I don't get Putin's denazifying excuse to justify moving into Ukraine.

[Baitball Blogger]

I think he's lost the moral high ground with his support of Trump, who has split this country based on his support of white supremacist, nazi types. So, what's gives here?

[Ocelot II]

1. It's just a Big Lie like TFG's election lie, intended for domestic consumption.

[SheltieLover]

10. Yup!

[ananda]

2. It's some kind of twisted gaslighting doublespeak projection.

Just nuts, iow.

[NewHendoLib]

3. Propaganda

[Nevilledog]

4. Same logic that calls Antifa fascist.

[uponit7771]

15. +1, and stupid assed MAGA eats it up without a millisecond of thought

[haele]

5. There's a couple Neo-Nazi groups in Ukraine.

They helped to train local militias and have one or two members in the Ukrainian parliament.
BTW, they're falling in supporting Zelenskyy, during this conflict, who is Jewish. Afterwards, who knows.
On edit, there are similar groups with the exact same ideology and activities in Russia, except they don't call themselves Nazis or use Nazi symbols because of the cultural implications. They call themselves Nationalists...

Haele

[temporary311]

6. Don't think it's meant for us.

It's meant for Russians who get all their info from state media.

[RKP5637]

7. I'm sure he's got low information people there too who will take it as the gospel truth.

Plus, I think he controls most of the information they hear. It's more blatant lies supreme. And, he needed to find a guilty party to go after, much as politicians in the US do endlessly. In the US, it's currently the children by the GOP.

[Crunchy Frog]

8. It's the same kind rhetoric that the Rs are using against Canada and Justin Trudeau.

It's just what authoritarians do to gaslight and justify the unjustifiable.

[Eyeball_Kid]

9. Putin's throwing his own shit against the wall hoping that something will stick.

If it's not "denazifying", it's "I lost my Ukraine". Or it's "NATO will attack me." All he has left to sit on his lap is Trumpy-Boy, that magical wonder from Florida. Trump would eat Putin's shit if Putin told him it was chocolate pudding.

[BlueGreenLady]

11. This DU post gives

an in-depth explanation of Putin's motives for Ukrainian invasion.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1017&pid=715757

[Baitball Blogger]

17. +1

[lame54]

12. That's easy...

Who can be against nazification?

No truth to it but if you are going to make up an excuse to do a henious action it's got to be severe

[intrepidity]

13. I wonder how many Q types he alienated with that comment

Surely there must be some who went "WTF?"

[FakeNoose]

14. I think he got the idea from Chump

Makes sense, doesn't it? Chump is always blaming his evil deeds by deflecting them onto his opponents.

[milestogo]

16. If you got it, you would be insane.