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[–] mtpender@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 month ago (3 children)

The sooner we can cut ties with the Tankies, the better.

[–] benignintervention@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It seems like they've got louder recently

[–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

They are being emboldened by the succes of their fascist friends on the worldstage.

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

But then who might be a good influence on them?

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You could just ignore them

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago

Ignoring a problem doesn't make it go away. It continues to cause harm while left unopposed.

[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's not a "phobia", if I'm pissed at you for what you do, not where you're from. I'm not even mad at Russians, I'm mad at Putin.

I have a russian friend, he's a furry, great guy, his fursona's a bee. I honestly hope he gets to leave Russia because the police can and would have him killed for being bisexual.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 10 points 1 month ago

AHH! I HAVE AN IRRATIONAL FEAR OF AN ARMY THAT RAPED AND BRUTALISED A EUROPEAN COUNTRY!

[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Stamau123@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago
[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

I'd put them in a similar category as scalies, where they're technically not furry, but close enough that the distinction hardly matters. In the end they're all personas based on anthropomorphic animals. Insect-sonas are decently common, I've seen lots of bee and moth sonas.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 month ago

Ahh yes, russophobia, just like antisemitism when talk about the shit done by the government.

[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

also lol at the lack of standards allowing rt news

[–] Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

They're explicitly against free speech over on .ml. And that's for a reason. The auth-left and the auth-right are uncomfortably alike.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 points 1 month ago

We should mark that day by being even more russophobic