• ProxyTheAwesome [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    The American Flag is the flag of a fascist imperialist power. It’s a Nazi flag. No it’s not “just as cringe”. What “Z” and the anti-imperialist multipolar struggle represents is not “just as bad” as fucking AMERICA.

    I thought this place was finally past the both sides bullshit, but it seems continually mired here.

    • SerLava [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      Russia is run by America’s goon squad and aren’t anti-imperialist, they’re just anti the biggest empire, sure the balance of power says to fight the biggest and worst one but that doesn’t make the type of shit in the OP any less stupid. Iran is far better than either of those countries and they have an even more justified and important struggle against the US but would you slap them on a rainbow flag? If fuckin like, Uganda or Saudi started blocking oil to America you could praise that without making it seem like they’re compatible with gay and trans rights.

      It being marginally more cringe isn’t because Russia has marginally worse effects on the world, it absolutely doesn’t, it’s marginally more cringe because it’s more opposed specifically to freedom of gender expression and sexuality.