Like mainstream Republicans blocking military aid, American rightwing extremists are disavowing a war they once admired

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      Seriously, no sincere white supremacist genuinely thought Zelenskyy’s administration was sympathetic to their cause. Neo-Nazis are Putinists through and through.

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        Which is fantastic because Putin’s public reasoning for the invasion is the de-nazification of Ukraine.

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          Their evidence of Nazism was Ukranians asserting a separate identity and language from Russia. It’s tantamount to calling Native Americans Nazis for protesting forced assimilation.

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            Sure. If you look past the fact that the Azov Brigade started off with tons of ideology and symbolism tied to neo Nazi crap.

            https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azov_Brigade

            The parallel is a whole lot easier to draw than “calling Native Americans Nazis for protesting forced assimilation”. Being a neo Nazi group practically did Putin’s propaganda for him.