Russians Aren't the Enemy
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- čas přidán 8. 01. 2024
- Since the beginning of Russia's imperialist War in February 2022, most Russians fleeing their government have had to face discrimination and prejudice based on their ethnicity. Many online & in real life have created a campaign against regular people who have nothing to do with the actions of their government simply because they are Russian. This video criticizes the actions of such individuals & gives more detail on why this harassment and discrimination against the people themselves is unjustified.
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Internet taught people they can speak shit without getting punched in the face.
This comment is correct take 4chan or twitter for an example
@@Gerisk 4chuds are everywhere pretending they aren't complete Ls
@Gerisk Fucking 4chan will know your exact location in 2 hours by only your outside ambient sound
Wasn't that civilisation instead? I'm confused.
@bredcataw That's absurd 4channers don't care that much most of the time
The hilarious part is that this discrimination actually turned many Russians into Putin supporters. So, ah, yeah, well done!
Yeah, this happened to me, I just saw and read all these death wishes, simply because I’m Russian💀
I'm 13, now I no longer support the war, I hate my president. And when I hear wishes for death, now it doesn’t cause anger and hatred as before, now it only causes guilt and sadness..😅 :(
Previously, I was still small and stupid, but after I became truly interested in politics, I began to understand more and feel more sad.
The hilarious part is that you don't understand why the discrimination is happening...
Guilt for what @@Cokii_3
@@user-ym2ne1zg1b I do. Nazis and unprofessional politicians.
Okay, do you have a statistics or a source that could provide it to actually prove what you saying?
The biggest irony is that you can't even tell if they are Russian. You can easily mistake Bulgarian, Ukrainians and Belarusians for being Russian.
not to mention that even people from Russia arent necessarily russians. There are a loot of other euro-ethnicities, caucasians and asian ethnicities in Russia
That's because we're all one people.
There were incidents of russophobes attacking ukrainians because they can't differentiate between eastern slavs
Bra I'm Russian in America 99.99999% of Americans think I'm American. 🤠
Racial scapegoating is so stupid. It's like when Koreans or Viets get harassed for "spreading COVID". Like bruh if you're gonna be racist at least don't mix them up
As a Russian, thanks for clarifying, that Russians are't the enemy. The government is.
I am not russian and i agree with you. I tougth that "it's the country's goverment fault, not the whole country's fault" was common sense.
@@carloobjects2006_officialWell it's obvious, who's controlling the entire country? The government of course, not the civilians.
@@BloxyGamerRandom yeah, it just dissapoint me that there's pepole that don't realize this.
@@carloobjects2006_official yeah
та вы всегда будете себя оправдывать и спихивать всё на вышку, вы никогда не покаетесь за то что вы сделали не только с Украиной, а и с Грузией, Чечнёй, Молдовой. это маленькие путины идут убивать, насиловать и пытать украинцев? это маленькие путины крадут украинских детей?
As a Ukrainian who had to move away to the US at the start of the invasion, I feel an immeasurable amount of anger towards the Russian government, not the people. I have met multiple Russians at my school who were also torn away from their families and previous lives due to this situation and being mad at them would make me a complete hypocrite.
You are American citizen now, there is no Ukraine, speaking as Ukrainian in Russia who fled it in 2014 because I was speaking Russian and have jew connections
@@moon_krendelsestate дурнику, я ще в Україні і можу сказати тобі, що вона ще існує.
And yet there's a ton of Ukrainians that wish us death. I myself was deathwished by some ukrainian kid. He also used "did your dad die in Ukraine so you're fatherless now hahahahahaha?" as an insult (no, my dad wasn't even conscripted and will not be conscripted). I don't hate ukrainians, I hate only those who hate me and my loved ones, those who laugh about death, for example those who make fun of killed soldiers. Another example is that Gordon guy, I think you probably know him. I'm really glad that not all ukrainians are full of hate towards us and your one of them.
As a Ukrainian I don't have any sympathy for any russian person. their live their responsibility, dontbreally care about their problems, and dont expect them to care about mine. Ever since full-scale invasion's happened, I've started to perceive every russian as an enemy unless they prove otherwise, I think I have all moral rights to do so. I see russians in European cities and I can understand what they're talking about, and it just reinforce my opinion in that regard. I mean it's not even a discrimination to look at the people of the country that is attacking your relatives and friends as enemies ( and I also experienced russian attacks myself) so I don't know what is the author's problem.
@moon_krendelsestate lol 😆 I'm russian speaking Ukainian, I can tell, you left because of other reasons. I doubt you've ever lived in Ukraine.
Don't ever underestimate the capacity for racism and ethnic targeting in an American liberal
And don't underestimate their ability to do the same as Republicans but with slightly better publicity, just remember Bill Clinton's Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, commonly known as "jobs for welfare program", was basically Reaganomics without the racist dog whistles.
Щиро бажаю Вам російську ракету у Ваш дім.Можливо тоді Ви зрозуміете,звідки русофобія.
Let's not call them liberals, this is misleading word and it sounds too good for them. They're pro-Western capitalists, that's all
Tf no way you are calling liberals racist aren’t republicans trying to build a wall to keep mexicans out that help boost our economy.
yeah sure as if the other side are angels they’re both the same
Russophobia is just as bad as hating black people or jews or anyone else .Just because our countries are at war doesnt make ever in the country a bad person
Nobody talks about EVERY person in the country being bad person. But it is true that Russia as country and as society is extremely bad thing. And because of this today any person from Russia should be treated with suspicion and only after particular person is able to show that he or she is not a facist u can treat him well. And even then unfortunately it sometimes became a poor decision because of imperialistic showinism had been embroidered so deeply in Russian culture that even the most liberal of them often can be found spreading bullshit and harming Ukraine. Not because this particular person has bad intentions but because he grown up In this society. And unfortunately, it is extremely hard to reeducate such people. Not impossible but extremely hard
And by the way. There is no such thing as Russophobia. It is a mad up conception created by Russian propaganda to justify their crimes
Black people aren't invading cou tries with tanks and murdering people for no reason. Black people aren't blackmailing everyone with nukes.
I will never understand how one human can hate another because of the country they were born in. This is coming from someone whose friend group is partially built on collectively mocking each other's nationalities.
I'm from the US state of Georgia. I worked for 16+ years out of suburban Boston, Massachusetts.
I can't tell you the amount of grief I caught from the local people in Massachusetts because I "am a southerner."
I know a lot of Russians. Sorry, I can understand
@@idea1469 And where have you met those russians?
@@user-se2hh5xw2o CS, Dota probably) but needles to say you probably can find Russ ethnic anywhere in the world
@PALOVOZEK I'm just asking cuz the type of people depends on the place where he found them. Like if he met them on some political forum then there could be a lot of degenerates
Amazingly here in Germany there is a Slavic store (not even Russian, but they have some things written in Kyrillic so most idiots think its Russian) and the store has been annihilated twice, best part of the story is that the store owners are Ukrainians and couldn't help but laugh at the "Russki go home" being written on their store.
They could fly the Ukrainian flag and in turn be vandalized by the Pro-Russian clowns from Linke and AfD
Having an Ukrainian flag wouldn't hurt
There is a big chain of "Russian stores" in Bulgaria which is actually owned by Ukrainians. They put a sign in every location that they don't support the war.
Also, they still sell goods from Baltic states branded in Russian language. That was a surprise for me.
That's a Civilized society all are talking about now.
@@flexparachute Well, Russia is able to avoid a lot of sactions, But Europe can also avoid Russian ''sactions''. It is still pretty easy to buy Russian vodka brewed in 2023......
And well.....
Does Russia make something more than nuclear stuff, weapons, food and vodka?
Iranian here, the people who say they should go and protest actively against their government have not certainly seen 50 square meter of pavement sinked in blood in middle of their city and hope they never will
Nah. Poles fought for freedom in the past, Czechs did, Hungarians as well, and many other nations.
It's about national spirit. Russians always been imperialistic. That's why they always have prisoners mentality (most, not all)
@@HCforLife1 yes also Iranians, and at the end you could not do anything against peaceful socialist tanks, you succeeded when Gorbachev lost it’s grip on power back in russia
@@HCforLife1 dude, every single nation in the world is imperialist, the success rate is just dependent on the resources in disposal. Poles themself used to be pretty imperialistic in east Europe,Iranians Turks Arabs poles Austrians germans brits… list goes on. Believe me if others could they would do the same. People simply seek power, maybe not you
100% correct brother
at least Iranians tried, the russians didn't because they are ok with putin
As a Russian, I find it quite funny that people in the UK or US, whose government invaded half the globe (most of the times with no good reason), tell me who are the badies.
To your knowledge, there were frankly no war that was stopped by protesting. Even in a free country like the US. People were protesting against Vietnam, Afganistan and Iraq, so what? Millions died anyway. War in Afghanistan lasted for 20 years!
It doesnt mean that we dont need to create a culture promoting peace and cooperation (we definitely need), it just means that its wierd to hate some ethnicity for their government waging war. Cause in this case, you should probably also hate everybody including yourself.
то же самое, что и мой двухгодовой опыт общения в комментариях под "политическими"(касающимеся политики, даже мимолетно) видео в ютубе
The Russians definitely are the bad guys. It’s not even a subjective opinion, the Russians are clearly the bad guys. The Ukrainians didn’t ask to be raped and tortured by Russian soldiers.
Good point!
As someone from the UK I agree, the same people that accuse Russia of having a brainwashed population also seem to be somewhat brainwashed themselves.
go away ruzzian orc, you are the worst country in the world
As a Russian guy, I really appreciate that not everybody thinks of Russians as demons or war supporters despite the war our government started. I can tell that it's easy to say about going out for a protest yet you know that if you do, I might not only risk yourself, but your loved ones. I hope I can live untill 18, evade the army and go to the other country after (or maybe before) I graduate, or else I don't know what will I do. Thanks again to everyone who understands
A lot do think that russians are demons, sadly.
Couldn't blame them though.
Yeah only 99,99 % are demons
А зачем покидать страну?
@@allthegoodgirlsgotohell3285, как зачем бль, я не хочу жить в том пиздеце, в котором живу
соевый куколд, сначала попробуй просто узнать как там живется и снять розовые очки. Что-то я не вижу миллиарда бежавших из стран-агрессоров во времена бомбежек Белграда
The worst thing is that these same people said earlier that there is no need to be racist. They did not listen to their own words.
That's why I support Russia as a Westerner. Because the West has no values, only what is currently expedient to them. Side with Azov? Sure thing. Aid the Communist Kurds? You bet. Liberalism is the most gutless and subversive ideology ever.
Are people, who hate killers, rapists or thieves are considered as racists? Here`s the same situation
@@distraw1753 You:
"There is a nation of murderers and rapists!"
Also you:
"I'm not a Nazi"
@@distraw1753 Is every Russian a killer rapist or thief? No. But their government is certainly made up of them. And that's who you should be mad at. Plenty of Russian people also hate their government. They need our support. Not our animosity. Governments are not the people, but Putin and Xi and other dictators want their populations to think so. You are falling into the trap.
@@leaved_youtubethis nation in huge majority supports this actvities as it supported every other cruel dictator in its history. Was there any revolt against St*lin, maybe against t*ars (decembrist cannot be considered as even close to any majority)? Don t you think after attacking all neighbours for last centuries, commiting genocaides against many of them and moving development of conquered lands backward people from Finland to Romania are justified in their russophobia?
The same happened during ww1 with germanophobia, people destroying german shops and dehumanizing them with various propaganda, sad to see history repeat like this.
@@Lnhb-xb7br nobody is to blame for ww1, it all just went downhill in an unfortunate set of events
@@JimmySaulGoodmanMcGill1960Germany had to take 100% of the blame contractually through the treaty of Versailles though because they honored their alliance with Austria after they started the war as a consequence of Franz Ferdinands murder in Sarajevo.
Because Germany lost dumbass @@Lnhb-xb7br
@@Lnhb-xb7brGermany was absolutely to blame for WW2.
They *forced* Austro-Hungary to declare full blown friggin *official war* on their puppet state so the Germans could duck it with the French and the Russians.
ww1 would not happen if Germany didn't write a blank cheque for Austria, they are almost entirely to blame for it and they were the most influential of the central powers. But sure, if you don't like that example, take France during the Napoleonic era, francophobia in Germany and Russia (who's nobility spoke mostly french) random frnech people were seen as bringing dangerous ideas, coming to their countries to overthrow their governments, I'm reading war and peace right now and you see that even in that book how some charecters react to french people
@@Lnhb-xb7br
As a Russian homosexual female, I was refused to get a visa when I was trying to reunite with my girlfriend in Finland, where she moved to study. My papers attached to the visa application were just fine, but I was refused three times in a row. "Marry first," they said, even though the immigration law allows to reunite couples whose relationship is not officially registered. My girlfriend's female colleague has managed to reunite with her boyfriend, they are not officially married, and they are from South Asia. And we were told to marry first, while it's simply impossible to do in Russia. In Russia, you can be jailed for 6+ years, if your sexuality will be revealed. I haven't seen her for almost 2 years, and I have to stay here, where my life and freedom are constantly put on risk. And I just don't understand: where are the democratic values? Where are the tolerance and humanity we've been constantly talking about? Why? We never supported Putin. I myself was picked up by the police on the protest action and had to go through a bunch of humiliating procedures in the police station. I was officially informed that next time they catch me I will be locked for 10 years. I have no hope left. I'm tired. There's no place for me, neither inside of Russia, nor outside. God knows why I keep moving on still. I hate this fucking war, I hate this fucking regime. The only thing that keeps me warm is that my Ukrainian friend has managed to move to Germany, where she is totally safe.
😢
Fuck Russia (government)for starting the war, fuck west (government again) for un-acknowledging the difference between government and people in the autocratic country, and locking people in there. We are the same, guys :)
Dont need people like you in russia anyways.
I know sympathy can't do much for your situation, but I truly feel for you and I hope you can find a way out of this mess 🫂
Try to stay safe and take care ❤️
А смысл ты тут сказки про то что за гомосексуализм в России садят рассказываешь? За протесты могут, но гомосексуальные отношения иметь не запрещено, ни одного гея не знаю которого посадили, хотя может только лесбиянок садят?
it’s so funny when foreigners talk about terrible aggression and imperialism, but at the same time they don’t see the whole situation in the world: they don’t see the AUKUS alliance directed against China, they don’t see trillions of military expenditures that could have been spent on education or medicine, but they see on TV and social networks news about terrible Russia and they immediately become pacifists and fighters for peace (and you also say that only we have propaganda everywhere lol). I’m from Russia and I don’t support anyone in this conflict, because it’s just a game of politicians and military companies.
Here with you
Нет, дружок. У тебя обязательно найдётся друг/знакомый/родственник, который поехал на войну убивать за деньги. Ты НЕ нейтральный.
@@user-od7hh8qg9d Каким это образом наличие знакомого уехавшего на сво делает меня агрессором? И да, у меня вот кстати нет друзей/знакомых/родственников которые уехали на СВО. Возможно в твоей голове с Украиной воюет вся Россия, но это не так
@@brainwashindustries за твои налоги строятся ракеты, за твои подати обувают и одевают оккупантов, а ваше всенародное бездействие, воспитанное ещё со времён золотой орды, для вас делает геноцидальную войну чем-то далёким и несущественным. Я бы очень хотел увидеть, что бы ты сказал, прилети тебе в окно противокорабельная ракета.
@@user-od7hh8qg9d а какая разница, уехали у тебя знакомые или нет, тем более за деньги, даже не по своим взглядам. Я понимаю, если тебя мобилизировали, ты в таком случае фактически нейтральным быть не можешь, но не факт, что ты изменишь свою позицию. В твоём случае я вообще логики не понял: есть у меня знакомые знакомых(нацболы в основном) которые там добровольно остались навсегда. И как это должно менять мою личную позицию? У них одна позиция была, у меня другая.
it's sad that this even needs to be said in the 21st century.
Yeah, reading mean comments online is terrible. Poor russians😢
@@purple-lu2pj I dont know about the others but i used to it
@@purple-lu2pjthe problem is, this isn't just online...
@@purple-lu2pjlet's ignore the real life harassment, death threats, and actual assault and attempted murder for the crime of being.
@@MikeHunt-zy3cn there always will be crazy people, like the one who vandalized property of a guy from the video. The thing that those cases are very rare, and the people who made them most likely have been arrested and paid the necessary fines.
But actual assaults and attempts of murder... Are there any sourcers for that? Or you just lied?
As a balkan, I love making xenophobic jokes, but actually hating all people from that country is weird. I don't know every person from there.
Yeah, right! I hate it when people think that making racist jokes makes you a racist.
@@TheTrooper1878 I know, right?
Some people just can't see the difference between a joke and a serious statement, even if it sat on their face!
I agree. Jokes should be based on race and ethnicity, not on country. Countries are completely arbitrary, just bureaucratic constructs.
Me too but I'm from Russia and kinda support Putin but hating nations is really cringe
NATO's first
secretary general, Hastings "Pug"
Ismay, famously declared that the
organization's mission was "to keep the
Russians out, the Americans in, and the
Germans down."
NATO's mission has not changed in the
more than seventy years since 1952
when the organisation founded to
oppose the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union fell apart more than
thirty years ago, and Russia is not the
Soviet Union of old, and left Eastern
Europe voluntarily leaving NATO without
a mission, and yet the U.S. occupation
forces remained in Germany consistent
with the original NATO mission
statement mentioned above?
Russian President VIladimir Putin has
claimed that he once raised the possibility of Russia joining NATO with
then-President Bill Clinton, and that
Clinton said he had "no objection."
America remains as committed as ever
to keeping the Germans down and
preventing Europe from becoming a
peer competitor by sabotaging
Germany's burgeoning economic
co-operation and partnership with
Russia, which would have benefited all
of us, and this was most vividly
demonstrated by the destruction of
Nordstream by the U.S., effectively an
act of war on Germany.
The war in Ukraine was supposed to
accomplish two American foreign
policy objectives, the first being to bring
Russia to its knees economically and
the second being to weaken Germany
and Europe. Whilst the U.S. has failed abjectly in
achieving the first objective, the EU
appears to be trapped in a death spiral
with industry now unable to rely on
cheap energy from Russia relocating
out of Germany and the EU while
America profits from substituting it's
own more expensive gas and it's
insatiable Military Industrial Complex
earning bilions from supplying new
arms and ammunition to Ukraine and to
replenish depleted European stocks.
I am a Russian Jew, and on the Internet they accuse me of starting the war in Ukraine and Palestine.
you stared both world wars you filthy Bolshevik!!
Устроил мировой экономический кризис, взорвал газопоток, плотину, крымский мост, дестабилизировал красное море и это только до обеда
@@user-bz9uv3ui6t да, я всё это сделал
I kind of have a similar viewpoint on this as a Pakistani person, people ask me if I hate Indians and I'm like "What?! No!" Just because there is issue between the governments or religions doesn't mean I hate anybody. Some of my closest friends are Indians and we have a lot in common. We literally have a Hindu Indian family sharing a house and living under the same roof as us, Pakistanis
The average Russian isn't the problem, the average Chinese isn't the problem, the average Jew, Arab, etc aren't the problem, and venting your anger at a dickish government or crazy cultists by targeting innocents isn't justice, it's bullying and quite frankly, unbecoming.
Tell that to zelensky and his treatment of russian people before the war.
The average liberal and/or bootlicker of US Imperialism and Capitalism IS the problem.
@@markobucevic8991
All that is russian propaganda if your tiny brain didnt notice.
No, some are problems, being so vindictive and bitter.
@@markobucevic8991 If saying "you need to speak Ukrainian in Ukraine" is a violation of human rights then boy howdy, let me tell you about English speakers in Russia.
Man, this comment section is expectedly full of "buts" and "howevers"...
They're all stupid people who have no idea of how a totalitarian system works
Rightfully so
@@nihil_hd1598how so
@@nihil_hd1598 ratio
@@nihil_hd1598 wdym
I understand that people calling russians and Russia orks is the same behaviour as Goebbels did.
30+ years have passed, and the old tactics still work.
It hardens the passions and hatreds
Then you don't understand anything at all.
Comparing Russians to the Nazi victims is the most idiotic thing to say.
It is literally the most common example of ordinary political propaganda.
Kaiser Germans were called "Huns" in every European and American newspaper.
@@user-fe8du3ig7n Uhm... And what does this have to do with the Russians and the victims of Nazism, if I said a comparison of American propaganda and Goebbels’s speeches?
@@Antrplg everything, because you clearly haven't heard a single one of his speeches, lol. Educate yourself first, _then_ talk.
@@Antrplg since Napoleon, whenever somebody starts a war in Europe, other European countries call them names.
What the hell does Goebbels has to do with this?
As a Russian who has been against the war the whole time I am really grateful for this video, your voice of reason. I was at the protests and saw police beating and arresting innocent people. If you are in Russia and against the government, it feels like everyone in the world is against you
@MayankTrivedi2sir pls don't start with who did what, or we'll be stack in this box of hate ,
I understand what you mean nothing is black and white and yet people colour it black and white while it's all grey a human is not a country, the country does not make him who he his .
Это конечно хорошо, но стоит понимать, что вас таких маловато. Больше того, по сравнению с остальной массой - вас просто не существует. Вы как тот самый 1% микробов, на который всем пофиг при использовании моющего средства. Да даже и так, большинство из вас не такие хорошие, каких вы из себя строите. Может и признали некую ошибку, но вот расплачиваться не хотите. Не хочется ведь платить репарации, отдавать Украине Донбасс и Крым, он же не бутерброд как никак. Даже ваши "оппозиционеры" те ещё империалисты. Те кто признали ошибку, и готовы за это заплатить - умирающий вид.
@@Shtrouheym Ты не прав в этом. Представь ты гражданин с антивоенной гражданской позицией и в опросе тебя спрашивают: "Ты за войну?". Ответишь нет? А законы говорят об обратном. Ты хочешь неприятностей? Этот опрос первоначально ждал от тебя ответ "Да" если он провластный, твой голос должен показать другим, что подавляющее большинство за войну. Если ты ответишь "нет", то ничего не изменится, за то в твою дверь скоро постучатся с вопросами уже к тебе. Так и получается, что лучше ответить "да" или "не определился" если есть в опции
Статистика редко говорит о реальном положении дел, особенно в недемократических режимах. Наш реальный процент намного больше, чем 1.
@@meqqq Так в том то и дело, что вы боитесь даже озвучить своё мнение. Что там у вас было во время выборов? Постоим, нас же не смогут тогда арестовать? Это всё, на что вы немощи способны. Хочешь перемен? Бери в руки оружие. Вступай в иностранный легион, или хотя-бы сообщай о передвижении войск и техники. Чтобы вам там ваша оппозиция не говорила, вы фонариками власть не свергните, поздновато.
As a Romanian and Central-Eastern European, I agree that hating people just for being Russian is completely unjustified. I am 100% opposed to actual Russophobia.
However, I lived in Chișinău, Moldova, for 4 years. And I've met a lot of people who spoke Russian as the first language. Among them, quite a few refused to learn Romanian and thought that Russia is entitled to having its own sphere of influence in Eastern Europe. Regardless of what the people in those countries want.
Not to mention all the military support Russia has given to pro-Russian separatists like in Transnistria since 1992, way before Putin turned the country into a huge North Korea. I'll go out on a limb here and assume that there was not much internal opposition to such interventions back then. I don't remember mass protests in Russia against its involvement in Transnistria, Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Does this mean that Russophobia is justified? Absolutely not. But here in Russia's vicinity we are, at least, entitled to ask ordinary Russians about their position towards their country's constant interventions since the USSR collapsed. Because we cannot have a normal relationship with a country where a lot of people haven't been very bothered by their government's constant attempts of violating their neighbors' borders. Even back when Russia was more "free" than it is today.
☝☝☝ this, exactly ! instead of crying over ruzky invader fee fees, this should be the topic of choice. Not to mention, coming from a guy currently living in Romania, simping for Roman and his smol jointhead group isn't a good look.
@@DacianRider I actually like Roman (@NFKRZ) and have been watching him since 2018-2019. He said many times in his videos that he considers Crimea part of Ukraine and disagrees with his country violating its neighbors borders. This is exactly the kind of thing I was referring to.
I am from Chisinau. I am a Russian speaker. It's my native language and I don't speak Romanian that good. I am half Russian, half Moldovan, and I do not support Russia in this war or in the idea that Moldova SHOULD belong to Russia. There is a lot of people like me in Moldova. Btw, most Russian-speakers in MD are not Russian. They are more likely to be UIkranian/Bulgarian/Gagauz etc. Let the ethnic minorities speak their languages. Moldova was always filled with Slavic people, it's part of our history and present.
@@VeiledJam I've also met plenty of Russian speakers in Moldova who had a similar mentality to yours, mostly younger people from the city! Also met quite a few Romanian speakers who supported Russia (mostly older ones but not only). Moldova is a small but very complicated country...
@@Alex_Urs for sure, same here. I also follow the guy. But he also did one of these dimwitted videos crying about russophobia. Like, my dude... given the current situation and how ruzzians just ignore or spew hate out of every orifice, MINUS a very INSIGNIFICANT MINISCULE PECERTANGE, you should stop making these ruzzoSimp vids. They should instead focus on how the average ruzzians REACTS towards a Ukrainian, Pole, Romanian / Moldovan, etc. This would be WAY MORE FITTING. The last interaction I had with a ruzzian, when I told him I was Romanian... he started ignoring me & not writing back, after a brief window of humanity and friendliness. So yeah, F 'em and their fee fees till they get their sht together - including their country & government ! NO MATTER THE COST !
I am a Russian living in Finland, and haven't encountered any hate in person. I don't care much about hate online, since as it was mentioned reddit isn't real life.
Besides, the algorithm on Twitter basically makes it impossible for the pro-Ukraininan and pro-Russian keyboard warriors to not get into flame wars.
That's because you're not going outside
I've met many Greeks and Bulgarians during my trip to Balkans as a Turk, and those individuals were ones whom I've had fun the most with, going to festivals and drinking and such. There are good and bad people, and unfortunately the bad always goes on top and rules everyone else.
@@eges72 yeah. Twitter was as close to a digital town square as we could get before Musk took over and turned it into a hate speech aggregate.
Do you support the war?
The same thing happened in WW2 with the Japanese here in Brazil. We have historically had a large Japanese immigrant population, and many of them were openly discriminated against, not only by the people, but by the government, during WW2. Keep in mind that many of these "Japanese" at this point weren't even Japanese, but only _descendants_ of Japanese immigrants. Other ethnicities that looked Japanese, like the Koreans and Chinese were also discriminated against. History repeats itself.
Ill honestly blame media for this, both journalism,games and even movies. As your bombarded with "Russia bad" stuff so much that Rusophobia has become normalised in the west, like funny enough look at CoD. Original Modern Warfare triology Russia wasnt the bad guy, they where thrown into a civil war and then through a terror action into a war with the US. As these games where made in 2007-2011, so the view on Russia was improving in the west. Then with the Russian Invasion of Crimea it went down hill with the new Triology treating Russians mostly as villians only.
Yes, occupying countries and commiting genocide their population isn't a "bad guy", it's terr*rism and naz*sm. None sort of media should support this. You better have such sort of empathy for Ukraine.
@@fineless Billioneers dont start with Z or end with t
There is no such thing as Russophobia . It’s a fake shit made up by Kremlin to justify its crimes and to explain regular russians why people hate their country ( it’s not because we are main bloody murders and rapist for all our neighbour nations , it’s Russophobia )
The sad thing about this is that hating on someone for what their government has done has a backhanded effect.
If you left your country for what your government has done, or have drawn on hate for even being that ethnicity, then what is so appealing about leaving/having left your country? It radicalises the victim, and will sometimes turn them to support or go back to their country because "What's the point of leaving when everyone hates me for something I didn't do/can't control?"
The west have doomed itself the moment it decided to go into total war against Russia. They don't even learn anything from history.
I would’ve liked your comment but your pfp has Stalin in it. Stalin was just like Putin. 🤡
@@Crimson19977 You mean a good leader who knew how to protect his country against the enemies not only outside, but also inside? Well, that's why you hate him. But also, saying that he was just like Putin in everything is an oversimplification. A known method of propaganda. They are very different in many things, and Putin is still too kind.
@@Crimson19977 Stalin was worse. He killed his own people, solely due to his paranoia.
were you personally acquainted with both or are you listening to Western media instead of common sense?@@Crimson19977
It was kind of weird to see how European institutions pretty much targeted Russians who had nothing to do with the war. For example, many universities simply rejected Russian applicants because of the war. Some workplaces refused to hire Russians. And I don't mean Putin's gang or anything, just regular Russians who were trying to escape the war. Their lifelines and ways out of Russia was cut off just because they were Russian. What message does that send to the average young Russian man who might be on the fence about the war?
Maybe it s to force this nation to rethink their choices considerkng clear majority of society supports both pu*in and this war? You cannot commit crimes and attack neighbours for centuries and then say it s only authorities issue. It s neither first nor last cruel invasion this nation started.
That he is the part of the machine of the evil?
How is it weird to see the homeland of all genocidal ideologies of the past 200 years continue that tradition?
@@obamavrat671names so he should just join the evil forces, right? So you'll are just advocating for expansion of russian military or something?
there's just too many instances when russians, even those who go to study to western countries, support Putin and war and in some cases do provide information to FSB, how do you weed out these people out of the mass of applicants?
If you sort the comments by newest first, you will encounter the exact thing this pal is talking out.
If a country declares war. Blame the government, not the people.
Respect Russians and Isreali
Who have chosen this government? Is it putin who fires artillery and fight in trenches? Is it the government who destroys cities and does literal genocide in neighbour country?
@@Richcrafttttttrespect germans aswell
@@zalanelo9681 respect all people, as people
That is a piece of shit opinion. If government in country like Russia started a war like the one Russia has started and conduct it the way Russia do, then the people should be the first to blame. It’s not the putin or government the ones who rape and torture my people for years. Ridiculous amount of war crimes were made by ordinary Russian people. It was their choice, it was their culture. What people on the west can’t comprehend that famous Russian culture is only a facade. It is false. Lie. Real Russian culture is all about violence and sexualized violence. Every time you whitewash Russians you r helping them in conducting ongoing genocide
Twitter be like "Racism is bad as long as it's against the races I like"
I'll never understand why people are like this and believe they are right, disgusting
Also completely unrelated but I know this guy that was Israeli but now he claims to be Palestinian after the war erupted and it reminded me on this, I've seen it with Russians but that's the most noteworthy example I know
Twitter mentality at its finest is cancerous. Isn't anything new.
Here in America a lot of liberals (the main demographic on twitter) think it's only racism if it's from a white person directed at a minority. Some people actually think that black people can't be racist or it's not racist if it only discriminates against someone who is white 🤦♂🤦♂
Because those idiots on twitter are hypocrites.
Is it warranted to hate someone who hates you? Why do russians hate the west? Why should the westerners not hate them back? I mean we have uneducated people in the west as much as russia, so if hating russia is "russofobia" why is hating westerners not "westernfobia"? But higly regarded as "criticism"?
I mean if we use the same yardstick and all...
@@SkywarpG1X dude most people in russia don't hate the west. Besides we didn't vandalize any buildings tied to the U.S just because we don't like their race or anything
Kind of felt that as a venezuelan with the whole Guyana fiasco, it was particularly frustrating seeing supposedly opposition venezuelans being in favor of an invasion
Russia, Hamas, and Venezuela is this coordinated, if Venezuela doing this for Putin? Putin needs a distraction so Venezuela starts an oil war. I don't think Venezuela can invade all places that have oil and corner the oil market.
They just don't see themselves as the ones laying dead in a tropical rainforest!
@@thomaskalbfus2005 they also dont seem to care whether the 125000 people in the disputed region want to be venezuelan or not
@@joseaca1010 So who is going to die if Venezuela goes to war? If it the leader of the country that sent them to war, or is it a bunch of soldiers who got conscripted?
Also why do all these dumb countries that start these wars always think they are going to win?
I could tell the Venezuelans that they are too evil to win, they are the bad guys because they started a war with a peaceful neighboring country, but they don't listen. I could tell the individual soldiers who come across the border, but they are likely to answer with bullets. So I guess we have to defeat them and they are going to say they are so sorry because they got defeated just like the Germans did.
And opposision russijans believe theyre entituled to our sympathy, quite frankly I dont know why.
- Собака лает, а караван идёт.
Русская пословица.
"Judge people by their actions not by their nationality race or religion" is what my mum taught me.
People seem to forget that these days, just look at the current state of affairs in this world...
Oh boy…
As a person from Poland, arguably the most russophobic country in the world, this really hits home.
It’s easy to be blinded by history and even personal tragedies, yet it takes a being a bigger person to be willing to put that aside and look to the individual instead of the collecitve Russian population.
Ask a Russian how they think about poles and other slavs in general
they love them, your point being?
@@blazer9547
@@blazer9547 Dont have to ask Russians, they always lie. Ask the history book. The history shows that they always invade and genocide their neighbours.
He is a Serb and felt this on his own skin, problem with this politics on hating people based on their government actions is very counterproductive, average Joe in Russia will just be like "These people hate me for what i am, i should herd up with my own against them" instead of thinking that they will somehow miraculously overthrown their government because some dude from CNN shamed them into doing that, this never worked in the history of mankind and they tried it in Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Serbia, Albania, Armenia even in China! It just never works, what it does instead it just huddles up people to band together against the hatred that comes from outside, tribal mentality always wins...
IMO this "individual" vs "collective" responsibility is what always (used to) separate the West from the East. Collective responsibility is inherently communist and collectivist. Personal responsibility is like the "american dream" type of thing, the "Saving of private Ryan" type of thing. IMO personal responsibility and less collective responsibility was always ingrained in western culture.
I'm Russian btw and all this situation just confirmed my believes about how it is wrong thinking in broad categories like nation, race, political affiliation, gender, religion etc.
There are a lot of big historical conflicts in Europe, we all know it. For example, mentioning Turkey when talking to Armenians always feels weird and a bit hard (I have a bunch of Armenian friends but I love Turkey and often go there). And I understand their feelings, those feelings will exist anyway, it's a human nature. But we must try to fight any urges to act on those feelings.
5 of by 8 grand-grand parents were killed by Nazis at the WW2. Most of my grandparents grew up without parents. Just think about it for a second. But ever since I was a little kid, every teacher I had, went out of their way to mention that "those were not germans, those were nazis, please, do not confuse the two". I swear I heard that phrase like a million times while growing up. I just hope that kind of spirit will be adopted in all European countries. We all great, with great history and unfortunately, with a bunch of blood stains.
Exactly, and as a franco-belarussian (from russian minority) living in France, I would add that this hate (which i met many times on the internet and same for my mom at her job) is completely stupid, non only because many russians are against the war in Ukraine, but also because all this hate, all this russophobia, is EXACTLY what Putin's government want
These people spreading hate on russians are undirectly the best friends of Putin because they give all the arguments to Putin, who can then just say "Look, westerns hate you, they hate russians ! If you don't believe me, just have a 2s look on the internet !"
Then Putin's government just have to manipulate all this just a bit, and they can create the perfect pro-war propaganda, actively fed by these russophobic westerners themselves
ну и где все эти "many russians are against the war in Ukraine"? Может хоть раз во Франции они выходили на улицу и показывали свою гражданскую позицию? Не припоминаю. Сейчас я только вижу что "many russians are against the war in Ukraine" ничего не могут сделать даже в своей родной стране. 150 миллионов овощей бояться 1 диктатора и его маленькой шайки? Это смешно. В одной лишь Москве, на которой держиться весь режим проживает 13 миллионов человек. Просто русский либо поддерживает, либо ему плевать, что впринципе равно той же поддержке, просто пассивной. Любой "many russians are against the war in Ukraine" ломаеться на вопросе "чей Крым?" вот и всё.
@@sparkooctavian7941нет гарантии, что если в России будет революция, то всё станет хорошо
@@Oresei как минимум они будут заняты собой, а не Украиной
@@sparkooctavian7941 Пойди и попробуй атаковать солдата с автоматом, а если струсишь, то ты - супер-ультра-Z-фашисто-нацисто-империалисто-путинист.
@@sparkooctavian7941 Овощи как раз такие люди уву ты,с какой стати я должен выходить на протесты в пользу какой то оркаины.Я насмотрелся и наслушался от оркаинцев с 2013 много чего,не только против русских но и против жителей Донбасса.
Also. Another thing I've realized is that even though Russia did invade Ukraine, NATO is also being not very good.
Why you may ask? Well, the US could have sent negotiators to calm everyone down. What did they do instead? Keep sending tanks, weapons and ammo to keep the war going.
That's not very cool to be honest.
Because that worked out so well for Czechoslovakia
@@daanwindt1633 Czechoslovakia wasnt invited to the peace conference. And at the very start of the war, Putin floated the idea that if Ukraine stayed neutral and didnt join NATO, Russia would leave and return the Donbas and possibly even Crimea. With Western negotiators helping, this could have happened.
@@tetraxis3011 didnt thwy already establish a naval base in crimea and fund fighters in the donestsyk, doesnt really look like a sitution theu wanted reversed
You know, I’m even glad that I saw the true face of the enemy, who seemed to be a civilized partner. The first couple of months I was against this war, and even went to rallies. But civilized Western people made me change my mind. Remind me, what are people called who humiliate and attack people based on their ethnicity?
Relatable, speaking as someone who was against the war but still all this time was told by the "whole civilized world" that I'm still a subhuman just because I was born on a specific part of land of the whole huge planet, disregarding my beliefs and political views.
You stupid.
those people are ruzzists , don't thank me for a little hint, just came to bucha, irpin, chernihiv , marijupil
@@imaginedragon3659 Иди в пu3ду, дуpaчoк, твоя "цэевропейская" нация желает смерти мне, моим родителям, друзьям и близким за то, что мы умеем думать головой и понимаем, что в России оппозиции нет и протестовать нет никакого смысла, одиночные пикеты лишены цели - ты просто получишь штраф, сядешь в обезьянник, в тюрьму и испортишь себе ВСЮ дальнейшую жизнь, только потому, что ты попытался пойти против целой системы, которая сожрёт тебя и даже не заметит, вообще.
Я напомню, ты и твоя страна желает смерти ДЕТЯМ, потому что им, по-твоему, не повезло родиться в каком-то месте, хотя от человека это никак не зависит. Ты говоришь гадости о тех, у кого ДАЖЕ права голосовать на выборах не было всю жизнь, это школьники, студенты, да даже малолетние дети идут под раздачу, если читать ваши паблики. У меня не было возможности пойти на выборы, когда у вас случилась революция, и почти все последующие годы, однако для тебя, оленя, меня всё равно надо отгородить стеной от всего "цивилизованного" мира. Ты глупец, ты живёшь эмоциями, которые ты не умеешь контролировать, ты слабак. Да, ты слабак, я говорю это тебе, человеку, на чью страну падают бомбы и ракеты, я говорю это, потому что это правда, лишь слабые люди в порыве эмоций могут вести себя таким образом в интернете, писать такую чушь, и после этого претендовать на звание "европейской" нации или страны.
@@imaginedragon3659 бездарность, совсем не понимаешь, о чём говоришь, не умеешь думать головой и даже не стал вдумываться, что написано в первых двух комментах
People love simple answers to complicated issues.
People love to vent their frustrations on social media without any consequences.
W for you
I don't believe that you Serbs have forgotten your history.... I don't believe you Balkans have forgotten who has always been with you in history .... Now you justify a country that supports Bandera...Ukraine.... This country persecutes Christians.... has been bombing Donbass for eight years.... War is horrible, it is death, but we had no choice Alas and ah .... Ukraine has abandoned the Minsk agreements....
Я не верю, что вы, сербы, забыли свою историю.... Я не верю, что вы, балканцы, забыли, кто всегда был с вами в истории .... Теперь вы оправдываете страну, которая поддерживает Бандеру...Украина.... Эта страна преследует христиан.... восемь лет бомбит Донбасс.... Война - это ужасно, это смерть, но у нас не было выбора Увы и ах .... Украина отказалась от Минских соглашений....
Also, it's so easy to type how Russians are "orcs" from the United Kingdom and how Ukrainians are winning while never seeing the frontlines, ever.
People called the Germans "Krauts" during World War II, but they didn't have any social media contract with any of them, there was no social media at that time, only mass media (radio and newspapers). The Germans stayed behind their borders and didn't experience all the hatred the rest of the World held for them.
Great that ppl supporting war will take consequences :/
as a Muslim I can relate to that some say rude things to me just because something like Isis exist
I think it's been going on since 9/11. Since that day, Muslims have really started to be shunned, regardless of who is what kind of person.
@@danielb2135 Our responsibility? Dude ISIS isn't muslim at all, they are not accepted by anyone at all. If anyone should be responsible, it's the US since they were the ones who created ISIS in the first place.
@@danielb2135 what have you done to stop smthng? wrote your comment on utube?)
@@danielb2135 what did u do to prevent this war?
@@danielb2135ok so u want them to go and die or be imprisoned for fuck sake, but u just donate and help refugees, don’t u think it’s kinda not fair exchange. Why wouldn’t u go and die than? Mb u can bit some Russian on the war or come and assassinate someone , or protest against , but not in Europe , protest where all special forces are ready to Catch ur ass in a minute or track u down in hours.
Oh yeah what an answer it’s not ur responsibility , so mb u keep u mouth closer instead of offering someone to do something u would never do
I agree we should make difference between politicians and people who live in that country. Democracy is just a bad "joke". I am from a former communist country and after the falling of communist regime we had a big hope that finally our country will have good politicians that will put us on a good way. We remained very disappointed. Every time on elections we did not have good options. We forced to choose between "evil" and "less evil" with the hope that "less evil" politicians will bring to us the change that we expected. That never happened. :-( In the case of war in Ukraine both sides are evil, Putin and Zelensky, they represent the oligarchs of their country. They are very selfish, and they don't care about people. The war is a profitable business for them. I am very sorry for both slavic and orthodox people that were pushed into this disaster :-(
Two brother nations killing each other kills me...
When you say that both sides are evil, do you mean that their reasons for fighting are both equally invalid? Because although there are probably some people supporting Ukraine for selfish reasons, Ukraine still deserves to be its own independent nation, and that is what the war is being fought over. Regardless of the reasons why people are supporting Ukrainian independence, supporting that cause is inherently less evil than supporting the Russian government and their foreign occupation
@@antoniacolon9528 not supporting war at all without sides is the best option
@@antoniacolon9528 Ukraine is a country that have 20% of population that have Russian nationality. Since 2014 far-left organizations from Ukraine started to kill Russian people from Ukraine. Police and justice from Ukraine did not punished these criminals. Russian people felt very unsecured in their country and wanted seggregation. Watch "Ukraine on fire" documentary made by Oliver Stone. Another documentary is "Masks of revolution" made by a Frech journalist
@@antoniacolon9528 Война за независимость украины могла закончится в 2022(а то и раньше), но парафированные бумажки никто утверждать/исполнять, в первую очередь со стороны украины, не собирался. Да и то, насколько это меньшее зло - твое предположение, поддерживаемое западной пропагандой и русофобами.
I’m Russian, but I lived my whole life in Finland, since 2 yo. I have at least two friends who are like me, they are Russian and speak Russian language, but they lived their whole life here. They are 15 and 16 yo and they get bullied at school. One of them told me how she was called slurs and has to listens jokes about war and the other one is mostly ignored by her class mates. I was lucky one because my school and classmates were like kindest people on earth imaginable and I got along whit everyone (me and those two other friends go to different schools), but why t f they have to deal with bullying? What did they do wrong? They have to deal with this almost every day just because they were born in wrong place. And I know two other kids who aren’t my friends but are also bullied for their ethnicity. It’s not fair
Its always politicians. I'm from Serbia but I actually really like croats, and Croatia. I'm sorry we couldn't be friends
yes but croats dont like you
How can you like fascists?
@@danijelamali8467 I don’t like Croatian government. I like the people.
@@Whale-mt4xz Croatian government is even more liberal than the majority of Croatian people who are pro-fascist.
@@danijelamali8467 How about you go talk to some croatian ladies instead of listening to croatian politics
9:48 btw those anti-vitenam war protests were after several YEARS of war. Almost no-one except communist circle of students protested the invasion to vietnam (they were against because they were pro communist revolutionaries in vietnam). So i would say protests on the day of [operation] and massive departure of people, not even because of the draft but as a gesture of protest is unprecedented
and these protests did not affect anything. The Americans evacuated Vietnam because the Vietnamese army launched a powerful offensive
@@maksim05makarov Yes, as far as i remember, us army withdrew two years after the biggest protests
Iraq war caused the biggest anti war protest in recent times and IT DID NOTHING to lessen the suffering brought on by the iraq war
Funny thing of all many that were part of US led coalition were countries that denounce Russias invasion including UKRAINE
I mean I understand why but holy sht the hypocrisy
and protesting in Russia is really dangerous, 20000 people were arrested since the start of the war because of their point of view towards it
Propaganda makes it work 😢
there was a person that came up to me (i am half rusian half bulgarian mostly bulgarian) and a guy came up to me and said you are kiling ukrainins like i am the person doing it
Туалет украл, счета жкх поднял, ланцеты запустил и это еще до завтрака
As a Belarusian, I can relate.
Back in 2020, when protests broke out in Belarus and were violently suppressed, Europe was welcoming us with open arms. But then Putin declared war on Ukraine, and Lukashenko (Belarusian dictator) was complicit by granting military access. And European policies towards Belarusians were reversed in a heartbeat to be as discriminatory as towards Russians. Belarusians have Tikhanovskaya at least, who managed to lobby more lenient policies towards Belarusians in many EU countries. Russians have no such representative. Maybe Yulia Navalnaya can become one after her husband was killed.
Хах, либераха. Давно пора понять что мы там никому не нужны. Ни вы, ни мы, ни даже Украинцы. Нас просто стравили и ждут результатов. Помнишь девяностые? Конечно не помнишь, ведь ваш батька тут же пресёк тоже, что произошло в России. Бандитизм, бедность, чрезмерная коррупция, мошенничество и измена Родине. Цените батьку, второго такого у вас не будет. Тихоновская вас только продаст, как это сделали Порошенко с Зеленским с Украиной.
Т.е. хороший русский (белорус) - это русский, который выбирает западного ставленника в президенты своей страны. Это тот русский, который принимает те законы, которые разрешает ему принимать запад. А как же свобода выбора и независимость? Россия как бэ не в ЕС и не в НАТО, так почему мы должны принимать те законы, которые они нам диктуют и тех президентов, которые они за нас выбирают? Если я е хочу видеть мерзкого Навального (копию Ельцина) своим президентом - меня нужно за это ненавидеть? Ну ок, пусть ненавидят. Потому что мне на самом деле без разницы, как ко мне относятся ничего не значащие для меня европейские лицемеры, мне важнее независимость моей страны.
this is fallacious, its like saying the independence of ukraine is important but ye they cant actaully make free choices that go against their "brother". Like the hypocrisy, do you want to play ball or not?
Countries aren’t people. You can hate the people in charge of a country, but hating everyone in a country is silly - you don’t know them, what they do, or what they believe.
I think the Internet gives people more license to be mean anonymously.
Countries are product of the culture and culture is product of the people. Russian society is extremely violent and has zero respect for neighbouring nations. In such cases u should be suspicious to any Russian citizen and treat him well only after checking that he is not an imperialistic fascist as most of people in his country. Putin didn’t came from Mars - he is representing views of significant part of Russian society. Unfortunately.
Можно в некотором роде тоже сказать и про управляющих страной. Насколько хорошо осведомлен среднестатистический человек? Правда ли выбор, сделанный политиками хуже или лучше альтернатив? Легко говорить тем, на ком меньше всего ответственности
As a Hungarian I feel their pain. Because of Orban we get a lot of hate on the internet especially on Reddit. Also in public because of my accent I have people asking or accusing me of being a Russian in very aggressive ways. Politicians should go fight their wars not us...
MAGYAR CYGANY
ORBAN DENIED MY COUNTRY MOLDOVA INTO THE EU :(
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Hungary may be acting strange, but at least it did not decide to annex slovakia.
@@baird5682because hungary is weak , not because they are normal.
Another consideration. I think that sanctions in the field of sports and mass culture have the opposite effect. As soon as a country is not allowed to participate in any sports or cultural events, due to the policy of its authorities, the local population quickly becomes patriots and begins to support their government.
As a Ukrainian I can say u r deeply mistaken. Russia heavily invested in both cultural and sport areas in order to promote their narratives. I feel extremely hurt every time when I see how Europeans prise Russian athletes, who support and promote actions of their government or people of culture who help pushing Russian narratives and silence Ukrainian voices. And I didn’t even mentioned that often such events are just a cover for Russian agents. It’s not a conspiracy - there we’re multiple proven cases of Russian intelligence using those events for recruiting
@@SpeleoDron "Вам нельзя выставлять свой флаг, учувствовать в спортивных мероприятиях ведь РФ поддерживает спорт и вообще вы агенты кремля", смешно
"You can't put up your flag, participate in sports events because the Russian Federation supports sports and in general you are agents of the Kremlin," it's funny
@@user-bz9uv3ui6t смешно тут может быть разве что человеку далекому от темы, который вообще не понимает контекста. Спорт для РФ - инструмент продвижения своих интересов (как и культура). Временами - непрямого, а иногда - прям вот самым непосредственным образом (как с культурой и религией - например, в структурах через которые РФ продвигает типа русские язык и культуру осинт исследователи выявили сотрудников спецслужб, использущих эти структуры для вербовки иностранных политиков и просто полезных идиотов). Короче, щас бы в 2к24-м рассказывать на голубом глазу про "спорт вне политики". Еще скажите мне, что РПЦ действует незавсимо от государства и ФСБ. Эти вещи можно не видеть только если специально стараться их не замечать и не понимать. Ну или если поддерживать геноциидальные наклонности государства.
Russia was portrayed as a big bad guy by eurpoeans (and lately americans) for a VERY long time, even before Soviet Union, and even before Russian Empire. Seeing people trying to squeeze even more hatred towards Russia and russians out of their butt is nothing unusual for people who know history or Euro-Russian relationships well enough. In fact, I'd say that last 30 years of way less hostility were anomalous for these relations, and mostly because of how horribly betrayed Russia was by last soviet secretary and first federation president. And since now strong(er) Russia is coming back, some people are afraid, some people are angry, and some people are in denial and refuse to let go of their "gas station with nukes" stereotype. It's nothing unusial or unexpected. Nobody in Europe ever wanted Russia to be strong, except for russians - thus the hatred.
And since the hatred will only grow higher and higher as the country gets more and more self-relying and independent, the motto that more and more people accepted as their own is "we're not sorry for anyone, as nobody was ever sorry for us", and it's going to be spreading across Russia much more in a future.
Guy, your "strong Russia" attacked my country. F*ck off.
Thats excactly why Russia is so paranoind and why I understand the reasoning behind the War. Russia has been in the sights of Europe since it became a country.
Emmm. Russia was not “portrayed “ as a big bad guy. Russia was and IS a big bad guy.
@@SpeleoDron That's exactly what I was talking about. I'm not sorry if you will sleep every night with open eyes, fearing that "russians are already coming for us", or if you won't be able to feel anything aside from burning hatred in your heart. You brought this on yourself, you chose to live in a world of hatred and hostility. You deserve that if you wanted it so much.
@@SpeleoDron u just prove his point
I've seen some of this anti-Russian hatred, but it was mostly when I lived in California, after moving to Texas I've not seen as much of it, but it still occasionally crops up. In Texas it's snide remarks, while in California it was assaults, vandalism, and harassment. I'm Russian Orthodox, I have never been to Russia, I'm not ethnically Russian, and I don't speak much Russian, I grew up protestant but I converted to Russian Orthodoxy like most of the parishioners at my church. In my experience, Ukrainians and Russians in America have gotten along well even with the war. Outside of the converts, the churches in my area are fairly even split between Ukrainians and Russians, and I have both Ukrainian and Russian co-workers who socialize outside of work. The topic of the war is typically avoided but even when it's not, the conversation never gets heated.
The hatred for the Russian ethnicity I have seen in America is almost entirely by western European, left wing activists, who couldn't find Ukraine on a map and who often end up also attacking Ukrainians and other former soviet nationalities because they can't actually tell the difference nor care to. They just desire to hate someone, and right now it's fashionable to hate Russians. I have a Ukrainian friend who left California because having a Slavic name painted such a target on him while he was seeking work. He moved to Utah and found the prejudice almost completely absent.
Yet when Americans go abroad this never happens. They can go to countries like Vietnam and people are friendly towards them
Did you happen to be in Austin Texas or another big city at the time?
Because a ton of Californian expats moved to Austin
The American perspective is completely worthless in this discussion. Those people have nothing to do with the natives of their home country.
finding a way to blame commies for everything are you?
I think it might be because Texas is culturally more conservative and doesn’t follow liberal trends, so they care for stuff at hand, judging people by their actions
The analogy with the Japanese in America during ww2 was great, MLK said it best “judge a man not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character” of course we are talking about ethnicity instead of race but the principle still stands.
may lord god bless your soul.
repent back towards the lord. orthodoxy!
Z
@@user-jv3mm6vt6e Z
@@user-jv3mm6vt6e God would not allow this, for he would most likely strike with his sword of truth
@@OsnoloVrach blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
_Donbass, 2014.
@@user-jv3mm6vt6e Ecclesiastes 12:14
For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.
Its difficult to discern. The ones that are in my country are proudly waving the russian flag and supporting what Russia is doing.
And are protesting letting in Ukranian refugees.
Это где?
In sweden, russians are getting denied access to refugee here, only about 300 get accepted.
which is crazy cuz you guys let in the entire Congo basin 😂
@@SithStudySweden would much rather bring in thousands of third world people before 1 russian because they dont wanna be racist, lol.
On a personal note, I remember the day the invasion started. I was afraid of my ukrainian friends suffering (I'm russian), and I had to wait several hours for them to reply. But we're still good friends now, and they both consider russophobia dumb. I did have to kick out a few Z-russians out of the chat, though, but they weren't friends to start with
Is this a group chat you guys have?
Yeah, same here. I'm Russian and I keep in touch daily with two of my Ukrainian friends. They're among the best people I've ever known.
I lost a ukrainian ex-friend because he's a subscriber of spermenko oh... Sternenko. It's funny that my friends who were under the occupation of putin's troops find the strength to sympathize with me (even though I live in Moscow). And the man who called for the killing of all russians from western Ukraine and went to the Netherlands in the first few days.
Большинство из твоих друзей такие же ярые националисты, как Z русские, только они не хотят этого говорить. Я дружил с одном украинцем на протяжении года, даже после войны мы с ним хорошо общались, но когда мы решили сним обменяться скинами, По-моему из игры "ксго", он предложил обмен на его аккаунт с игрой "раст", так вот, он меня наебал, удалил из тг, из дискорда, где только можно. Причиной его обмана надо мной была моя не антипророссийской позиции, я говорил ему так, как вижу ситуацию на Украине (по его же просьбе) и вёл себя максимально нейтрально. Я заметил разницу меду тем, как быть украинцем в России и русским на Украине.
@@user-gu7py7kg9t ну ты дружил с ним на протяжении года, я этих двоих знаю уже больше 10-ти лет и не раз встречался с ними вживую. Могу с уверенностью сказать, что ни они, ни я не ебанутые нацики. Если будем грести народ под одну гребенку - станем ничем не лучше тех, кого осуждаем
It is important to separate individuals from the broader political context. Not all Russians are enemies, just as not all people from any country are enemies. It is unfair and inaccurate to label an entire nationality as enemies. People should be judged based on their individual actions and beliefs, rather than their nationality. It is important to foster understanding, dialogue, and cooperation between different countries and cultures, rather than perpetuate stereotypes and hostilities.
most of russians - are enemies of humanity.
yeah, national prejudices are meme. however most rational russians support neither side or support government while so-called pacifists look like cuckolds which will even agree if you mock and make them pay for what they didn't do. they might also deny imperialism of western countries in past years and centuries which says some things about them
Russians in general support the ongoing saga..,
@@dallysinghson5569yes, it is absolutely true, the people who support this war (or the conflict, in general, doesn't change the essence) there is an order of magnitude more than a sane population that monitors the situation at least a little, and doesn't absorb propaganda on television. if we give specific figures, then acording to polls it is about 60-80% of the population.....again, we shouldn't forget that our population is over 140 million and those +-40 of them are quite an impressive mass of people.
as a result,i can say that there are much more sick (on the head) and uninformed people, but this is far from a reason to take everyone as a single common mass
@@dallysinghson5569bro did not watch the video 😭
Oh, and also, why consider the "first", "second", or "third" worlds? They're all just regular people and don't deserve more or less attention or respect. Humanity really needs to grow up
Многополярный мир не выгоден тем, у кого основные денежные запасы мира
9:49 funny you mentioned protesting against the Vietnam war as something Americans were allowed to do. For those curious, look up the May 4th massacre. Really puts into perspective what the US government wants and doesn't want you to do
In Latvia there is a lot of Russians, and as a Latvian, I have grown up in a Latvian - Russian split. I used to be also negative towards Russians, as time after time you would see some Russian say some outrageous stuff against Latvians, leading me to become a part of the polarization.
It was later when I understood that just as for me, some loudmouth Russians have created a bad image of Russians, just the same was happening to Russians too. Russians would also see some loudmouth Latvian talk bad to Russians just because some random Russian triggered him, and he lashed out on a Russian who has nothing to do with it.
Essentially what I understood, is that by treating random Russians as enemy, it will become a self fulfilling prophecy. Especially when you look at how propaganda takes hold of the person, you see that it relies on creating fear and creating an image that those other people are your enemies. Essentially, whenever you act like an ass towards a random Russian, the Kremlin picture of us being their enemy gains much more traction. Essentially, to be aggressive towards Russians, means to help recruiting Russians to the pro-Kremlin agenda, more so than Kremlin propaganda ever could alone.
Even Russians who are pro-Kremlin, when you talk to them and instead of debating them, try to dispel the belief that you are their enemy, you can change their outlook much more than any debate could, as fundamentally much of polarization relies on the fear that others are out there to get you.
Main thing is to understand that everybody, fundamentally wants to just live a chill, peaceful life, getting along with others. It is when the fear takes over, when people start to think that others are up to something, and you react to it, when the hatred starts to grow. Its weird, but I really find the quote from Yoda relevant: "Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering."
U are the person with a strong heart. Well done
Oh man. As an ethnic Russian who was born in Latvia and lived there for 14 years I am sending you hugs. You're right - everyone wants to live a peaceful and prosperous life. Unfortunately, propaganda along with these loudmouth individuals makes people believe they should have other values and views in life.
as they say, the best Russian propaganda is the actions of Ukrainian government. We just watch and see both the west and other american puppets and judge others by what we see coming out of you. Regarding proebalts - we see you as you are, a totla failutre of states. Your independance gave you dying out population, all instututions that we built for you - are rotting away, all science, production and beutifl resorts and breaking down cause you have no funds to keeep them around no will to keep your economy afloat, becoming an failed addition to the NATO's bunch of angry dogs on the american leash. It doesn't help that proebalts are openly welcome and celebrate past of being part of 3rd Reich as the cornerstone of your identity that you so desperately try to separate from Russia.
Regarding Urkaine - we will never forgive Americans fro their illegal coup and overthrowing the last democratically elected government of Ukraine to install their nazi puppets that strated ethnic cleansings campaigns. If Putin is to blame for something - is that he did not interfere in 2014, waiting out for 2022.
Every kind of propaganda sucks. It exists only to cause hate and chaos to people who just want to live a happy life. Also, i’m super sorry for all the hate you’ve got through, sucks that no ones knows how to treat each other with respect :(
And thank you so much for understanding this, and despite everything not hating us because we were born Russians
Sending hugs to you, my Latvian friend ❤️ once all these nonsense wars and fights are over, I’m excited for our countries to become a one big slavic family again one day 🥹❤️🩹
@@GerardTheBanana Нет, пропаганда ЗОЖ и традиционных ценностей не направлены на провокацию ненависти и хаос(даже пропаганда позиции кремля на это не направлена, как минимум в самой РФ), не стоит предавать словам негативный окрас
There are also russians living in Ukraine that have nothing to do with the Russian goverment. Once my friend from Ukraine got insulted by some group for being russian when he was in fact a refugee from Ukraine
Russian speaker is not "Russian". I am Russian speaker, I prefer not to use language of Moscow Nazi occupants.
Most people are ignorant. That's what we learn in school.
" Once my friend from Ukraine got insulted by some group for being russian when he was in fact a refugee from Ukraine".
So,..... you are saying that Native Ukrainians are being insulted for speaking their mother language ( that happens to be Russian).
That's Fascist!!!.
@@viridianaaznaraz1227 Nazi Moscow kills Ukrainians no matter mother language but you found "fascism" 🤡
There once was a fight which broke out in Nice between a ukrainien refuge (a guy) and two other ukrainien refuge (2 women)
Why did they had a fight you may ask ?
Because the guy thought the two women were russians as they both spoke russian
Kinda ridiculous I know lmaooo
The video has 20k likes and 4,2k dislikes. 4,2k people who think civillians are guilty of the war. Thats like every 6th person.
Но это статистика данного канала, думаю в более нейтральных к ситуации странах такого куда меньше
i have a similar experience with this situation. i'm from taiwan and i've seen many people calling anything (that they think are) related to china "bad", like calling simplified chinese characters "broken chinese" or calling out other people for using supposedly "chinese" terminology, which i think is just plain stupid.
People will use any reason to feel morally superior to another. Welcome to the internet. As a famous philosopher once said ‘Twitter’s not a real place.’
sadly offline is full of that too which is shown on the video
@@Querens its not , business is done for money not feelings
10 guys got damned and you are judging entire state of a country wtf
equating actual war to an internet spat, good job.
"Welcome to the internet" as ruzzian agression is something abstract
@@QuerensGive them the internet so they never leave their basement and make the real life enjoyable by their absence.
Russian here. Welp, what can i say;
Media will always be the most controversial thing, the instrument of hate and interesting information.
Especially during a war. Just imagine the hate ordinary German people must’ve recieved during the Nazi era.
@@unromanoarecareanaveragero8275 yep, obviously big
You know I was just thinking the same thing as well and I talked to my russian friend about that too.
So, you support the russian's attacks on Ukraine?
I find it confusing why so many people say that Russia invaded Ukraine unprovoked since by a diplomatic standpoint, in February 12, 2015 was sign the Minks treaty between Ukraine and Russia which stated at the key point 9 of said treaty:
"Withdrawal of all foreign armed groups and equipment from Ukrainian territory"
And what happened was, Ukraine stated the intention of joining NATO which is a foreign armed group with equipment, and they would implement bases in Ukrainian territory with capacity to hold nuclear weapons near the Russian border, this completly violates the treaty that was made in order to avoid war between the 2 countrys, besides Russian representatives including Putin warned multiple times that they would respond accordingly to said violation of the 9th key point even if it meant war.
So I dont really understand where the "Unprovoked invasion of Ukraine" comes from, it was clearly provoked to the point of oblivion by a diplomatic standpoint of view, it really isnt hard to find this information on this topic, why are people saying that statement...
And there was also a part that said that Ukrainian elections should also take place in the LDPR, that in the LDPR there should be Ukrainian symbols on government buildings. The LDPR was called “separate areas of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions.” However, none of this was carried out by the Russian state. Are you seriously going to talk about a “provoked” attack? And shortly before 24.2022, Putin spoke about the Minsk agreements: “like it or not, be patient, my beauty”
@@zefirka3518 если выполнять пункты последовательно, то именна украина подрывает их выполнение. Если смотреть в произвольном порядке, то и украина и ЛНР с ДНР. "ничего из этого не было осуществлено российским государством", смешно обвинять только РФ, учитывая, что стрельба возобновлялась обеими сторонами. Нападение можно назвать спровоцированным, ведь мирное урегулирование не продвигалось, а риторика президента, которого выбирали с надежной на мирное урегулирование сменилась на Русофобскую и унижающую собственных граждан. Фраза: "Нравится, не нравится - терпи, моя красавица. Надо исполнять. По-другому не получится" немного жесткая поговорка, но вполне подходит, ведь других документов не было, а действия и высказывания зеленского вели к эскалации конфликта
@@user-bz9uv3ui6t
Эти "отдельные районы" по минским соглашениям были признаны окраинской территорией. Этого вам хватит?
Обе стороны виновны в том, что ситуацию не получилось решить мирно. Но только одна сторона, бездействуя на протяжении восьми лет, решила "спасти" страдающее население и начать священую спецоперацию против запад.
"who owns the information, owns the world" is a perfect quote for this situation
Someone: Hey maybe we shouldn't hate people based on their nationality?
The west: 🤬🤬😡
Ah so countries from Finland to Romania are the west too? Maybe we got some reason like society full of war criminals rapists and their supporters nearby?
Russian state media collectively blames “Westerners” and “Anglo-Saxons” for all of Russia’s ills. Two can play that game
@@historyhooligan2893 yeah I know that, especially Americans, or "пендосы", like they like to call them
I don't hate their ethnicity, I hate their cowardness.
@@historyhooligan2893 Two can play that game but two wrongs don't make a right.
Surviving Germans from the none existant East Prussia: "hey, didnt we been through this before?..."
Germans after ww2: "don't Gang beat us! We're not N@zis!"
All of Europe that time: "Nah, we're gonna gang beat you anyway, cuz one a n@zi always a n@zi"
Ah.. good old rough times.
🗿
The common people unfortunately are made to bear the weight of their warmongers.
@@user-rl9ox7dg9rgenocaide? Are you crazy? Over 6 million Poles killed by germans only during ww2 not even counting victims of ru*ssians and you call forced migration of germans genocaide?
This is funny to hear when you know that the Third Reich waged a war of extermination with the USSR. Say hello to the millions of Belarusians who died during the occupation of the Third Reich. Say hello to: children, women, old people killed by German soldiers because they were “Untermensc”. I perfectly understand the soldiers who returned to their home, but there is no house and no village, so the Germans burned the village completely because they were “Untermensch”. But you don't understand this,
Huh, strange, people hating Russians (Slavs) and Israelis (Jews).. reminds me of a certain time (like 1939-45).
hmm... people breathe.... it reminded me of the 39-45 years
@@leeenko7978 There’s mass hate for Jews and Russians (and in extension all Slavs since people can’t tell the difference between someone from Eastern Europe and someone from Russian). You can’t deny that as long as you have functional eyes.
Russians aren't Slav, just kind of mongols. And in 1939 those russo-mongols have a happily alliance with Nazis.
@@gieroj2848 No they are, maybe do some research before you comment on something you don’t know about.
@@Mavve69 they are succesors of Chingis Chan!!!!
Я русский, я не поддерживаю войну и глубоко хочу мира. Я рад, что есть люди, которые понимают, что если Путин начал войну, это не значит, что все русские хотят её
Ты согласен с тем, что Украины должна вернуть под свой контроль Донбасс, Крым, а так-же получить репарации от России?
@@Shtrouheym репарировал тебе за щеку, проверяй 😊
Это тупо, мир не черно белый и любая война на чем то основана, если ее правитель не яркий диктатор, люди не могут просто взять и начать ее ни с того ни с сего, на все есть причины
@@PieeM Причины то найдутся всегда, но стоит ли из за этих причин устраивать мясорубку в соседней строне, посылая туда своих граждан?
@@Shtrouheym Беҙ уларҙы ҡушылырға саҡырманыҡ
Phobia implies an irrational fear. I am from Latvia and have partial Russian ancestry. I speak the Russian language fluently. Russophobia is a term Putin and his vatniks use to threaten my country with the same fate as Ukraine. They threaten to come and "liberate" people like me from russophobia I do not experience. It's not irrational to be afraid of Putin's imperialist plans for my country.
However, to blanket hate a group of people for any reason is smooth brain. We are one of the biggest supporters of Ukraine by GDP and yet life goes on as normal. The only tension or russophobia you see comes from Kremlin propaganda. With that said, I feel the disdain for Putin supporters and vatniks alike is justified. You cannot preach hate, imperialism and Russian supremacy while demanding tolerance of your toxic worldview.
inb4 - russian schools, where were you 8 years ago, no real truth in the world, latvian nathsis, something something soviet union latvia was better, western shill, CIA agent, etc.
The bass lord has spoken 🙏
Mother Russia over all...
>I'm not russophobic !
>"vatnik"
You deceive nobody. Also Phobia, while meaning irrationnal fear, also means extreme aversion towards X...
inb4 russian bot/shill
The Russian population probably feels the same, though not all, because they have never seen war for themselves and hence cannot comprehend it's impact
But what should they do?,
Should they leave and allow the hatred to manifest into something more deadly?
Can they really trust Europe again?,After suffering the greatest tragedy in all of human history?
Maybe they can.Unfortunately US still believes they're in the Cold War. and isn't going to stop until all major powers are destroyed.
until US dismantles Nato, Russia will still have reasons to get rid of it, by diplomatic means or severe force of all kinds
Besides you can't be allies with the US and claim Russia or other countries to be imperial, since US has been doing that for a while.
And you since you're allies, you wouldn't know how it is to be severely carpet bombed and stolen of your natural resources.
Maybe the Cold War never ended at all.
Sending money to them is useless little country, the fact your country is doing that seems like they want more russian people to die, which is basically russophobia because ukraine will never win and russia will never run out of soldiers
"traditional conservative new way" is such an oxymoron
But a really, really accurate, ESPECIALLY when it comes to Russia
@@alexeyamosov664 What do you mean? 'Traditional' means doing something the old way, doesn't it?
@@Al1987acfor the majority of the past 100 years Russia was a socialist state-atheist country. Russia today has more in common with its distant past than it does with the Soviet Era.
@@Al1987ac Russian here. The phrase is really accurate. It is somewhat of a misconception in the West, that Russia is a very traditional society. In fact, for example, Russian society is very secular, most people don't give a s*it about religion. Not a lot of people who against abortion rights, and the law about it is still very liberal. Same for "family values". The Level of divorce in Russia is very high. The ban on transgender medical and legal transition this year was bizarre because even conservative speakers never publically demanded it. So when Putin tries to put "traditional" values in our throats it is really a "new way" Only an enormous level of homophobia can be considered "traditional" but has completely different reasons compared to more religious southern states in the US or the Arabic world
@@stanislavcherepanov3465Much of it is for propaganda purposes - Putin wants to portray Russia to the outside world, especially religious Americans dissatisfied with secularization in their own country, as the religious conservative paradise.
For example, the transgender laws I think may have been motivated to appeal to such believers, who were demanding their own states pass such laws
Babushka is Babushka, I love my babushka, she's not enemy 🗿
Fun fact US government maybe telling game developers to make Russian baddies
"In the darkest times
darkest fears are heard
and from the safest places
come the bravest words"
From the safest places, come the bravest words? I suppose you presume that all of Ukraine is the safest place to say these bravest words huh?😅
@@PewDiePie777 they've meant the first world, i.e. the US.
@@OCTO358 what difference does it make? Russians are the enemy - to Ukraine, to Europe, to America, to NATO, to the entire civilized world. it doesn't matter where these words are spoken, they remain true.
@@OCTO358Yeah sure! Twitter warriors at their finest
The fact that this same thing happened multiple times in history only shows just how hypocritical and unjust we truly are.
Yes, they've started such wars many times, but still pull off the crocodile tears.
Yeah, Russia starts a new war every two to four years in the last 30 years, and we just let them get away with it every time.
Europe is fill with white people, why are you guys surprised they are racist. IT's in their Blood.
are comments being deleted here?
Go anywhere online, the majority of Russians are proud of their countries actions.
I'm russian myself, but my grandparents by father line and my father bron and live half of their lives in Ukraine, after USSR stop existing they moved on, everything was fine until that shit started, my grandpa was so devastated by that, when tv shows destroyed houses, villages and cities he looked at that and just couldn't hold tears neither my grandma
Also I had a Ukrainian friend, after conflict started he was in contact with some time and he was fine with me because he knew that I can't stop anything, sadly, but now I didn't get messages from him and I'm afraid something might happened....
No matter who started the war, only one who always losing in the end is people, innocent people are simply sent to the meat grinder for the sake of the ideas of those in power, leaving someone without a father, son, brother or husband, the saddest thing is this shit never changes....
Больше всего смешит, когда в интернете общаешься на русском языке и это видит кто-то из иностранцев. Сразу припоминают Путина, Украину и конечно же войну. Винят во всех грехах мира, говорят уходить от сюда.. Тем временем, я даже в России ни разу не была.. Когда, люди начнут понимать, что на русском языке могут говорить не только в России? Да, к тому же сразу по национальным признакам оскорбляют. Вас трогали? Вы задеты этим? Всегда смешны такие обезьяны с промытыми мозгами, которые могут только и орать.. Будто у них других дел нет в жизни..
Не была в РФ, но уже должна 3 туалета, 2 чипа от микроволновки, стиральную машину и покаяться
As a German I somehow understand both sides. After we ourselves hat started not one, but two World Wars, the ethnic german british royal house had changed their name, places in the U.S. had been renamed, people in the U.S. had their family name changed, to sound less german and especially after WW2, we had decades and decades of hard work to get at least some dignity back. Even in the 60s and 70s, some Germans would still claim to be Austrian or Swiss, when travelling abroad, only to avoid any weird situations.
But on the other hand, as someone who was born in, raised and grew up in a western democratic society, I do get the point that people HAVE to stand up for their rights, because if they don't do it, nobody else will do it for them. Where would we be, if the British would have just been people who wanted to live their live, WITHOUT their head being removed by their king since medieval times? Where would we be if the French wouldn't be rioting three times a day and would instead care more about their personal income stability? Or where would we be, if the Americans 250ish years ago would have rather paid any tax the British would come up with, instead of rebelling because some stupid tax on tea or stamps or cowboy hats or whatever...?
And I totally get that I as a German - a nationality that would only start a revolution after getting police permission, taking a week off from work and register a demonstration and that wouldn't even dare to storm a single train station until every revolutionary would have bought and stamped his platform ticket under the strict eyes of the organizators of the revolution - do not have any right to claim any of the Wests' achievements.
I know, that it is somehow incredible hard and tough to stand up against tyranny and autocracy, if a wrong word to the wrong person could mean the end of your job or your individual freedom or could even end your life, but if a whole nation shares this behaviour it just asks to get lead by an autocratic dictator. Trust me, we Germans went through this twice - in Eastern Germany even a third time - and we still have people walking around, protesting against freedom and democracy.
We didn't start WW1 for fucks sake!
@@MeftuAustria getting away with it again lmao
Bro did you learn history in the UK or why do you think we started WW1?
Tnks man for your honest opinion, im italian so i kinda feel you
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These are the ones that pushed the war. LEFTISTS
I am a Russian citizen. When I visit Western / Southern Europe (my realtives live in Greece and Germany), I usually don't tell where I am from - not because I am afraid or something - rather because people treat you like a normal human instead of a representative of some country when they don't know where you are from. None of the people I met could tell that I am a Russian. Make your own conclusions
А в Греции то чего боятся ? У них там свои внутренние «веселые» дела.
Я всегда говорю, что я из россии, ниразу не испытвал проблем, выводы делайте сами
а выводы таковы - всё зависит от окружения.
Не важно откуда ты,главное что бы окружение было нормальным и в таком случае тебя примут каким бы ты был.@@artyomzverev
@@artyomzverev Я согласен с Вами - адекватным людям вообще всё равно, откуда человек, и с русскими ни у кого проблем нет, кроме психов. Мой комментарий скорее о том, что и не нужно делать выводы, отталкиваясь от национальности человека - люди, которые не знали, что я россиянин, не могли даже этого предположить, общаясь со мной. Мой вывод таков: личность не носит характеристики коллектива
Меня вообще сначала немцом называли, а потом ирландем, хотя я чистый русский💀
Saying the invasion unprovoked is really uninformed claim.
yea, it is utopian and is a populist statement
Мне нет дела ни чей-то ненависти. Это проблемы ненавидящего, эти чувства испытыааю не Я.
Также думают и террористы из крокус холла, как же много общего.
@@leeenko7978 дуракам ,дурацкие грёзы
Some people are doing this sort of thing because they are just trolls, or natural racists or just prejudiced in general. But for a lot of people, it's very easy during times of strife and war to allow their emotions and anger to get the better of them. And that can turn into blame, hatred and anger towards an entire group of people.
Here in Britain, during WW1 and WW2 German-owned shops and businesses were attacked, and daschunds were stoned in the street because they were 'German' dogs. What you described here is a similar replaying of all that, unfortunately.
And then the British and American troops liberated Dachau, there is nothing more dehumanizing then uncovering one of those dirty deeds done by the Germans, then after liberating the camps, burning the bodies, and then looking at those SS soldiers and wondering if they are human!
Speak to Moscow Nazis, "good Russians" and you'd understand. Even their "opposition" supports occupation of Crimea since 2014.
@@Lnhb-xb7br nice
very good
people should know by now that not holding people responsible for their government crimes only leads to more crimes
A natural reaction that is, that people try to relieve their stress by blaming and throwing flame into something else, say the enemy.
Mostly I agree with you, primarily that the russophobia is unjustified to some extend.
However, I see A LOT of Russians in the Balkans, that have fled here to avoid being drafted into the war, but openly support the war. There are some crazy russians coming in my country, with a very imperialistic mindset.
Wtf
Where are you from?
Those that have fòed are the liberals so in theory those that hate Russia.
Call them a slur like "slave", that'll teach em. Proven by the fact it's still more acceptable than to remind USA people of the word THEY used for THEIR slave industry. Or, self-described Han-Americans or whatever it was, because NON-Americans are in the Gitmo like Chinese uyghurs.
calling it bs, just to provoke individuals in the comments.
I am Russian living in Serbia, thank you for such mature point of view
the correct term for "fat social outcast" is an american
They hypocrisy of people criticizing ordinary Russians over Ukraine, but who would react apoplectically if the same standard were applied to Americans over Iraq is pretty galling.
The hypocrisy of people calling Ukrainian real Natsees and white-knighting for the people proclaiming the final solution for Ukrainians is pretty galling
So what you're saying is that Russians and Americans should be treated poorly for their countries actions?
@@kingdom2532 That'd be the exact opposite of what I'm saying.
But Russian soft apologists like you are all over the internet trying to constantly deflect the fault of Russia onto the United States, by comparing the actions of the two. This narrative often comes from Arab people who actually do hate Americans and hold them accountable for the actions in the middle east. Just like Ukrainians do Russians, rightfully. We don't need some silly westerner like you in an ivory tower telling us how we should think about our enemies and trying to apply your lens of your own experiences on our reality.
Do you really think people didn't give the US shit for that
If I learned 1 single thing from travelling half of the world, then it is "NEVER JUDGE PEOPLE BY THEIR LEADERS!" ...or you have to hate everybody! ...including yourself!
Why not?
@@vladcrow4225 I'm hungarian. Orbán is a piece of dogsht, using the past as a way to propagandize himself to look all mighty (like what putin did with the economic restructure causing a collapse which was going to be solved before him after soviet dissolution). I am not a greedy manipulative moron, siding with people who do not care for lives. If you were judging me based off of Orbán (leader), you'd instantly assume that I'm just trying to manipulate you into not hating me (which you = with the leader, so I'm just spreading propaganda).
Correct; it's the average Russian at fault here, Putin is just a symptom.
That is fine to say, but in reality there is a such thing as collective guilt. Palestine is a perfect example. Not all Palestinians are guilty, but Hamas ran on a platform of ridding the world of Jews. THEY WERE ELECTED. I can't therefore see how there is not a collective guilt and collective responsibility for current events. If you would remember there was a time when Israel pulled completely out of Gaza (2005). They said govern yourselves. That was their chance and they immediately elected a government that wants all jews dead. Personally, I think they are getting some Karma.
why not judge them ?
The overall message of the video is correct and there are some good arguments. Unfortunately some arguments are based on misconceptions that come from the western propaganda.
For me, the policy of presenting me and all my fellow citizens as not human is simply a red flag to consider the West an enemy. There is no xenophobia, just practical militarism. If the West develops xenophobia towards the Russians by making orcs out of them, then for me this is only a reason to make them an enemy. An enemy may become an ally, but to a xenophobe an orc will remain an orc. And don’t you find any similarity between the rhetoric in Western countries and the rhetoric of Germany in the 40s of the last century?
If you say it’s ok to be angry against the Russian government, then what’s wrong with the red paint? It’s on a Russian consulate not on some private home.
Like said in the videos there's been multiple attacks not only on consulates but also on private businesses who happened to be owned by Russians and personal attacks on people for just being russian
That's called vandalism. In case you haven't heard, that's illegal.
@dan-bz7dz Red paint washes off, the blood that has already been spilt doesn't
this does not add a thing to the conversation but there is this old joke about the russian consulate.
A man goes to London for vacation and hes english is bad but he was talled that if something bad happens he needs to demand the russian consol like "I want russian consul".
Later in Londo the man has lost his wallet and is generally lost in the city. So he walked in the first open place wich happen to be a public house and demanded the russian consul. The pimp in the fron replied "Possible possible but very expensive."
Because just because someone works for the consulate, doesn’t mean they support the government
As a Finnish person I see the hatred runs deep here in some folks. As I see it there are "ryssä" (putinists, imperialists, goodfornothings that happen to be from Russia) and then there are "venäläiset" (Russians). I tend not to judge which one is it until I know for sure and even then I don't call anyone "ryssä". People all over the world are generally really nice to each other despite our governments or religions or political parties we support. That's the reality and being Russian doesn't have to have anything to do with it.
I've known many Russians in my time and currently am working with some and we get along. I don't ask them about the war and they don't speak about it either. I understand it must be hard for them too.
Yes, they're really nice to each other until they have to make a difficult choice, then they will always choose their individual selves over you or anyone else. The niceties are superficial.
A fellow finn here too! I agree. I hate how some folks see Russians as "the enemies" just because they happen to be born in there.
@@iwantedtobethatanomaly2270 it's because of their behavior, not because of simply being born there.
and don't say that being beaten at a rally against the war for your own money, which the government stole from you for 30 years, because you are "apolitical" is very difficult, for sure
God bless R U army.
Fighing against pedophilia, forced immigration, minor gender change, etc.
If I were Russian and I saw the way westerners speak about my people and culture, I certainly wouldn't think the west has my best interests in heart. I think it would be hard not to view them and their governments as enemies not of the Russian Federation but of the Russian people more broadly. These sentiments have real world consequences.
They are the main enemy in many shooting games.
Yeah, when in COD they changed the higway of death to a russian war crime insted of it bein a US bombing of fleing civilians
It's a lot more complex than to say people are being 'Russophobic'.
There was a long standing dislike and/or of Russians in a lot of countries before the war. Some for stereotypical cultural reasons, others because their countries have had a negative past with Russia for which Russia has never taken responsibility for or has actively celebrated. This may seem difficult for some to understand but the actions of your country *does* have a cultural impact. This is no different for, say, Afghanistan, Japan or the US. It's simply how people are.
As for my own personal attitude to Russians right now; I've none, as long as they aren't Z. You can't prejudge anyone and I'll gladly break bread with anyone from anywhere. This doesn't prevent me from openly telling Russians how outraged I am at the actions of some of their people and has led me on a very long and convoluted quest in understanding why Russia ended up as a totalitarian dictatorship.
Unlike a lot of you, I grew up before the end of communism. There was a lot of hope and goodwill in the world towards Russians after 1991. For many of us, they went from being the butt of a joke (Ladas, crappy consumer goods, inedible processed food, terrible action movie accents) to being a country and a people we genuinely rooted for. I don't doubt that this isn't something we'll do again but it'll now be within a framework where Russians are somewhere in the queue behind the rest of Eastern Europe (you know the bit that didn't want to invade us) rather than the much more advantageous position they were in pre-war. Unfortunately that's the result of Putinism.
essentially just a paragraph of intellectual masturbation to justify why hate against russians isnt actually russophobia
Based. Thank you for sharing your point of view.
People literally call them orcs online...I mean thats kind of Russophobic don't you think.
@@Butmunch666 I don't think that's the worst they could get
@@Butmunch666 did you hear what russians say about for example ukrainians?
I think a pretty important point here is that russians who support Putin don't leave the country, the ones who are against him do. So discrimination here is as counterproductive as it gets
Well yes and no. I get your point but on the other hand there's quite a "meme" which is actually very real: most of oligarchs, businessmen, government officials, wealthy party members either live or have their children living abroad. Without going too deep into the matter, one of the main Kremlin propagandists, Vladimir Solovyov, which hates the West so much, actually has 5 villas in Italy each of them worth millions. And like him, many more. It's funny because it's something they are always trying to hide and never speak about, as if they were ashamed of doing that which they critique so much. I guess it might be so because all of their narrative is bought by at least half of Russian citizens, most of which live in deplorable conditions, I must say. And the other half of Russian citizens do not support their narrative but since they are in deplorable conditions, few are able to leave the country and have a decent life somewhere else, so there are many Russians living in Russia that are against the current government but we all know that demonstrations speaking against the government are normally eradicated with state violence fairly quickly, so the solution would be an Euromaidan-like revolt. I have to say the situation in Russia is complicated, dissidence is persecuted and anyone trying to organize something against the current government, no matter how peacful it is, it will be quickly shut down. Demonstrating against the Russian govt. in Russia is not like demonstrating against your average European or American govt. (We could go into detail and say that the people in European and American goverments don't really hold any power or not as much as the Russians). In fact, for European countries, it is not the government officials, but ideological lobbies that hold the power (that's why there are some topics that are impossible or very hard to discuss in mass media, events, etc. but you will never have issues criticizing or even insulting the leading party/PM/president). In other words, in the West you can criticize the subject but not the object. In Russia you can't criticize neither of them.
In short, you can see both supporters and detractors of Putin both in Russia and abroad in similar proportions.
I live 2 hours from the Russian border and have seen enough cars with Z stickers. Also have seen many trough the internet on Russian cars waiting to cross the border out of Russia. I don't doupt that most who leave Russia are anti Kremlin but a good chunk still support Putin
As a russian i could say that's not true. We even have local meme here, like every most noisy "patriot of Russia" somehow living abroad while only foreign agents left in country.
Many of this so called "patriots" preferes to support Putin's regime from safe distance, where our dumb laws or corrupted politicians can do nothing to them. They don't actually want to die for their country or take consequences of russian government's actions, but they're always ready to "support" Russia and talking shit about western countries and Ukraine while living abroad. In other side, many peoples, who actually don't wont to participate in the most stupid and pointless war of 21 century just can not leave the country due to many reasons - financial, family, by law and etc.
What is even funnier and sadder in the same time - as commentator above pointed already, the most notorious pseudo-patriots who hates west and Ukraine in particular on camera keeping their wealth and their families in the western countries. And while their families enjoying reach and carefree lives in the west, this "patriots" telling average russian people that this western countries wanted nothing but destroy them, their country and their "traditional values" through Ukraine.
the fact that they left Russia says nothing about their attitude to this issue. There are many Russian "patriots" in the world who support Russia, despite the fact that they live in the "rotting West" and are not even going to return home, because they know that their native country did not and will not give them such opportunity for self-realization that the "Westerner" countries gives. This is such a mysterious Russian paradox. And, by the way, the position of any Russian can be determined by his answer to one simple question: "to which country should Crimea belong?".
What about millions of putin supporters in Germany?
Every time I think we`ve evolved as people(enough to where a concept of not hating people of one country because of their government would be commonplace),I`m reminded over and over again that that`s,in fact,false.
Now I`m almost certain history will repeat incessantly and we`ll never learn anything. Or if we do,the moment that generation dies off,it`ll be forgotten again.
That's why we actually must know and remember about historical lessons, even if history isn't teacher ("History isn't a teacher, but a warden: it doesn't teach anything, but only punishing for ignorance of lessons", Original: "История - не учительница, а надзирательница: она ничему не учит, но только наказывает за незнание уроков" - V.O.Klyuchevsky)
Idk. I fell like 75% are against this shit. We just prefer silence and not gulags.