Post AWO03VTPTni4dIeNdo by avielroshwald@mstdn.social
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 (DIR) Post #AWNxZZiIwykLBiDVom by avielroshwald@mstdn.social
       2023-06-05T15:30:53Z
       
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       https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/05/world/europe/nazi-symbols-ukraine.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
       
 (DIR) Post #AWNyfGTBVlR5CCQCRM by CitizenWald@historians.social
       2023-06-05T15:48:06Z
       
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       @avielroshwald The conversation continues. We both know all the arguments on each side.This line was really feeble: "In the American South, some have insisted that today, the Confederate flag symbolizes pride, not its history of racism and secession. The swastika was an important Hindu symbol before it was co-opted by the Nazis." Talk about false parallels.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWO03VTPTni4dIeNdo by avielroshwald@mstdn.social
       2023-06-05T16:02:24Z
       
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       @CitizenWald Just gobbledygook to avoid dealing heading on with some painful truths. Putin is the one acting like the fascist in this war, but Ukrainian nationalism remains a freighted ideology.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWO07UIzlR8sAWg3CS by CitizenWald@historians.social
       2023-06-05T16:04:24Z
       
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       @avielroshwald Exactly. You just demonstrated in under 30 words how a historian thinks: can concisely and clearly embrace complexity