I think their point is that it’s a Z and not the Russian tricolor (not sure how you’d make the latter a rainbow anyway), i.e. an endorsement of the campaign specifically and not the state generally.
I still think OOP is goofy because neither the Russians nor the Ukronazis are fighting to protect or advance trans rights, but I don’t think it’s exactly as bad as using the flag of a queer-phobic state, be it Russia, Ukraine, or America.
Russia has risen to a sacred fight to protect its sovereignty and security. We will always support the decisions of President Putin and the Russian leadership … and we will be together in the fight against imperialism.
-Kim Jong Un
The US has never been anti-imperialist. What is your westoid obsession with projecting your own sins on your enemies?
If we just imagined there was a country (or section of a country) that the US taking over would actually make things better for . . . sure? But there hasn’t been one of those since 1945, and even then the US made sure to minimize the good it did by giving amnesty to heinous war criminals.
So yeah that’s a good example, I could use the logo from like a US WWII regiment to make fun of some Nazis they killed, but I wouldn’t put like black nationalist colors or LGBT colors on the logo when it was whites-only and discharged gay people
That’s a bit of a contortion since “Z” is not a regiment. Using some sort of black liberationist symbol in conjunction with a more general symbol from the US attack on the Nazis seems, well, a little odd since it was a segregated military as you say, but nonetheless had black soldiers triumphing over Nazis who would have them enslaved or murdered. I suppose Azov isn’t likely being all that nice to trans people, but I’ve seen zero reporting on that topic.
I think their point is that it’s a Z and not the Russian tricolor (not sure how you’d make the latter a rainbow anyway), i.e. an endorsement of the campaign specifically and not the state generally.
I still think OOP is goofy because neither the Russians nor the Ukronazis are fighting to protect or advance trans rights, but I don’t think it’s exactly as bad as using the flag of a queer-phobic state, be it Russia, Ukraine, or America.
So it would be more like putting trans colors on a US challenge coin about attacking an even worse country, still pretty odd
Russia has risen to a sacred fight to protect its sovereignty and security. We will always support the decisions of President Putin and the Russian leadership … and we will be together in the fight against imperialism.
-Kim Jong Un
The US has never been anti-imperialist. What is your westoid obsession with projecting your own sins on your enemies?
What are we pretending my position is next
Edit: thanks for saying disengage, it’s a good idea, bye
If we just imagined there was a country (or section of a country) that the US taking over would actually make things better for . . . sure? But there hasn’t been one of those since 1945, and even then the US made sure to minimize the good it did by giving amnesty to heinous war criminals.
So yeah that’s a good example, I could use the logo from like a US WWII regiment to make fun of some Nazis they killed, but I wouldn’t put like black nationalist colors or LGBT colors on the logo when it was whites-only and discharged gay people
That’s a bit of a contortion since “Z” is not a regiment. Using some sort of black liberationist symbol in conjunction with a more general symbol from the US attack on the Nazis seems, well, a little odd since it was a segregated military as you say, but nonetheless had black soldiers triumphing over Nazis who would have them enslaved or murdered. I suppose Azov isn’t likely being all that nice to trans people, but I’ve seen zero reporting on that topic.
Yeah that’s fair, it’s hard to find an equivalent of the Z in other contexts, it’s a weirdly used symbol