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[–]Q-Continuum-kin 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Such a weird flex to do this in the middle of the war. Meanwhile they've banned all opposition political parties and media.

My guess on the timeline is: some liberal talking point about Russia being bad on gay rights got called out by a leftist. A call was made to Ukraine like "i understand you are in the middle of this war but our identity politics talking points are on the line here..."

[–]Neo_Shadow_LurkerPronouns: I/Don't/Care 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

This is war propaganda.

Zelensky only wants to appease his western allies in order for them to continue sending him weapons. Also, considering Russia's recent move in the matter, this is actually quite intelligent in this regard.

[–]Femaleisnthateful 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is my take on it as well. The western public's short attention span is waning, and Zelensky needs foreign support to convince governments to keep sending him billions of dollars in aid and weapons.