• Telorand@reddthat.com
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    2 days ago

    YDI. The first sentence of every comment is literal Russian propaganda. Clutching your pearls at forced conscription during an ongoing invasion speaks to a level of privilege I rarely see, even online. Zelenski is touring “the royal courts,” because he’s prostrating himself to beg for money, weapons and aid for his country. Wars aren’t free, especially when you’re up against a global power.

    You’re playing loose with the facts, and nobody is buying it.

    Or would you rather they roll over and go, “Sorry, we’re all outta gas. Russia just has more bodies to throw at us”? Become part of Russia? Good thing you weren’t in charge of the country, or you would have run up the white flag years ago.

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      YDI. The first sentence of every comment is literal Russian propaganda.

      Russia is a country plagued with corrupted authorities and where the draft is mandatory, calling these things out goes against russia government interests too. Remember also that russia started this war, they don’t want peace, they are fine with war or they would pull back.

      Clutching your pearls at forced conscription during an ongoing invasion speaks to a level of privilege I rarely see, even online

      Human rights shouldn’t be abolish under any circumstance, there’s no scenario under which slavery is tolerated. A government should never draft people by force and neither should arrest them if they want to leave the country.

      Zelenski is touring “the royal courts,” because he’s prostrating himself to beg for money, weapons and aid for his country. Wars aren’t free, especially when you’re up against a global power.

      Some of the countries he visit literally have royal palaces like Abu Dhabi. He’s not prostrating, he’s been invited by world leaders and having discussion with them to get more founds to his country and his government.

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        Human rights shouldn’t be abolish under any circumstance, there’s no scenario under which slavery is tolerated. A government should never draft people by force and neither should arrest them if they want to leave the country.

        Your intentions are good… but very naive. Majority of people do not want to go to the front lines and die or watch their friends die. So most are going to flee if they have the opportunity, and thus the country will fall right into the hands of an agessor who cares nothing about these ‘human rights’. It is indeed unfortunate the circumstances has forced the Ukrainian government to rely on conscription to maintain its sovereignity. What exactly would you do about such a predicament?

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        1 day ago

        Russia is a country plagued with corrupted authorities and where the draft is mandatory, calling these things out goes against russia government interests too.

        Not when your justification is their propaganda. You’re just spreading their disinformation in ignorance, rather than malice. The effect is the same, regardless.

        Human rights shouldn’t be abolish under any circumstance, there’s no scenario under which slavery is tolerated.

        Human rights are not objective facts of reality. They’re a social contrivance. Furthermore, conscription is not slavery, and virtually every country with a military has a draft available. I’m thankful that my country, the US, has not needed to use it in decades, but it is still there, and there are real punishments for trying to dodge it (unless you’re rich).

        Some of the countries he visit literally have royal palaces like Abu Dhabi.

        So what? He doesn’t get to choose the venues; that’s just where they are. You think he can effectively beg for money over Zoom while in a bunker?

        War isn’t fair, and drafts supercede some of people’s rights. You can feel whatever you’re going to feel about it, but the reality is that we wouldn’t need drafts if there weren’t any authoritarians with delusions of grandeur.

        But there are, and so even well-militarized countries with lots of volunteers still have drafts for times of emergency.

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          You’re just spreading their disinformation

          Can you point out the disinformation? Mostly of what i’m saying is that the ukranian government is drafting people by force and not allowing men 18-60 to leave the country with the result that people trying to cross the border are getting arrested and some died trying. As a result i’m pointing out ukrainian government ceo to be an authoritarian ruler rather than a hero that should deserve monuments.

          and virtually every country with a military has a draft available.

          Most countries are police states rooted in violence. US and any other should have no draft, it is not normal or good just because it’s there.

          So what? He doesn’t get to choose the venues; that’s just where they are.

          I’m just highlighting that meeting the world most powerful rulers in their headquarters is not the same as rooting in a trench.

          but the reality is that we wouldn’t need drafts if there weren’t any authoritarians with delusions of grandeur.

          Indeed if it wasn’t for deluded maniacs with power ambitions we wouldn’t have the draft, that’s why i’m calling them out.

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            Can you point out the disinformation?

            I did. Read my first comment. I specified where the disinformation is, and you would be wise to heed that these are almost verbatim Russian propaganda talking points they use to justify why they should just be allowed to take Ukraine.

            Whether you think it’s fair for the draft to exist is irrelevant when you’re staring down the barrel of an invading country. They’re coming, and the draft exists to ensure the country does as well. I am sorry for them that people are trying to escape the draft, but again: war is not fair.

            If the draft didn’t exist, the end result would be might makes right. The countries who didn’t have enough volunteers would lose, and the country with the bigger stick would always be the victor. Human lives would be spared, sure, but at what cost? Living as a conquered people is not defacto better just because you’re alive. One need only look at history to see that fact.

            I’m just highlighting that meeting the world most powerful rulers in their headquarters is not the same as rooting in a trench.

            Nobody said it was. But that doesn’t mean he’s never been in the trenches or that what he’s doing isn’t still vital. War isn’t fair.

            Indeed if it wasn’t for deluded maniacs with power ambitions we wouldn’t have the draft, that’s why i’m calling them out.

            Since you said “them,” I’m going to assume you’re including Zelenski. The draft isn’t a grab for power. It’s not some method of controlling the population. It’s a last resort method of survival, and last resorts of any kind usually come with heavy costs, or else they would be first resorts.

            So you’re not “calling anyone out” or saying anything particularly novel or relevant to human rights when “rights” are a privilege you get from a society that is not at war. War is not fair.

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              I did. Read my first comment.

              I already replied to your first comment and the others. I’m not posting any disinformation, just because you don’t like it or the russian are saying it doesn’t imply that what i’m saying is false or wrong.

              and the draft exists to ensure the country does as well.

              A country does not exist because of forced conscription. People can defend themself even without authoritarian leaders drafting them by force. Your claim is that ukraine still exist only because they drafted people against their will, you are basically implying ukraine people are cowards and should be forced to fight.

              If the draft didn’t exist, the end result would be might makes right. The countries who didn’t have enough volunteers would lose, and the country with the bigger stick would always be the victor. Human lives would be spared, sure, but at what cost? Living as a conquered people is not defacto better just because you’re alive. One need only look at history to see that fact.

              You talk like a villain, wars are fought by real people who die in the most miserable way. I encourage you to watch the combat footage out of this war to look at what is happening.

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                I did. Read my first comment.

                I already replied to your first comment and the others. I’m not posting any disinformation, just because you don’t like it or the russian are saying it doesn’t imply that what i’m saying is false or wrong.

                It’s not my fault you can’t read and don’t get it. Propaganda always has a kernel of truth—that’s what makes it effective. That doesn’t mean it’s a complete truth. It’s not my job to educate you, and it should bother you that you’re spreading propaganda, not truth. The fact that it doesn’t bother you says a lot about your intentions.

                …you are basically implying ukraine people are cowards and should be forced to fight.

                LMAO. Sure, Jan. That’s definitely what I was implying and not that the prospect of death scares people into running away. That you construed cowardice when I see humanity says a lot about you.

                You talk like a villain, wars are fought by real people who die in the most miserable way.

                Yeah, I’m the bad guy here. Lol. How many times did I say that “war isn’t fair,” again?

                You’re not convincing anyone. I and many others have already pointed out why YDI, why your comments were removed, why what you said is propaganda, and refuted your arguments ad nauseum. If that’s not enough to persuade you that you’re in the wrong, then you have already made the choice not to learn from it, and I can only conclude that you’re spreading disinformation in earnest.

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                  you’re spreading propaganda, not truth.

                  If you believe highlighting human right violations such as drafting people by force and not allowing everyone to leave a country is spreading propaganda than you are a victim of the propaganda yourself. Are you aware that there’s propaganda in every country and not just in russia?

                  That’s definitely what I was implying and not that the prospect of death scares people into running away

                  “coward: a person who is contemptibly lacking in the courage to do or endure dangerous or unpleasant things.”

                  You are just remarking your implication that ukraine people are cowards.

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                    12 hours ago

                    If you believe highlighting human right violations such as drafting people by force and not allowing everyone to leave a country is spreading propaganda than you are a victim of the propaganda yourself.

                    You and I both know that’s not what you said. It’s in the modlog, and multiple people have all seen it and pointed out where and what the propaganda is and why it was removed. Pretending those preceding sentences don’t exist is peak troll behavior.

                    coward: a person who is contemptibly lacking in the courage to do or endure dangerous or unpleasant things.

                    See that word “contemptible?” Point to where I said or implied that it was contemptible to be afraid of death.

                    But revisionism and lying on top of not understanding how to comprehend a basic definition is totally on point for you, based on this and other exchanges.

                    Again, nobody is swayed by your bullshit. Try harder, troll.