Should the Russian military stop committing war crimes in Ukraine?

[Oleg 🇰🇿🤝🇺🇦]

Yes. And they should also just pack up and leave Ukraine to go deal with the bald dwarf that sent them there.

Also 4 no’s? Shame on you Woody, global south guy, Psol, and economic wall of text guy

Tbf to PSOL he isn't really pro-Russia - if they were genuine Stalinists he might be, though

Then the ruscists are also not pro-Russian, since they prefer ultra-nationalism and socialism instead of liberalism and capitalism, claimed as the modern Russian system.

[Hindsight was 2020]

Yes. And they should also just pack up and leave Ukraine to go deal with the bald dwarf that sent them there.

Also 4 no’s? Shame on you Woody, global south guy, Psol, and economic wall of text guy

Tbf to PSOL he isn't really pro-Russia - if they were genuine Stalinists he might be, though

I guess over pro-Russia you can says he’s just overtly anti-Ukraine and a campist but the distinction between the two is so small it’s like splitting hairs

[pppolitics]

Umm, is this supposed to be an “own”? Because the AFU was committing war crimes in Donbas long before the start of the SMO…

...such as?

Also, what is "SMO"?

Special Military Operation, Russia's way of trying to call their war something other than a war.

I haven't seen anyone refer to the war in Ukraine as "Special Military Operation" except for Russian propagandists.

...not a surprise to see it coming from SirWouldBerry

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Umm, is this supposed to be an “own”? Because the AFU was committing war crimes in Donbas long before the start of the SMO…

'And you are lynching negroes!'

Now I’m imagining slaveowners in the US c. 1850 responding to the condemnations of abolitionists in Britain and New England by concern trolling about the plight of the Irish.

You don't have to "imagine" that.

[President Johnson]

What kind of a question is this? Who's seriously for committing war crimes?

[All Along The Watchtower]

Umm, is this supposed to be an “own”? Because the AFU was committing war crimes in Donbas long before the start of the SMO…

'And you are lynching negroes!'

Now I’m imagining slaveowners in the US c. 1850 responding to the condemnations of abolitionists in Britain and New England by concern trolling about the plight of the Irish.

You don't have to "imagine" that.

Oh of course I don’t. Of course

[Hindsight was 2020]

https://twitter.com/michaeldweiss/status/1679144814691115009?s=12

[It’s so Joever]

Anyway Jaichind doesn't deserve such insults. Erroneous political views don't mean that a person is bad in all aspects.

Well I will agree that Jaichind isn’t a bad person, that would technically be an incorrect statement.

[Badger]

I am sure they will do so around the same time I stop beating my wife

So, never?

Is that really an appropriate joke to make?

In context of the other poster not just opening the door, but kicking it off the hinges with his somewhat rhetorical question? Yes, absolutely

[Badger]

What kind of a question is this? Who's seriously for committing war crimes?

Apparently 18 voters all hiding behind the poll. All complete cowards if they don't come out at least explain why. Cowards

[CumbrianLefty]

I suspect that at least some of those votes are ironic/unserious.

[Senator Incitatus]

Umm, is this supposed to be an “own”? Because the AFU was committing war crimes in Donbas long before the start of the SMO…

'And you are lynching negroes!'

Now I’m imagining slaveowners in the US c. 1850 responding to the condemnations of abolitionists in Britain and New England by concern trolling about the plight of the Irish.

You don't have to "imagine" that.

Are you thinking of anyone in particular? I would be kind of surprised generally given that slaveholders were generally friendly to the Empire and bleeding-heart type abolitionists were critical of the treatment of the Irish, but I have a lingering sense that some pamphlet made this argument. Maybe Carlyle?

[Alben Barkley]

Umm, is this supposed to be an “own”? Because the AFU was committing war crimes in Donbas long before the start of the SMO…

'And you are lynching negroes!'

Now I’m imagining slaveowners in the US c. 1850 responding to the condemnations of abolitionists in Britain and New England by concern trolling about the plight of the Irish.

You don't have to "imagine" that.

Oh of course I don’t. Of course

Gone With the Wind, the most popular movie of all-time adjusted for inflation, is literally pro-Southern propaganda told from the perspective of Irish Catholics.

The South and the Irish actually had some affinity for one another, while it was the "Know Nothings" in the North who were most vehemently anti-immigration and anti-Irish in the antebellum era. As with a lot of things, the reality is more complex than the narrative. The Irish may have been the victims in the British Isles, but could be the oppressors in America, at least in certain regions, while they were at the same time the victims in other regions which overall did more to liberate other oppressed groups of people. Who the Irish in the North so much did NOT want to risk their own lives to help, by and large, that they sparked massive draft riots... which themselves were put down brutally.

History is basically a story of clashes between various groups; it's rarely a (literal or otherwise) "black and white" narrative of good guys vs. bad guys.

Oh and I almost forgot to mention: The KKK transformed from a primarily anti-black Southern organization in the 1870s to a primarily anti-Catholic/immigrant Northern organization in the 1920s. Bigotry always seems to adapt to the times.