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[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 13 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Libs already hate Arabs and Muslims so I would be surprised if any had anything positive to say about Saudi Arabia

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 3 points 40 minutes ago

Libs like dunking on Saudi Arabia for doing the exact same thing their own countries do.

[–] LemmeAtEm@lemmy.ml 13 points 5 hours ago

You're assuming libs apply their racism consistently rather than in whatever way immediately suits their interests. "How can you accuse me of hating black people, I loved Obama!" -countless libs.

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 12 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

What was originally below the Saudi and Argentinan flags?

[–] Coolkidbozzy@hexbear.net 26 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

On a case-by-case basis I can strip every one of those flags away from libs except NATO and Ukraine. Usually stemming from a deep immovable hatred of Russia and China. Not sure how to make headwinds there without explicitly calling them racist because that's how they sound

[–] Hyper_red@hexbear.net 5 points 7 hours ago

It's impossible and your choice is to either leave the point or lose the friendship

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 17 points 11 hours ago

I genuinely thought NATO shouldn't be too much trouble as the libs I know barely have any idea of what NATO's history is and it should be a simple matter of teaching them but nope, the Russia hate is too strong.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 37 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)
[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 18 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

The tides are changing, I see. Or the Americans are asleep, lol.

[–] AnarchoEngineer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Or you’re in an .ml community which has a larger proportion of people who agree with the sentiment in this meme than lots of other instances.

Plus some people who don’t share those beliefs have probably blocked the instance, so there’s likely that bias too

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 10 points 7 hours ago

Usually memes like this get 1:2 likes:dislikes or 1:1, but this seems closer to 2:1.

Even then, even then... but perhaps you're right and I'm being too optimistic. 🥲

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 18 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (11 children)

Ukraine--the county literally being invaded by Russia--is an imperialist, war mongering tyrant? Get the fuck out of here with this slop. Could've just left it with the main flags, but throwing Ukraine's flag in there is legit braindead Chinese/Russian trolling.

[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 13 points 7 hours ago

I laughed at seeing Finnish flag there. TORILLE

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 9 points 7 hours ago

If the US is running the show then yeah it's definitely imperialism, we've very clearly succeeded in mongering up a war there, and I do recall some pretty unambiguous reports of the current regime in Ukraine directly suppressing opposition parties and suspending elections

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Ukraine is a vassal of western imperialists, similar to Israel.

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world -3 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

So it makes it okay for a foreign country to invade them without just cause?

[–] folaht@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

No, it makes it okay for a foreign country to invade with just cause when there was...

  1. A coup
  2. The next election was won through the popularity of a tv series, where the election winner played president on tv. This was not a coincidence.
  3. It became very clear that the policies of these two presidents that it would completely isolate Ukraine from Russia, despite half of Ukraine being Russian and the other half semi-Russian.
  4. This upset parts of Ukraine that have deep economic ties with Russia so much, that they declared independence of Ukraine to join Russia, starting with Crimea.
  5. This in turn was painted by US/UK media as aggressive annexation by Putin.
  6. It also became clear that Zelensky wanted to join the EU at all costs.
  7. This concerned Russia as the EU doesn't seem to be independent of NATO policy and having nukes placed close to Russia's border aimed at Moscow in areas where xx% of the population would consider themselves Russian wanting to join Russia is considered a nightmare scenario for Russia if separatist conflict would be taking place there.
  8. Russia then made negotiations with Ukraine to address both concerns and Ukraine did not uphold their part of the agreement. This happened twice and in both cases this ended up with military victory for Russia and the separatist areas.
  9. Russia also negotiated with NATO, since NATO was supplying Ukraine with arms to end this conflict and it became clear that NATO and the EU were pushing Ukraine to further the conflict.
  10. At this point Russia decided that it was time to act before things would get further out of control, showing Ukraine's president that they were willing to wage war in order to prevent high otential nuclear conflict, by doing a small flash invasion, while preparing for world war III.
  11. Ukraine's president then flipped, saying he was willing to take the situation serious, but then flopped when UK's former prime minister came to visit him telling Zelensky that NATO was prepared to fully support Ukraine with whatever military equipment he needed.
[–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 hours ago

Is eight years of ethnic cleansing, three broken treaties and potential nukes in the hands of a nazi junta not "just cause" enough for you?

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 hours ago

There was just cause. The Kiev regime has killed 13,000 civilians in the Donbass region, and had amassed huge amounts of troops to retake the seperatist regions shortly before Russian intervention stopped the invasion.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 17 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Ukraine isn’t imperialist; it’s a vassal of US empire.

[–] Ungraded@lemmy.ml -4 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

How would you come to that conclusion?

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 15 points 7 hours ago

The west treats Ukraine like they do Israel. After the western-supported Euromaidan coup in 2014, they've armed millitant Banderites to crack down on communists and geopolitical adversaries of the west.

[–] LemmeAtEm@lemmy.ml 10 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Its government came to power as a result of a US-backed coup, for starters.

edit: For the record, I upvoted you because your question is fair and valid if you don't know the history and context of the situation. And the western media where many people understandably (if sadly) get their information from will never provide that history and context. That is why we get these confidently ignorant people coming into threads like this gobsmacked that anyone can deny what they see as the obvious truth of Russia's "unjustified invasion by a foreign aggressor."

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 21 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

"How can they not be a Good Guy if they're fighting a Bad Guy!"

Liberals continue to get there politics from capeshit.

Chinese/Russian trolling.

Just openly admitting that you see all foreigners as interchangeable villains.

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