Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane?

• m_f@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Those replies are terrible. The one with all the news headlines is peak hexbear. “Ukraine isn’t a utopia, therefore it’s a dystopia”. It’s a classic example of black and white thinking, while they conveniently ignore all of the Zwastikas on the side they’re cheering for.

  source

  • mathemachristian@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    “Ukraine isn’t a utopia, therefore it’s a dystopia”.

    What?

    More to the point, OPs replies were worse or non-existent. If you are going to bring up the ukraine war in a forum that is known to be on the other side of your argument you should have a better explanation than “Putin wants to revive the USSR” or at least something to back it up.

    source

    • m_f@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      “Ukraine isn’t a utopia, therefore it’s a dystopia”.

      That collection of news headlines are trying to imply “Ukraine isn’t perfect, therefore Putin’s invasion is justified because Ukraine is full Nazi and also the western media is trying to cover it up!”. It’s an immature view of the world, where something being imperfect means it’s literally hitler. It’s something you get past as you grow up, for the most part. I know some adult tankies IRL so it’s not a given that people grow out of it, but each and every single one of them suffers from black and white thinking that negatively impacts their life in many ways.

      Let’s agree that Putin wanting to bring back the USSR is silly. I’m not really defending OP, but calling the responses in that thread “detailed replies” is… oof. They’re detailed in the same way Time Cube is detailed. OP wandered into the pig sty and got muddy, but at least he’s not one of the pigs wallowing in the mud.

      source

      • mathemachristian@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        They’re detailed, they’re sourced and they give a coherent explanation. You can call them crock or whatever but it’s something you can actually argue against. None of this applies to the responses OP gave.

        Also you’re really not understanding what is being said about the nazis in ukraine, namely that they are in power and control of the military. Which is an argument Im not gonna get into since I don’t know enough about it, but there is more to it than the "ukraine is imperfect because it has nazis and this is enough justification case closed. " argument you claim is being put forth.

        source

        • -> View More Comments
      • EABOD25@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Just saw this comment. Yes it was silly, and in no way meant to be taken literal. Looking at the history of those states that were under the USSR, putin is trying to keep control of them

        source
  • Diva@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Zwastikas

    There’s like a concerning amount of actual swastikas all over the guys carrying US weapons though

    source