better, so in a sense previous comment is right

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I don't understand how the fact that those neo-Nazis gained popularity in the current war, makes the previous comment, that negates the existence of neo-Nazism in Ukraine, correct.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

And they ban you for Calli it a genocide.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Always ridiculous takes from lemmygrad users. I see a lot from kbin as well, but I'm assuming selection bias or something

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm pretty sure they would say that ukraine shouldn't exsist anyway because the US propaganda is taking over them or whatever.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"Euromaidan was a coup" they seriously claim, and add a quote from Mersheimer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did they not force the president at the time to resign? It'd be like Jan 6th forcing Biden to not take office. I'm genuinely interested to know what the difference is. It can be considered just, but it doesn't seem inaccurate to call it a coup. Please educate me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It’d be like Jan 6th forcing Biden to not take office.

Not quite, because only a very small minority of americans wanted this to happen. In Ukraine, the forces against Yanukovich's rule were democratic in nature, and were backed by massive protests that Yanukovich tried to suppress violently. I would call it a revolution.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah, so it was a democratic coup. I see.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, a revolution. That's not at all what tankies are implying when they claim it's a coup, and I'm sure you know it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don't understand, are the people on these servers kremlin bots or are they really that stupid?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I think they are just trolls. Hexbear has a community called "The Dunk Tank" where they proudly announce when they successfully "dunked" on someone, also known as arguing in bad faith with prejudicial hostility and no will to listen until the other side gives up and leaves. They mark that as a win in their book and applaud to it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It's like they're completely new to the internet. Who does this anymore?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

They make it thier whole identity

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hexbear cheers for both Russia and Hamas

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

America bad, therefore any possible challenge to American hegemony good, even if it's literal fascists.