strongly disagree with this message making an ukrainian soldier an asshole but I will say this is maybe effective propaganda for those who are pro-Ukrainian but not so effective in speaking to a russian audience. I imagine what could have worked better for them for example would have been for him to speak at length about the horrors of war and question the point of it all from the Russian invading soldier's POV before revealing himself as Ukrainian.

[+] How_do_I_computah@lemmy.world -8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

I still stand by the comment that spending time to threaten to kill college kids is an ass hole move (especially how they will perceive the character in the video), but I thank you for having a sane take. I absolutely agree that if you have the free time/resources/knowledge of college schedules to do this that a better tactic would be to inform them of the realities of war for them instead of issuing them a challenge. Explain that going to war is not what they are told. Again that's if any of this is even real.

[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

He was warning them, not threatening. Guess you glossed over the part he said "god forbid I will have to". I guess you heard him say "I can't wait to kill you all" or some other bull shit.

[–] smoker@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago

That’s exactly what he did. He informed them that the front line is simply a meat grinder, that by signing the contract they would be guaranteeing their deaths.

How you interpreted this as a threat on their lives instead of a warning that would save their life is beyond me.

[–] 73ms@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

well IIRC what he said is that if they (enlist in the military to take part in an invasion and) come to Ukraine he will have to kill them but yeah.