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PTB, it was probably because you keep triggering them in /c/leftymemes. Also lol at the hexbears in here calling YDI because their feelings are constantly being hurt.
EDIT: Omegalul at all the salt below.
Leftymemes banned me for calling the azov brigade nazis 🤣
Ban reason: "The Russian Armed Forces are liberating Ukrainian Nazi Azov cities". I don't think the mod took issue with the "Nazi" part of your comment. Get fucked, you deserved the ban.
B-but they got banned for being weird! That's against left unity!!!
And who had invaded and occupied mariupol? Which was the only city I was talking about at the time.
Edit: their comment
pretty obviously shows that it's the "nazi" part they took issue with.
Bro why are u vehemently defending the people who abondoned socialism? Putin and Yeltsin dont give a single fuck about it and destroyed USSR, yet I always see u guys defending Russia.
Because geopolitics is a bit more complicated than "our team vs theirs". The original video that got me a ban that I was talking about when I got that ban gives a good insight into why russia is the lesser evil compared to the current ukrainian regime:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNZwLA869Sc
Im not talking about ours vs theirs tho. Im talking about the guy who literally ended USSR and his successor Putin. He has the all wealth and power of Russia. He owns fuck tons of shit and rich as fuck. Clearly, he and current Russia dont give a shit about socialism thus dont deserve our critical support.
I don't understand, if we are not supposed to be critically supportive of governments or people we have criticisms of, then who?
I mean yeah they destroyed AES not just in Russia but beyond, but in the case of the SMO they're fighting literal ss-tattood nazis terrorising the civilian russian population of east Ukraine. So in that conflict I am going to side with the brigade that doesn't have a nazi rune on it's insignia.