Whenever I touch on this subject I get a bunch of replies like "Yeehaw that's right bitch, we're standing up to Putin!" They're not approaching the subject with anything like the gravity they would if they understood what's happening and had seriously thought about what could be.

They don't understand how horrifyingly dangerous it is that the empire is considering backing a Crimea offensive, and they haven't sincerely contemplated what it would be like for every living creature to die horribly and for no one else to ever be born again for all of time.

Whatever position you have on this whole conflict, you should be approaching the possibility of nuclear annihilation with the most profound solemnity imaginable, because it is without exaggeration the single worst thing that could possibly happen. Take it seriously, or be silent.

There's no reason to believe that. A lot of narrative management has gone into downplaying the likely outcome of a full-scale nuclear war between the US and Russia. Experts say the losses would probably be total. https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2022/03/16/the-huge-gap-between-how-serious-nuclear-war-is-and-how-seriously-its-being-taken/
https://twitter.com/The_Matador_X1/status/1616906740926144516?s=20&t=TpaJ4e57Qv8Hyp4lBCrp7g

Obviously there's no way to test the science, so it's possible some humans could survive, but gambling on that outcome is as logically flimsy as gambling that nuclear brinkmanship is safe. And either way it would be the worst thing that could possibly happen. Unfathomable horror.

I hate comments like this. It's not okay for a few idiots to be playing games with every life on this planet. Just because you're unhappy with life here doesn't mean all the innocents around the world are, doesn't mean the animals are, the bugs, the trees.
https://twitter.com/derekhoustonv3/status/1616906842852007936?s=20&t=TpaJ4e57Qv8Hyp4lBCrp7g

Your disaffected feelings are not a valid reason not to fight this thing tooth and claw. Keep your omnicidal ideations to yourself.