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Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Add to the above list if you can, thank you.

Resources For Understanding The War Beyond The Bulletins

Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map, who is an independent youtuber with a mostly neutral viewpoint.

Moon of Alabama, which tends to have good analysis (though also a couple bad takes here and there)

Understanding War and the Saker: neo-conservative sources but their reporting of the war (so far) seems to line up with reality better than most liberal sources.

Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict and, unlike most western analysts, has some degree of understanding on how war works. He is a reactionary, however.

On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent journalist reporting in the Ukrainian warzones.

Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.

Yesterday's discussion post.

  • Z_Poster365 [none/use name]8•2 years ago

    Wonder why Chinese might be wary of Westerners pushing LGBT on them when you are openly demonizing an anti-imperialist bloc forming because it’s “homophobic”.

    Like if you don’t want LGBT rights to be associated with imperialism, stop combining these arguments together yourself

      • Z_Poster365 [none/use name]17•2 years ago

        Nope I never said gays were a western conspiracy. I said that chauvinists like you use western progressive stances on social issues to justify imperialism and to smear anti-imperialist states

        I’m more than happy to separate LGBT issues and imperialism as separate unconnected topics of discussion. It’s you who commented in an effort to fuse them together. I never “ceded the ground”, you did.

      • Z_Poster365 [none/use name]9•2 years ago

        As a Syrian refugee of woke imperialist war with dead cousins… I was told to be nice today.

        The demonizing comes from the immediate jump to accusations of bigotry. flattening of complex cultures and context. Just because the word Russia was mentioned.

          • Z_Poster365 [none/use name]9•2 years ago

            I get hot and bothered by casual chauvinism and western arrogance. Using what they took from us to bludgeon us. Our societies were more socially progressive until they were destroyed by the west. All progressive and secular movements in the Middle East crushed by western funded fascists. The gains of the USSR lost. Now liberals mock us and claim moral superiority because you beat us back 100 years in development

      • Alaskaball [comrade/them]M2•2 years ago

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        We will ban you if you insult, demean or harass anyone. That is not welcome behavior. This is distinctly different than ribbing or grilling someone.

        We are a platform that welcomes anyone who wants to be here in good faith.

        If you got a bone to pick with someone, try to do it constructively and civilly.