• Goferking0@ttrpg.networkBanned from community
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      Because a large amount of people don’t see Russians as civilians 😭.

      But honestly how does anyone cheer for causing chemical disasters in any city

      • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world
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        Russia started a war of aggression. A lot of Russians support the war. These civilians live and work in a refinery town that supports the Russian war machine (with oil and gas products).

        The people who work in weapons manufacturing are also civilians even though they are definitely legitimate targets by the laws of war (while at work, anyway).

        Collateral damage from the destruction of legitimate targets is a murkier issue, but generally considered acceptable as long as it’s not deliberately exacerbated.

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            You could read the article, you know:

            “Mr. President (Vladimir Putin), we went to the polls, we voted for you, we believed in you. And for a while, we really were protected, everything was fine. But at some point, it all collapsed.”

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            4 天前

            Right, but they do support Putin (overwhelmingly so). The whole “leopards eating faces” thing applies just as much to them as it does to MAGA people.

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              Again, you have no idea if that’s the case with these specific people. You have no idea if they’re the Russian equivalent of MAGA.

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                Putin’s support is much higher than MAGA could ever dream of. Something like 80%. Plus the people who don’t support Putin don’t actually support the opposition, they’re just politically indifferent and disengaged. That’s consent for the status quo in any country.

        • Goferking0@ttrpg.networkBanned from community
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          Which gets back to people being okay with them (civilians) getting killed and not at all leopards eating face worthy.