Not once did I claim that. Stop making things up.
Read up on how dissolution of Soviet Union impacted the Russia and other former republics. Read up on how US bought up 90% of Russian industry in the 1990s, installed a puppet leader like Yeltsin. Read up on how Putin managed to seize power, because the anti-American and anti-Western sentiment grew for that particular reason. Read up on how Americans fueled the 2014 Euromaidan process. Read up on how they blocked Ukraine's admission to European Union and how they installed literal neo-nazi activists in the government. Or don't and continue to live in a fairy land getting your news from Reddit.
Again, how do any of these political movements make it ok to wreak havoc on Ukrainian citizens today who have nothing to do with it ? Who the hell gave you the right to brand anyone Neo Nazi in the Ukraine government? A bunch of fringe websites that claim to do so ?
Okay so cutting off heads of your opponents is fine as long as you do it for the higher good. I assume you were cheering for the "moderate rebels" like Jabhat Al-Nusra during civil war in Syria.
I claimed no such thing. Stop making things up.
I'm not picking a side yet I have marches of Ukrainians every day outside my window, in my city alone there is like 500.000 Ukrainians and I am constantly talking to them and Russians. A couple of Ukrainian refugees already stabbed some guy here too. Get off your high horse and maybe start worrying about your local politics instead.
Which country are you from ? How does a couple of Ukrainian refugees stabbing someone mean that my defense of their plight is wrong ? Why are they refugees in the first place ? Because the invasion of their country left them with no choice.
Most likely Sinclair Lewis, laureate of nobel prize in literature and a critic of capitalism. Pretty elitist. I did not claim fascism is in America, because personally I think fascism ceased to exist in 1945. And I'm not American. I referred to that quote, because it describes pretty well how extreme movements mask themselves.
If you're not American, why are you talking about America with your own warped understanding ? To use your own words, "Get off your high horse and worry about your local politics instead".
Censorship on any big tech platform, single cases like the guy with a Nazi pug in Britain or that Christian bakery in US that refused to bake a gay cake.
Don't know about the Nazi pug so I had to read it up. But I did find this :
"In the video, the dog, prompted by the command "Sieg Heil", raises his right paw in the manner of a Nazi salute, watches a speech by Adolf Hitler (footage shown from the Triumph of the Will), and responds immediately when Meechan asks if he wants to "gas the Jews"."
You could argue he was within his rights to be deeply unpleasant as long as he wasn't actually gassing any Jews but this a one off case where there are other factors to consider and there was a public debate about free speech, which is fine even though that man's actions on video could be argued to be disrespectful to Jews somewhat considering the history.
If according to you, Big Tech doesn't censor this then many actual Neo Nazis would do similar stuff to provoke more hatred against Jews. If you were a Jew yourself, would you support free speech over content of this nature ?
The Christian bakery that refused to bake a gay cake won the Supreme Court battle. In any case, they weren't actively hurting anyone by refusing service so I don't support that people should gang up on them.
In any case, people shouldn't be ganging up on anyone with prejudice who they don't know or hasn't personally harmed them just because they hold different views.
Are you also one of those who believe Trump allies and supporters should be allowed to keep making claims on social media of the 2020 election being stolen ?
Your views are pretty much in line with what's being served on evening news. I'm not saying that Russian aggression on Ukrainian territory is justified, however I don't view it in black and white colors.
You are entitled to view it in whatever colors you want. You are someone who is repeatedly defending your own neutrality. You are entitled to whatever you get out of that.
I do support Ukrainian military effort mainly, because I detest Russian government and I'll feel safer with Russia in a weakened state.
Good. I have nothing against Russia as a country or its citizens. I don't want Russian civilians to suffer any more than I want Ukrainian civilians to.
Btw. do you believe in Ghost of Kiev too?
I don't "believe" in anything. I read about it first and didn't think of anything. And then I read it was false and didn't think anything of that either. Not sure why this question ? Does your desire to prove intellectual elitism and snobbery make you ask such brain dead questions ?
How are they supposed to harm Russian civilians if the fights are taking place on Ukrainian territory?
Exactly. While Russia is hurting Ukraine civilians without restraint based on what I've read from multiple international news media.
Do you contest this taking place ? Despite your fervent appeals for me to "read up" on Russia Ukraine relations as per your earlier comments, which I do not genuinely have the time or I would, I don't understand how that would change what slaughter is happening on Ukrainian lands everyday.
They did, however, on certain occasions kill their own civilians or they placed their troops in a way that directly endangered civilian population.
Cite sources or don't. Your choice.
I want to say to you, keep your neutrality to yourself. I see enough hate around me everyday and cyberbullying and I don't always call it out because genuinely I am sometimes in minority of people who do so. I don't want to get hurt by people that can cyber-bully others. They can hurt me or my family too.
That doesn't mean I can't vent about in on this forum.
I don't believe you have anything of value to say to me, I have wasted enough time and energy arguing with someone like you who doesn't want to understand what my views are.
You give the impression of someone sitting in safe enclosed space not putting yourself in the shoes of those suffering and arguing high-handed political history and theories.
You can keep doing that.
You are away from everything being discussed above and judging everything like a person sitting in the woods with a bunch of books about history and philosophy. Get out in the real world, or don't.
Your intellectual snobbery is just off-putting. But I still support your right to say or express anything you want as long as you aren't spewing hatred or being actively hurtful to anyone.
In any case, I know what I stand against. And while my initial post might give the impression that I am actively debating about the Russian occupation of Ukraine, I just used that as an example.
Go to any news article by any major international news network on Facebook online reporting on developments and stories of the Russia Ukraine war and you will see plenty of Pro Russia people actively saying things like "Good, Ukrainians should die".
What kind of people want others to die when the people are actually suffering and dying right in front of the world's eyes ?
I can choose whatever battles I want. In any case, having this one with you is tiring.
I have no desire to convince you of anything. Your choice what you want to believe. You can't do much more than comment if I make any post about things I hate and want to speak out against.