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Don’t say anything that will get you fired. Remember that American public opinion doesn’t affect America’s policies at all (The same is true for most western countries). Convincing people in the west doesn’t really help either the Ukrainian or Russian people.
What might be a fun position to take is saying “We should ask the contributor to change to message to refer to all Nazis and their accomplices instead of just Ukrainian ones”.
Edit: Somebody recommended the OSS manual on bureaucratic sabotage. That also sounds like a fun idea.
Our project largely affects people in the global south
Maybe this is a good place to start: one article you have handy (just one) from a lib-friendly outlet that shows a bunch of the world does not see this as black and white. Maybe one similar article on Nazis in Ukraine.
More sources will not help, and you’ll probably have more luck with an indifferent “well most of the world thinks differently than the U.S.” approach than with getting dug in.
Hi Hexbear! When the war broke out, I spent zero seconds learning about the historical context before deciding I agreed with everything the news was telling me. I then dismissed the Russian narratives and justifications as baseless propaganda without even hearing them, and I could not tell you what they are if asked. Based on that analysis, it seems to me that the war is like, really black and white with clear cut good guys and bad guys, so I’m here to call you all brainwashed fascists for thinking otherwise. But could somebody explain why I keep getting replies of an image of a pig with shit on its testicles? Thanks.
Quite kind of your coworkers to schedule the struggle session a day ahead.
I think that phrase means “for victory” via google translate.
If they ban it, then I hope they also at least ban any Slava Ukraini or it’s varients, especially given it’s Bandera / fascist origins. Or you could say “glorifying war” as a catch all.
“nobody is saying ‘all Ukrainians are Nazis’ you are the one who is thinking it. If it said ‘German nazis’ you wouldn’t assume that they meant all Germans would you? are you racist against Ukrainians?”