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by throwaway111023 1535 days ago
what if the civilians were russian sympathisers? those don't seem to be getting much love in Ukraine recently.

with regards to snake island or ghost of kiev, I think the point that was trying to be made was stop believing shit you see on twitter and thinking you need to have an opinion about it. it's tiresome, no one cares, people have gone from being infectious disease experts to experts on eastern european affairs overnight.
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DyslexicAtheist 1535 days ago
> I think the point that was trying to be made was stop believing shit you see on twitter and thinking you need to have an opinion about it

and instead take the word of a HN throwaway account, who even after all this, still wants a "listen to both sides" debate? gotcha.

I know people who say Srebrenica was "overrated" and didn't happen the way it is now in the history books because both sides were bad. Saying it's fake jut because you aren't there can have many causes:

a) self preservation by refusing not to deal with reality,

b) rooting for the other side,

c) having a deep hate for all humanity (Ted Kaczinsky types),

d) cult like religious believes (Qanon), e) a need to appear 100% fact driven (but taking it so far that one refuses to look at facts/truth when presented with them).

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throwaway111023 1534 days ago
oh yeah terrible, listen to both sides and form your own opinion, how terrible. I'm surprised you didn't invoke Godwins law.
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megous 1535 days ago
A lot of what if's these days... what if he's a Russian and wants to throw around doubts to support his country's war effort. (I can make my own what ifs without any factual basis, too :))

My point is, who cares about what ifs that don't have any factual support (yet or ever).

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