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LetMyPeopleVote

(144,005 posts)
Sat Feb 26, 2022, 01:59 PM Feb 2022

Zelensky Has Become More Than a Man

Selensky has become a true hero and symbol for his country




He declined an offer of evacuation from the United States. Ukrainian forces held Kyiv into Saturday morning and Zelensky emerged onto the streets of the capital, walking with his countrymen. This is a level of personal bravery that we are utterly unaccustomed to seeing from heads of state.2 Zelensky’s conduct over the last few weeks—which has been utterly extraordinary—has substantially buttressed Ukraine’s resolve. He has become more than a man. More than a leader. He has become a symbol.

What we are witnessing is the emergence of a figure who will become a key part of Ukrainian history for the next century. There will be statues of him all over the country. Ukrainians will name their children after him. This is like watching another country’s Washington or Churchill emerge in real time.

I hope we all appreciate how special this is. And how rare. Because normally when world-historical figures emerge, it’s because they’re bad guys.

But at some point he may have to make a judgment about how his life best serves his country. Is it more important that he stay alive to lead? Even if he has to eventually leave Kyiv? Or would sacrificing himself to the Russians make the symbol even more powerful?
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Zelensky Has Become More Than a Man (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2022 OP
KNR niyad Feb 2022 #1
K&R! highplainsdem Feb 2022 #2
K&R! SheltieLover Feb 2022 #3
I believe he intends to be a Martyr lapfog_1 Feb 2022 #4
The comedian who gained fame for ridiculing corruption, that must bite Putin's ass. L. Coyote Feb 2022 #5
Great post with great pics. Thank you. N/T IllinoisBirdWatcher Feb 2022 #21
Rt TY.. Beautiful Family.. Cha Feb 2022 #45
I am in awe of this man. AmBlue Feb 2022 #6
TFG Couldn't Polish Zelensky's Boots -- He's Too Busy Licking Daddy Vladdy's nt smb Feb 2022 #8
K&R. nt c-rational Feb 2022 #7
KnR Hekate Feb 2022 #9
K&R! StarryNite Feb 2022 #10
What I didn't know was that part (most?) of his comedy was about 😮 his country's corruption! electric_blue68 Feb 2022 #11
He is a true leader Sanity Claws Feb 2022 #12
I'm not at all a religious person... dixiechiken1 Feb 2022 #13
K&R brer cat Feb 2022 #14
Anyone know where you can get a Ukrainian flag? One for the car would be great Evolve Dammit Feb 2022 #15
Amazon, lots. BlueJac Feb 2022 #17
Absolutely! BlueJac Feb 2022 #16
K & R N/T IllinoisBirdWatcher Feb 2022 #18
Does anyone know what aid organizations COL Mustard Feb 2022 #19
I just read a list of them yesterday wnylib Feb 2022 #24
Here's some links to lists of aid organizations. summer_in_TX Feb 2022 #43
Thanks! COL Mustard Feb 2022 #47
When asked by the United States if he needed to be evacuated he said, ... Botany Feb 2022 #20
Another for the list of famous quotes.."The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride." mitch96 Feb 2022 #29
Russian Warship zipplewrath Feb 2022 #36
Yup. I am impressed. nt DLevine Feb 2022 #22
K&R! gademocrat7 Feb 2022 #23
And Private Bonespurs was quaking with fear in his bunker when people peacefully protested outside fierywoman Feb 2022 #25
I think the last anti-Russia hero we've seen before this was Leck Walesa. BobTheSubgenius Feb 2022 #26
He is the definition of a Man. colorado_ufo Feb 2022 #27
Way more of a man than a certain someone.... durablend Feb 2022 #28
Honor. Integrity. Courage. dchill Feb 2022 #30
TDFG is going to prison & Putin is a walking dead man !! monkeyman1 Feb 2022 #31
KnR!! sarchasm Feb 2022 #32
Amazingly heroic. Should give everybody everywhere a spectacular role model calimary Feb 2022 #33
Read a very appropriate joke this morning bluevoter4life Feb 2022 #34
That's a good one. Thanks for a great laugh! 😆 crickets Feb 2022 #38
Being from Wisconsin, it's weird for me to read of Charlie Sykes making sense. Darkstar53142 Feb 2022 #35
Maybe he got tired of being associated with morons and losers. milestogo Feb 2022 #49
He is so calm and "just one of the people" when he comes out mysteryowl Feb 2022 #37
Comparison of TFG and a true hero LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2022 #39
oh that is a good one! Kali Feb 2022 #54
He has true courage Meowmee Feb 2022 #40
As a man, I'm flesh and blood, I can be ignored, I can be destroyed. Volaris Feb 2022 #41
I hope he lives many years . Never forget what Trump tried to do with him JI7 Feb 2022 #42
Rt TY! A couple More tweets about Zelensky.. Cha Feb 2022 #44
I love this tweet by Brian Tyler Cohen on Zelensky.. Cha Feb 2022 #46
"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #48
Amazing rise in stature in such a short time. Paladin Feb 2022 #50
Many images of Zelensky vs Trump keithbvadu2 Feb 2022 #51
Veteran interpreter breaks into tears translating Zelensky's speech L. Coyote Feb 2022 #52
President Zelenskyy eventually will lead Ukraine into the EU and NATO. roamer65 Feb 2022 #53
K&R! Nixie Feb 2022 #55
President Zelensky is a profile in courage LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2022 #56

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
5. The comedian who gained fame for ridiculing corruption, that must bite Putin's ass.
Sat Feb 26, 2022, 02:05 PM
Feb 2022

He toppled Putin's puppet with humor, now he gets to topple Putin with the whole world at his back.




AmBlue

(3,079 posts)
6. I am in awe of this man.
Sat Feb 26, 2022, 02:05 PM
Feb 2022

What a true leader is.... so inspiring. And yes, TFG is unfit to shine his boots.

I actually have hope he can lead Ukraine to win this battle!!

Hekate

(90,202 posts)
9. KnR
Sat Feb 26, 2022, 02:13 PM
Feb 2022

🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻



Sanity Claws

(21,822 posts)
12. He is a true leader
Sat Feb 26, 2022, 02:19 PM
Feb 2022

His leadership helped galvanize the Ukraine nation and its opposition to the Russian invasion, IMO. I really am in awe of him and what he did to unite his country.

dixiechiken1

(2,113 posts)
13. I'm not at all a religious person...
Sat Feb 26, 2022, 02:31 PM
Feb 2022

But I pray for his safety. He is an inspiration, a true leader. Godspeed.

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

summer_in_TX

(2,685 posts)
43. Here's some links to lists of aid organizations.
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 01:47 AM
Feb 2022
https://ukrainewar.carrd.co
Ukrainian Red Cross
United Help Ukraine

https://katiecouric.com/news/how-to-help-ukraine-where-to-donate/

@WCKitchen (the effort put together by @chefjoseandres to feed folks in need and displaced)

Support LBGTQi in Ukraine through https://outrightinternational.org/ukraine

Botany

(70,291 posts)
20. When asked by the United States if he needed to be evacuated he said, ...
Sat Feb 26, 2022, 02:54 PM
Feb 2022

Last edited Sat Feb 26, 2022, 03:46 PM - Edit history (1)

.... "The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride."

mitch96

(13,821 posts)
29. Another for the list of famous quotes.."The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride."
Sat Feb 26, 2022, 03:59 PM
Feb 2022

I have not yet begun to fight
NUTS
Give me Liberty or give me death
I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country
These are the only ones that come to mind right now. I bet there are a bunch of them..
They all apply to Ukraine today...
m

fierywoman

(7,641 posts)
25. And Private Bonespurs was quaking with fear in his bunker when people peacefully protested outside
Sat Feb 26, 2022, 03:25 PM
Feb 2022

the White House.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,535 posts)
26. I think the last anti-Russia hero we've seen before this was Leck Walesa.
Sat Feb 26, 2022, 03:29 PM
Feb 2022

And that was a different kind of courage, in a way. Brave, certainly, but not Zelensky brave.

colorado_ufo

(5,717 posts)
27. He is the definition of a Man.
Sat Feb 26, 2022, 03:29 PM
Feb 2022

He is David against Goliath. I pray for him and his family.

If Trump touched his boots, he would only soil them.

calimary

(80,699 posts)
33. Amazingly heroic. Should give everybody everywhere a spectacular role model
Sat Feb 26, 2022, 04:26 PM
Feb 2022

A role model under fire - enemy fire, that is.

He’s making everybody want to stand up straight, with squared shoulders, full hearts, and great pride.

bluevoter4life

(784 posts)
34. Read a very appropriate joke this morning
Sat Feb 26, 2022, 04:39 PM
Feb 2022

Putin, Zelensky, and Biden are all on board an airplane.

Suddenly, the plane starts losing altitude and they are about to crash. On board, there are only two parachutes.

Immediately, Putin snatches one of the parachutes and jumps out to save himself.

Biden takes the remaining parachute and gives it to Zelensky.
"Save yourself, my friend. I am much older than you. Plus, in this difficult time, your country needs you more than my country needs me. You deserve to live more than me."

Zelenky feels convinced, so he grudgingly accepts and takes the parachute, gives one last hug to Biden, and jumps out of the airplane.

Suddenly, the airplane regains altitude and Biden safely lands in Washington, because it turns what was downing the plane in the first place was the weight of Zelensky's massive balls.

Darkstar53142

(71 posts)
35. Being from Wisconsin, it's weird for me to read of Charlie Sykes making sense.
Sat Feb 26, 2022, 04:40 PM
Feb 2022

...
Sykes is confusing for me.

He was a far-right talk host at WTMJ in Milwaukee. He was vile and disgusting. He spewed out 50K Watts of nazi hate a day.

Now, he seems sane.

It's so strange.

mysteryowl

(7,323 posts)
37. He is so calm and "just one of the people" when he comes out
Sat Feb 26, 2022, 05:01 PM
Feb 2022

to make a clip. Humble and determined.

Stay safe.

Meowmee

(5,164 posts)
40. He has true courage
Sat Feb 26, 2022, 08:35 PM
Feb 2022

No need to compare him to dump who has committed crimes against humanity, is a mass murderer and long time criminal.

I don’t want him to be a martyr though. I think sadly it is inevitable that R with overwhelming forces will succeed and likely there will be a full scale multi country war at some point in the future. I hope I am wrong.

Volaris

(10,260 posts)
41. As a man, I'm flesh and blood, I can be ignored, I can be destroyed.
Sat Feb 26, 2022, 08:52 PM
Feb 2022

As a SYMBOL, I can be incorruptible. I can be everlasting.

President Zelensky is about to enter goddamn Batman territory.

Irish_Dem

(45,640 posts)
48. "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 11:18 AM
Feb 2022

shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender."

Churchill

Paladin

(28,204 posts)
50. Amazing rise in stature in such a short time.
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 12:32 PM
Feb 2022

Just a week ago, Zelensky was being mocked for being nothing more than a TV comedian. Days later, he's being lauded as the right man for a hyper-responsible position. I wish him continued good fortune.

LetMyPeopleVote

(144,005 posts)
56. President Zelensky is a profile in courage
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 05:10 PM
Feb 2022



And the heroic figure at the center of this war is none other than Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a former actor and comedian who rose to prominence playing a character on a popular TV show who accidentally becomes the Ukrainian president. Zelensky then parlayed his success into politics, running for office in 2019 on the back of a political party named after his show, "Servant of the People."

Imagine a country where a television star could become president and emerge as a beacon of courage!

But sometimes history comes to the rescue of a politician, and the past week has transmogrified Zelensky from a rapidly dwindling presidential figure into a national hero on a massive scale. He has shown himself to be a man who has dug into himself and found an inspiring store of courage. When the United States offered to evacuate him from Ukraine, he stood his ground, saying, "The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride."

He has posted several videos online, and they've inspired a fierce defiance among the Ukrainian people. In one video titled "We are here. We are in Kyiv. We are protecting Ukraine," Zelensky can be seen surrounded by his top advisers. "We are all here. Our army are here. Citizens and society are here," he says. "We are defending our independence, our state, and it will remain so."
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