The Russian ‘denazification’ PR disaster

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[–]TheJamesRocket[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The Russian attempts to brand their invasion of the Ukraine as a 'denazification' campaign has (uniquely) managed to alienate both the right and left wing. The right wing is alienated because they have been unfairly compared to the Nazis for years: They view it as a lazy copout of an argument and have no sympathy for those who use it. The left wing is alienated because they view the Nazis as the ne plus ultra of evil: They view the argument as completely unjustified, especially since they see the Russians themselves as evil.

[–]Blackbrownfreestuff 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I dont know what it's like in Europe or the rest of the anglosphere, but "Right wing" Americans are permanently pied pipered by fox news. Unless Putin announced he was invading Ukraine to install a Ted Cruz and Sean Hannity republic with lower taxes, he was never going to get the support from the american right. The American left was already convinced he was Trump's secret partner, united to usher in a nazi takeover of the American regime. So I'm not sure it's made any difference around here. As long as Americans can booost their social credit score by changing their facebook picture to blue and yellow, they will side with Ukraine.