Whiskey Pickle

Eggshell… and is that… Gothic type?

very little of what jack dorsey does interests me anymore. the guy is bonkers.

I don’t fall under a gender binary. It’s quicker to type “comrade”, or “friend”.

your personal identity has zero to do with a discussion about Russia and Ukraine. while I respect your identity, it has no bearing in this discussion, so using it as a debate point is both puerile and desperate. Your personal identity (nor anything about you) has any bearing on a discussion about the geopolitics between Russia and Ukraine.

But, if you prefer to be addressed as “comrade”, I’m happy to comply. Comrade.

Those points were relevant to my position. No outcome is “excusable”, there was no good ending for Ukraine after the fall of the USSR

irrelevant

and it’s pointless to impose some idealistic mindset of what is right and wrong and justified and excused when all states (governments) involved deserve to be overthrown

if that were the circumstance, maybe, but you’re lying in proposing that’s what’s happening now-- it’s NOT. a sovereign nation has been invaded illegally by another. By lying about the circumstances here, you confess that you have no better reasoning or defense, therefore you LOSE the argument and any defensible position. You are wrong. International borders and their respect of them is NOT something I imposed, it’s something THE WORLD agreed upon. You can’t just move the goalposts when it becomes convenient for you and expect everyone else to find that acceptable or reasonable.

Being controlled by USA/NATO or by Russia

Ukraine meets neither of those criteria nor definitions.

and any actual sovereignty would be crushed

much to Russia’s (and your) chagrin, that’s not how sovereignty works. It’s not, nor has it ever been, a “bigger dick” issue-- and even if it were, Russia still hasn’t proven their “bigger dick” anyway. They keep losing!

You obviously have a NATO grudge, and you blame Ukraine, which isn’t in NATO, it makes no sense. Such irrationality only deserves mockery and derision, not a concerted response. You’re a joke for even proposing it.

you need to get your shit - and arguments - in order. you seem very confused.

awww, you don’t get it. don’t blame me for your inadequacies. goose your own step, but don’t cry when others call you out for it.

if you expect me to feel bad for upsetting a bunch of fascists, you’ll be waiting forever.

The rest of the world learned how awful and evil you all were 100 years ago. time to catch up, cupcake!

Pro tip:

Russia is a capitalist cesspit and so is Ukraine.

irrelevant. and no excuse for an illegal Russian invasion of another sovereign nation

Ukraine and Russia both only exist seperately because the USSR was dissolved,

irrelevant. and no excuse for an illegal Russian invasion of another sovereign nation

Ukraine’s control by either RF or the USA was unfortunately inevitable

irrelevant. and no excuse for an illegal Russian invasion of another sovereign nation

I will smile if Putin is assassinated.

you and me both, brother/sister

I’m sure you do, but why would I expect a rational counterargument from a reactionary whose ideological existence depends entirely on contrarianism rather than logic? and why would I subject myself to pointless and logical-fallacy-fuelled back-and-forth from you?

If your position had a sound argument, I would never have had anything to object to. By the tone of your indigent response, I know I can only expect trolling. i stand to gain nothing by engaging such childishness.

Invading another sovereign nation is wrong (and illegal), and, therefore, Russia is wrong.

I like the idea behind Lemmy. But before the front-page was taken over by reddit-bad posts, you could see that the flagship instance lemmy.ml is largely used for pro-russian propaganda. And the main developers who also run the instance seems to be very OK with that. I honestly would have issues working with such a person.

from my experience, the tankies are (mostly) coming from @lemmygard.ml, not lemmy.ml.

not everyone’s cup of tea.

Beehaw excludes that instance and has strong moderation for safe spaces. it’s a lovely space. Lemmy.ml is more open, but is not as tolerant to assholery as lemmygrad.ml. and times are… fluid at the moment, so nothing now is how it will be in a day or a week or a month.

Stay tuned, and best wishes