Originally
posted by
nuti-naguti:
Originally
posted by
blid:
they haven’t even had the decency to kill anyone yet.
No doubt that there will be fire soon. Neo-nazi who occupied Kiev very aggressive snd already killed a lot of people/ That's the reason why East Ukraine and Crymea are going to be independent.
BBC news: (of course this tv-channel has sympathy to this nazi groups),
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SBo0akeDMY
This is just not true. Just because Rosiya 24 paints this picture, it doesn't mean that its true. Lots of people haven't died; as if the rest of the worlds media would ignore this. I've seen videos of agressive gangs beating up protesters from the other side in animalistic fasion, but nothing of the sort of genocide that is being portrayed by the Russian media. The Russian media which is strictly controlled by the government. My belief is that many Russians are more than happy to believe this though, becase they are very patriotic and want to believe their country is doing the right thing. This sense of patriotism is drilled into them at a very young age throughout the whole education system and tv.
To be honest because of this, I'm not surprised Russians see the BBC and western media as Nazi sympathisers. The concept of a pluralistic media coperation that publishes all sides of the arguement is a foreign concept for them. The fact that our news corperations try to highlight the opinions of even the most unsavoury groups in the search to provoke debate is seen to them as glorifying these people. It might be useful for Russians in particular to watch these kind of videos as it gives you an understanding why they think this way, hence gives you an opportunity to argue against them and change the views of nazi supporters. Because what exactly is a fascist? For most Russian I speak to its just a very bad 'man' who wants to destroy them... nazi and bandit is almost interchangable.
Russia with an authoritarian government, a state which arrested 100 people who staged an anti-war protest in Moscow last week, where authorities in spb beat up a WW2 veteran for protesting against war, where pro-Russian groups in Crimea are beating western journalists for what they perceive as lies, should look closer at what a fascist is; then look in a mirror.