Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, who met with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week, said a deal over Ukraine’s raw earth minerals could be signed this week.
Have you ever been to russia? Or speak Russian? What makes you write such statements? I speak russian, I lived there ten years ago. Russians are equal to their tate. Since the invasion of Georgia they’ve been actively supporting any aggressive war and openly proud of war crimes. I can read it every day in their publics. Can you?
Originally commented by u/Itchy-Branch-3732on2025-02-2315:43:53meej2fb
If the answer is yes, would that change your mind?
Or would you just come up with another requirement until you find one that I can’t meet? Do you think knowing Russian and living in Russia qualifies you to make sweeping statements against all the people living there?
Because I don’t. I’ve lived in the US and spoken English for at least 10 years, and I am not qualified to speak on behalf of everyone in the US. And likewise you are not qualified to speak on behalf of all Russians, no matter what your background is.
So I don’t care if you speak Russian and lived there your whole life – people are not the same as the nation-state they live in, no matter where they live or what language they speak.
And I have zero interest in engaging in xenophobic, nationalistic posturing because, as I said, it ultimately supports the fascist worldview because it buys into the same ethnonationalist nonsense the fascists peddle.
Originally commented by u/helmutye on2025-02-2316:17:30meepull
Have you ever been to russia? Or speak Russian? What makes you write such statements? I speak russian, I lived there ten years ago. Russians are equal to their tate. Since the invasion of Georgia they’ve been actively supporting any aggressive war and openly proud of war crimes. I can read it every day in their publics. Can you?
Originally commented by u/Itchy-Branch-3732 on 2025-02-23 15:43:53meej2fbIf the answer is yes, would that change your mind?
Or would you just come up with another requirement until you find one that I can’t meet? Do you think knowing Russian and living in Russia qualifies you to make sweeping statements against all the people living there?
Because I don’t. I’ve lived in the US and spoken English for at least 10 years, and I am not qualified to speak on behalf of everyone in the US. And likewise you are not qualified to speak on behalf of all Russians, no matter what your background is.
So I don’t care if you speak Russian and lived there your whole life – people are not the same as the nation-state they live in, no matter where they live or what language they speak.
And I have zero interest in engaging in xenophobic, nationalistic posturing because, as I said, it ultimately supports the fascist worldview because it buys into the same ethnonationalist nonsense the fascists peddle.
Originally commented by u/helmutye on 2025-02-23 16:17:30meepull