Quote (fender @ Apr 7 2022 12:00pm)
someone still doesn't understand what false equivalence means, lol. it's perfectly fair to point out war crimes committed by ukraine. it's also perfectly valid to talk about how "western" diplomacy has been a thorn in pootin's eye for very long, since he (wrongly) thinks that it's russia's right to determine what its neighbours are allowed to do, and what not.
if you only ever do that as a "reaction" to someone pointing out russian transgressions, war crimes, massacres - if you constantly resort to simplistic "well ukrainians aren't perfect either - both sides carry blame" in order to play down those atrocities, in order to suggest therefore it'd be wrong to take a side, you're not being "fair and balanced", you're being a useful idiot / propagandist, and your moral compass is way off.
let's remember a major distinction here: it is russia that decided to invade their democratic neighbours. it is russia that has been shelling civilian infrastructure (including maternity wards, schools, orphanages...) from the very beginning. it is russia that started a massive war, leading to the death of thousands of innocent people, the destruction of major cities, the displacement of millions, and unspeakable suffering. constantly trying to "bothsides" this war is absurd.
someone breaks into a house, rapes and murders the wife and kids. the husband manages to grab the attacker's gun and shoots them in the head. people like goon-shill and ferdia are the edgelords who go "well shooting people in the head is illegal, i'm not taking a side here, they are both in the wrong - all violence is bad, mkay?"
this coming from an antifa that beats up people that think differently ^^