People oppose the war because they think the alternative is peace.

Have patience. Explain it.
The alternative to this war is tyranny.

#Ukraine

@randahl and possibly more war.
@t_mkdf @randahl guarantees of more war, at least by Putin. Also, if the West hadn't responded as strongly as it did, China would have definitely invaded Taiwan last year.

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The alternative to this war is genocide.

@randahl @anderspuck absolutely. Sometimes you have to fight for peace. The Ukrainians are doing it.

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100% this.

Throwing back a genocidal attacker hardly counts as militarism.

Can I do a Grundtvig quote on an English language thread?

@SuneAuken @randahl

Sure

I know.I'll.want to read.it

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I oppose the war. Russia should stop it.
@anderspuck
@randahl @tootiredtothink most of those “pacifists” don’t care. No dead people (at least you don’t have them at the news all day) = good. They literally(!) say “you can’t beat a nuclear power” and request submission of Ukraine. Unfortunately a German video but this short interviews are really really disturbing: https://youtu.be/53qmVKfOjyg
Für Putin demonstrieren?

YouTube

@maschinentraum

Danke für den link zu YouTube. Diese Demonstranten sind doch völlich verrückt.
Wenn Putin vor die Haustür der Demonstranten kommt, werden sie es auch Frieden nennen, dass er ihre Häuser bombardiert?
Wahnsinn!

@tootiredtothink

The Problem is, those "pacifists" do not believe that submission of Ukraine will result in genocide of Ukrainians, which is literally what Dugin etc announced as their goals. Especially Wagenknecht and Schwarzer are completely off the rocker.
@maschinentraum @randahl @tootiredtothink
@randahl The way I've explained it is like a wildfire. We contain it where it is right now, or we'll be fighting it more places later on, and at much higher cost, eventually including our own lives. Putin's Russia is a cancer. We ignore it or dismiss or downplay it with the assurance that it will only become more dangerous, and inevitably affect us worse. Helping Ukraine win is helping the WORLD win, and it will never be easier or cheaper than it is right now.

@randahl the alternative to this war is a big green light to all powerful nations to start slicing off territory of weaker neighbors.

This is Sudetenland before ww2.

@elias There's claims that PRC is already salivating regarding ROC...
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