Comments by "LancesArmorStriking" (@LancesArmorStriking) on "NFKRZ" channel.

@ErgonomicChair I have a few friends who I cannot convince of this contradiction: they, as you said, hate Nazis. But, they also support Bandera and see him as a hero... despite the fact that he worked with Nazis and, whatever you think his motivation was, if he had gotten his way, Ukrainians would not exist. But they cannot admit how foolish and naive he was. Must be glorified, for some reason
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@Merugaf You will need to direct me to a source. I must admit a slight mistake, 37% had a "very posititve" view, another 26% had only a "mostly positive view". This data is from both 2009 polling and 2021 Radio Svoboda, international and Ukrainian source. (Links= deleted comment) Still not good when a majority of Galicians are willing to overlook the fact that Bandera was trained by the Abwehr. They seem not to realize that if Stepan succeeded, there would be no Ukraine. There would be German-populated Reichskommisariat Ukraine, though. A hero indeed. You seem to misunderstand. Finland and the USSR, later Russia, had decades of no issues provided Finland did not join NATO. All Ukraine had to do was not invite American troops into its country, and it couldn't even achieve that. Russia simply, just like Ukraine, doesn't want a hostile foreign power at its border.
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"they mean well but end up acting just like how Russian propaganda portrays us" ...I urge you to say that again, but slowly. Wouldn't this imply that the propaganda is just describing reality? It isn't a mistake or an aberration, separate from all of the 'normal' people whose hatred of Russia is 'justified', it is a part of the larger response to this invasion and it reveals ideas and opinions which these people already had. You are responsible for their behaviors, since you share the same goals. And I question their well-meaning nature (and even yours) if your reason for "let's not insult random Russians online" is "it'll make our messages less credible", and not for example "they're normal people who have nothing to do with this."
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@nokiaviisi7552 What is it like in Helsinki (or maybe a smaller city, since Chelyabinsk isn't like Moscow)?
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@ioanpena In Poland depends on where you go, even Airbnb's in Warsaw can get expensive
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So Bobby Burns is trying to make his own Slim Shady character?
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Chomsky, I think? I've also seen Cato use it, so true to form, it is widely uses by anyone opposed to the continuation of the war, for any reason
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@anti-emo4721 Not the Church language, the common language. Of course Church Slavonic was Bulgarian-influenced (but it also wasn't what most common Bulgarians spoke at the time), but we are talking about different languages here. A dialect of Old Russian is Old Novgorodian, lacks many modern (imported) features of the Russian language, but preserves many old East Slavic words and sounds.
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@Idkidki I mean there was, for 10 years (mid 2000s-2010s). But it was mainly driven by high oil prices and an authoritarian government (which was not great, but anything was better than Eltsin.) It is a shame more focus was not placed on diversifying economy earlier, Russia would be in a much better position now.
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It's a hard mentality to break- keep in mind that most of the territories were Russian for 500, 600 years and only became distinct 30 years ago. Not saying it's right, but for a lot of older Russians and in the broader stretch of history, our current situation is a deviation from the norm.
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@andrerothweiler9191 Two wrongs don't make a right. It was Gorbachev's mistake not to get the verbal agreement not to expand NATO in writing, but that never gave Ukraine the authority to deny Crimea independence (the referendum from 1994, not 2014). If they are willing to play the same game as Russia, they should have been more prepared for such a development.
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