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[–] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 50 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (25 children)

Could a told you that 2 years ago when Boris Johnson sabotaged the peace talks so his masters in DC could benefit from Russia remaining at war.

EDIT: I guess I don't understand completely Lemmy, because some lib is calling me a Russian troll under this comment and I can't see it unless I go to the original/non-hexbear post.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 29 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Unfortunately many LIBstances cowardly defederate from hexbear, so you can’t see their comments.

[–] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh yeah, I knew about that part but I think I assumed the defederation would stop all visibility in both directions, and I guess they can see us but are hiding from us, like, as you say, cowards.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 18 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

They can talk about you behind your back, though I doubt they’re usually aware they’re doing it. Most people don’t know the gory details of federation and don’t pay much attention to which instances are defederated from which.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 21 points 8 months ago

The staggering scale of devastation that ensued when the West shut down diplomatic talks between Russia and Ukraine in March 2022 is truly mind-boggling. Thousands perished, countless others were injured or disfigured, while millions more had their futures irrevocably altered by this turn of events. This atrocious act ranks as one of the more egregious crimes against humanity in recent history.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 18 points 8 months ago

I guess I don't understand completely Lemmy, because some lib is calling me a Russian troll under this comment and I can't see it unless I go to the original/non-hexbear post

I think that was common on Reddit, too.

It usually means they replied and blocked you, or deleted their comment later. (Or it got deleted by a mod)

It's people who have the mentality that the last word wins the argument, especially since anyone else who reads the comment chain would think you had nothing to say in response.

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[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 32 points 8 months ago (3 children)

It is not that surprising, Arabic media has been reporting it for a while. It is just that corporate media in the West is finally catching up to reality.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 23 points 8 months ago

We're basically seeing a narrative collapse happening in real time.

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[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 29 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (5 children)

Times magazine is a stalinist rag that's doing Putin's bidding by publicly undermining the war effort against the Soviet Union!

Don't believe me? Look who times celebrated as person of the year back in 1943 when the OG Dictator was conqueroring Ukraine to steal it from the heroes that liberated it and genocide the ukrainian freedom fighters!

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[–] juchebot88@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The Biden Administration’s strategy is now to sustain Ukrainian defense until after the U.S. presidential elections

An interesting admission here. I think this is true, though the real reason has nothing to do with helping Ukraine -- it's about avoiding a political disaster for the Democrats.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 17 points 8 months ago

Indeed, it seems that US mainstream media has pretty much abandoned the whole helping Ukraine narrative. Now they're admitting that the goal is to cynically force Ukrainians to fight until the election, and then throw them under the bus after.

[–] OleoSaccharum@lemm.ee 22 points 8 months ago

If only someone had warned them

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