AbyssalBleat

No, no, you're definitely in the wrong here. Let's go through the play-by-play;

But there is no evidence for your premise. Russia was an antagonist interfering in other countries before the Ukraine regime change, but they didn’t engage in conquest and genocide.

So this here is a post, from AlteredEgo. In it, they said that Russia doing things in the past that weren't conquest and genocide meant that somehow genocide cannot be happening now.

Yes, I read their posts just fine, nothing you said is news. I objected that "there's no evidence Russia has ever done genocide before" is not a coherent argument against the allegations that Russian forces are committing genocide previously. I also disagree there's no evidence it's happening now, but the particular argument that "they didn't do it in a different war, so they can't be doing it in this one" is just absurd on its face and was the one I wanted to reply to the most.

Exposure and immersion is really key. Things like taking weekly lessons are a good start to get your basics down, but once you know those basics and you can understand a simple "Hello/How are you/What did you do last weekend?" conversation, you know enough to start reading children's books, watching simpler TV shows, etc. I've tried learning Polish and French for ages, it wasn't until I had media in both that I liked that allowed me to have constant daily exposure that my language improved.

My two secret weapons were reality TV and YouTubers. It exposes you a lot more to casual speech, and accents/dictation that are more varied than what you get in most educational material or scripted TV. Also easier to find specific dialects, like Quebecois French, which can make a big difference (learning France French is a good start for understanding Quebec French, but you'll be completely unprepared if you've learned on nice, clean, Parisian accented French, and then try to listen to someone with a thick Montreal accent). News is also a good thing to watch or read, especially reading international news so that you can see reporting on events you're already familiar with.

Things like Duolingo are basically useless beyond simple vocabulary development. The phrasing they use is often unnatural, and their automatically generated content isn't reviewed for grammatical correctness. Flash cards are way better, but depends heavily on whether those are good sources of learning for you (I find them generally useless, I struggle with ADHD too much). Podcasts can be okay, but you have to really be far into a language before just listening to someone speak continuously with no visual cues is comfortable for you.

Argument for what? I'm pointing out that you're doing genocide denial and suddenly I'm saying someone should get attacked? Being against genocide denial doesn't mean I think anyone should get attacked you goof.

Notice how I said absolutely nothing about whether I think the war is great or what anyone should be doing, and yet you projected all these views onto me, just because I said genocide denial is wrong. Rethink your life, friend.

It's lonely out there being an arch user and a butch dyke 😔

So because Russia had other conflicts where they didn't commit genocide, it's impossible for them to commit genocide in the future? Or if they do start doing genocide them it's actually someone else's fault?

Weird amount of genocide denialism and victim blaming from a self processed passifist

I think you got the post you're replying to completely backwards.

They're saying in that man's shoes, they'd adopt a diet like pescetarianism or become vegan, which would allow them to practice halal even without needing dedicated halal meat sources.