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Not the old "Ukraine is actually being freed, not invaded, so Russia is actually the good guy here" bullshit
Like I wonder what sort of pitiful pos you have to be to ever push something like that as a narrative when tinydick Putler has an ICC warrant out for him for warcrimes and Zelensky doesn't.
But tankies never admit to not having logic or reason, it just slowly goes more berserk, into "well the UN is actually always wrong and Putin is the saviour of humanity" territory and I'm just tired of talking to bootlickers so
Dog what? Where did this even come from?
So you're unaware that Russians are claiming they had to invade Ukraine to "denazify" it, which why their illegal war of aggression war (for which Putler has an ICC warrant) was somehow a humanitarian act and actually in service of good?
You've never heard of propaganda, or tankies? Alright then. Welcome to the internet. First day?
I'm aware of all that, you're just reading between lines that weren't written. When is the last time you had a conversation in real life?
Do you accept it?
That Putler is an immoral tiny dicked dictator who has an ICC warrant out for him and that the invasion of Ukraine was an illegal war of aggression in which Putin has continued committing warcrimes, like forcefully relocating children?
When's the last time you saw Russian disinfo on Lemmy? Or... do you not think this completely unregulated service we use has no bad actors.
And when is the last time you took a fucking shower, with soap?