FuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-23 months agoRussian language is as much a part of Ukraine as Ukranian is. You won't see many in the media calling it Kyiv before Ukraine turned nationalist under Poroshenkohexbear.netimagemessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1135arrow-down1imageRussian language is as much a part of Ukraine as Ukranian is. You won't see many in the media calling it Kyiv before Ukraine turned nationalist under Poroshenkohexbear.netFuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square98fedilinkfile-text
https://www.reuters.com/article/world/ukraine-passes-language-law-irritating-president-elect-and-russia-idUSKCN1S110Y/ Literally the whole media switched spelling around this time. iRaq and iRan are silly but the “Kyiv” stuff is different.
minus-squareBeamBrain [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up66·3 months agoWhen the media says or implies that Russian culture doesn’t belong in Ukraine, don’t take it as a statement of fact, take it as a statement of intent. They’re priming people to accept ethnic cleansing.
minus-squareFrogmanfromlake [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·3 months agoBut I thought Russia was committing genocide. CNN told me so and they never lie.
When the media says or implies that Russian culture doesn’t belong in Ukraine, don’t take it as a statement of fact, take it as a statement of intent. They’re priming people to accept ethnic cleansing.
But I thought Russia was committing genocide. CNN told me so and they never lie.
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