Man, every time I see videos like that, my heart breaks. Those are actual human beings with families, loved ones, hopes and dreams… (I know Russia does much worse things to the other side, but that doesn’t change the feeling. Most conscripts are just brainwashed cannon fodder :()
Fuck war so much…
If it helps: their deaths were just.
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Even the worst human is still a human. You can’t blame a person for lamenting the loss of a human life without losing your own humanity, in my opinion. Empathy saves lives.
Don’t be so naive. “Empathy saves lives”? You’d say that out loud to one of the innumerable Russian “soldiers” responsible for those vile crimes as they tried to do the same to you? That’s what you’d tell your rapist/murderer in that moment of sheer panic and terror? Are you fucking serious?
Oh. No? Hunh. Seems pretty easy to have such a rosy perspective when it’s so distant from your own safe little life. Go figure.
My safe life? I’m a war veteran.
No, you can’t rape, torture, and murder without losing your own humanity. Humanizing monsters hurts the victims.
They are not monsters though, they are very human. Doing horrible shit is as human as eating or shitting. I think most people here would do the same thing if they were raised in similar conditions. Most people don’t even see (much less care enough to do something about) the injustices going on in their own society.
Most people don’t even see (much less care enough to do something about) the injustices going on in their own society.
For fucks sake, what an incredibly disingenous whataboutism attempt.
Also since you are on about rationalising the actions of Russian soldiers, this is an actual invasion of another country we are talking about. These people are actively participating, whether they wanted to or not. For everyone of them killed chances are innocent civilian Ukrainians will not get murdered by them, have their homes destroyed by them or have loved ones killed or injured by them. You know, the actual innocent victims of this completely unnecessary invasion. Your rationalisation goes both ways.
I don’t think that Im rationalizing, more like the opposite and saying that most people are similarly irrational, there’s no evil-gene that just they have.
That said, if they take up arms and go to kill innocent people then they obvilusly need to be put down. Similarly to how a dog trained by a dog fighter might need to be put down even if it’s just a pawn in someone elses twisted game. So yes these russians have to be killed in self defence until they leave.
All I’m saying is that i always find it a bit rich that people act as if they would always do the right thing in similar circumstance.
That’s ridiculous; there are millions of people raised in bad conditions who don’t do the same. Humans are inherently pro-social; original sin isn’t a thing. They are monsters.
I’m not saying that it’s especially bad conditions, more like indoctrinating conditions. It’s not like germany had very bad conditions when they started ww2 either.
But if you don’t think it’s a problem with the society and culture then the only real common denominator is ethnicity. Which kind of means that ought to be genocided when russia eventually falls.
This is pushing it. Sympathy for russian combatants will not be tolerated here, but, calling for the mass annihilation of russians is on the opposite end of the spectrum. Be happy Ukranians are just a little bit safer today. But cheer? No. Too much.
I’ve been watching the YouTube channel 1420 where they interview people on the streets of Moscow. Many of them are held hostage too. You can tell that they don’t want to speak freely for fear of criminal punishment. One guy even said something to the effect of, “Why don’t 100 Americans come over here and protest the war to see what happens.” The Russian government quells any form of rebellious organization. To take Putin out of power, it’s gonna have to come from the top or a sporadic mass protest after a Bloody Sunday a la 1917 Russian Revolution.
See: Kent State Massacre
Can you elaborate on how that is relevant?
Not OP, but possibly the Kent State massacre was the watershed event that shifted US public opinion about the war.
ah, thank you! that makes sense to me now
what can i say except quote general Sherman:
War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out.
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Would they not pull the trigger all the same if the situations were reversed?
Oh yeah, absolutely. And I’d feel horrible for the human being on the other side of the scope… I’m talking about the actual human being with a life being killed. Not the politics behind it.
That doesn’t mean I’m justifying the atrocities Russia commits or even remotely support their unprovoked attack. Russia is the bad guy, no discussion. But they’re still humans and I can still feel bad for the needless loss of human life.
Ugly, justified, but you need respect the professionalism.
He almost sounds… unhappy? Frustrated? After he takes the first shot and is reloading. This sounds like a guy who doesn’t love what he has to do, but knows it needs to happen. I can respect that on a human level.
Weirdest part of this (y’know, other than the presence of Russian terrorists in Ukraine) is the birds chirping. Two bangs from an extremely loud rifle, and they just carry on like nothing happened.
…or is the audio replaced for opsec or something?
Miss Pavlichenko would be so proud. (She was Ukrainian.)
I can’t watch Streamable in Firefox on Android. I can’t be the only one
It works on my phone with Firefox on Android, but for some people it doesn’t. I’m not sure what the cause is.
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