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Do literally ALL Ukrainian soldiers wear fascist imagery? (hexbear.net)
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I’m not on Twitter, so I get my news elsewhere, but most of the actual pictures I see are from here. So is there some kind of bias where only the fascist imagery gets posted here in the the dunk tank? Or do the libs scrolling through Ukrainian posts on Twitter literally see and ignore fascist imagery on every single post? Like, if they see 1000 Ukrainian soldiers, will they see 1000 fascist symbols?

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[–] player2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago (18 children)

https://kyivindependent.com/illia-ponomarenko-why-some-ukrainian-soldiers-use-nazi-related-insignia/

[–] Gay_Tomato@hexbear.net 57 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)

So why is this happening? In the oversimplified memory of some around the world, particularly within various militaristic subcultures, symbols representing the Wehrmacht, Nazi Germany's Armed Forces, and the SS are seen to reflect a super-effective war machine, not the perpetrators of one of the greatest crimes against humanity in human history.

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This, this is why a Ukrainian SS member was applauded in the Canadian parliament. The history of Ukraine is fighting with Russia to defend communism. When you tear that down, there's no heroes left but Hitler.

[–] Comrade_Bones@hexbear.net 34 points 2 years ago

Say what you want about the Nazis, but at least their genocidal super-effective war machine ran on time.

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