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You know things are bad when the leader of 12,000 men tried to get one guy in order to surrender to him. Based on Bucha, I understand why they didn’t want to surrender to the Russians.

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There was also the whole getting sent to “work camps” thing…

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The British ran concentration camps too.

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Up to a million German soldiers died in Soviet captivity. Being in Allied captivity was a walk in the park in comparison.

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Your point is? We aren’t talking about the British. Everyone knows they’ve done horrible things. But it doesn’t give a pass for others.

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Russians have been on par, or worse, to surrender to compared to the WW2 Japanese for almost a hundred years.

Unlawful killing, warcrimes, and rape are accepted russian doctrine.

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And they will call you a nazi if you talk about it. This was barely discussed before the invasion of Ukraine, after which became acceptable to talk shit about them.

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I’m pretty sure it was okay to talk shit about Russia before the invasion of Ukraine… they’ve been the bad guy in every movie, show, and video game for like a century now.

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My grandparents and their parents suffered greatly under Russians, I was never scared to talk about them in the worst light imaginable

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