Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ok let's put the Nazism stuff in perspective.
1. Why we are talking about it: Putin tried to use "de-nazification" as an excuse for invasion of Ukraine.
2. Eugene Finkel (JHU) puts the extent of the problem in context: “Neo-Nazi, far right and xenophobic groups do exist in Ukraine, like in pretty much any other country, including Russia. They are vocal and can be prone to violence but they are numerically small, marginal and their political influence at the state level is non-existent. That is not to say that Ukraine doesn’t have a far-right problem. It does. But I would consider the KKK in the US and skinheads and neo-Nazi groups in Russia a much bigger problem and threat than the Ukrainian far right.”
And I think it says a lot that Ukraine elected a Jew, grandson of Nazi-fighters and Holocaust survivors, to be President. And along with it, many other of Ukraine's senior leadership are likewise Jews whose families suffered in the Holocaust. Can you say the same about Russia? Nope. Heck, you can't even say the same about the US.