I have often wondered why Putin's attack on #Ukraine angers me so deeply.

Walking on the beaches of Lillebælt, I realized it is because of this:

To this day, we Danes still see the concrete fortifications left by the Nazis on our shores, because 1 fascist leader got the insane idea, he had the right to topple our democracy.

He had no right. All he had was the delusion he was somehow supreme to everyone else.

We stopped the fascist in 1945.

We will stop the fascist now.

@randahl @mark I agree that nazism must be crushed. One of the stated purposes of Russia’s SMO is the denazification of ukraine. It completely ignores history to label Russia as the nazis. Millions of Russian speakers died fighting nazis. Many of those nazis called ukrainian territory home. Ukrainian troops are being asked to cover the nazi symbols on their uniforms before being photographed by MSM. Read up on the Azov brigade or Stepan Bandera then talk, or not.
@MatthewKay @randahl @mark While Ukraine does admittedly have a neonazi problem, as does the United States, Germany, and there are a few too many in Canada for my liking, taking anything Russia says as truth is ludicrous. Putin did not invade Ukraine bc of Nazis.
Putin Is Attempting to Center Russia as a Hub of the Global Right Wing

Putin is part of a global authoritarian movement, seeking repudiation of the right to national self-determination.

Truthout