• Cyrus Draegur@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    38
    arrow-down
    13
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    Bloody legend. We actually found one: a good Russian.

    Now if only the rest of his idiot former comrades would smarten up and do the same.

    edit: i want to note that this sentiment is not an ok one to sincerely hold. being russian doesn’t make anyone evil. they are indeed human beings who largely didn’t want any part in this shitshow and were coerced into doing it by corrupt, greedy, incompetent leadership.

    intelligence and bravery are traits that any person can possess no matter where they come from, and goodness knows that if the united states rounded up all of my dearest friends and then ordered me to pilot a helicopter and invade mexico, i myself would have been too chickenshit to defect under the full knowledge that my mother’s few remaining years of life would be pure agony and suffering in a gulag, and that everyone else i’ve ever loved will die screaming at the hands of the united states federal government.

    • cyruseuros@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      26
      arrow-down
      3
      ·
      1 year ago

      We actually found one: a good [blank]. I get where you might be coming from, but you’re better than this. I really believe that.

    • havokdj@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      12
      ·
      1 year ago

      I mean, many of the Russians who are fighting do not want to fight, they are being forced to against their will.

      The situation with Russia and Ukraine is a bit similar to the one with Japan and China in WWII, except Putin is instigating the war and many of the military do not want to fight.