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Wounded Bear

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3. Brutality begets brutality in response...

Reply to Crunchy Frog (Original post)

Sun Mar 20, 2022, 11:29 AM

Mar 2022

I honestly think that at first Ukrainians wanted to blame the Russian "government" and not the "people."

But when you see your country being systematically destroyed, it becomes harder and harder not to take it out on the ones actually pulling the trigger. "Governments" and even Putin are abstract. Russian soldiers committing war crimes are immediate and in their faces. This has a real WWII with updated weapons vibe to it. The longer it goes on, the more brutal it gets.

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Ukrainians blame ordinary Russians. [View all] Crunchy Frog Mar 2022 OP

Ukrainians are right. roamer65 Mar 2022 #1

I've been reading a very eye opening thread on Reddit too. Crunchy Frog Mar 2022 #2

Fascism is a powerful drug, yes. roamer65 Mar 2022 #6

Brutality begets brutality in response... Wounded Bear Mar 2022 #3

Putin and the Russian people collectively are responsible for the atrocity. dalton99a Mar 2022 #4

Was the 2016 election tRumps fault? Diablo del sol Mar 2022 #5