Like mainstream Republicans blocking military aid, American rightwing extremists are disavowing a war they once admired

Like mainstream Republicans blocking military aid, American rightwing extremists are disavowing a war they once admired

  • bitwaba@lemmy.world
    4·
    10 months ago

    Which is fantastic because Putin’s public reasoning for the invasion is the de-nazification of Ukraine.

    • utopianfiat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      10 months ago

      Their evidence of Nazism was Ukranians asserting a separate identity and language from Russia. It’s tantamount to calling Native Americans Nazis for protesting forced assimilation.

      • bitwaba@lemmy.world
        11·
        10 months ago

        Sure. If you look past the fact that the Azov Brigade started off with tons of ideology and symbolism tied to neo Nazi crap.

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azov_Brigade

        The parallel is a whole lot easier to draw than “calling Native Americans Nazis for protesting forced assimilation”. Being a neo Nazi group practically did Putin’s propaganda for him.