I'm hardly a young man but have you read this thread? Read the OP and tell me why is ConstantineK here? You might want to have a chat with him and not me.
All you have to understand is that Russian population is diverse even if your propaganda tells you Russians are drunk, angry, imperialist. No they aren't. Of course there is a lot of bydlo, hopefully its numbers will reduce.
The minimal thing you can do to prove your intelligence and "Europeanity" is not to biased about every Russian. That's chauvinism, chaps. The worst kind of it is common chauvinism while working or performing any kind of trade, paperwork that involves Russians. Some of you can't even talk to a person if they say they're from Russia, even if before the conversation was nice.
---added-- 1jola of course I've read it. I've just been called kacap today because.. because I am Russian. And those were young people, Polish future. Reading or hearing this word I imagine a moustached Western Ukrainian nationalist having a chub-hairstyle, wearing SS signs.
I'm not a flamer or a flooder, so of course yes. That fact hurted me somehow, mainly because while I was learning some basic Polish online I got many positive comments on my attempts from native speakers, so I formed an image of an average Pole as a friendly person. Then again, did they see in my profile there that I'm from Russia? Hmm. I hope they don't mind it.
From what I heard or read, I guess that's how modern young "patriotism" groups teach young people to think about Russians. I don't know whether those organisations official or underground extreme right-wing packs. In Russia there are stupid youth organisations too, "nashi" and other crap.
My message to anyone from Russia and Poland: please, save your ethnical slur and propaganda polemic for another day, try to think of a Pole/Russian as of an equal individual (after all, genetically we are distant relatives). How stupid is that: avoid communication and be aggressive towards a person you thought was nice, before they disclosed their nationality.
Somebody asked why Poles get so "attacking" here, I answered because it was created&continued by an RUssian Imperialist what ever his (yours) motives are they would look at it as "Russian propaganda trying to put down Poland"
So if it was an stupid-non knowing Westerner (probably an American , talking out of experience not stereotype) most wouldn't been that attacking, but more explaining on why it is happening and etc.
It's like when a cat steals a dog's fish (he can rightly do so right? Because fish is typical cat's food right? but the fish is still the dog's)
So when after the 1000 time the cat tried to steal the dog's fish and asks how is the fish tasting out of pure curiosity you shouldn't be so surprised that the dog thinks "Oh he tries to steal my fish again"
Still a Cat can be a Cat and a Dog can be a Dog and the Cat has all the right to get himself some food it's just about "how" he/she does it :)
From what I heard or read, I guess that's how modern young "patriotism" groups teach young people to think about Russians. I don't know whether those organisations official or underground extreme right-wing packs.
Official youth organizations that are patriotic are the Scouts. If you chat with them, you will see that patriotism has nothing to do with prejudice. Germans, Russians, Ukrainians are not our enemies. In fact, at the moment we don't have any enemies, except some of our own politicians. My take on what you are experiencing is that some young people would be more friendly talking with a dumb Englishman than an intelligent Russian. Very superficial. Of course, if you start argueing that Russians freed us from the Germans, you can expect hostility.
if you start argueing that Russians freed us from the Germans, you can expect hostility
Well, let me tell you why is this opinion present. It is told so on Russian history lessons and still popular Soviet-era patriotic books about WWII. I understand they didn't exactly give Poland freedom, they and allies scared Nazi troops off, then allies left and communists installed pro-soviet governments in many countries. They maybe saved physical lives of individuals but they got Poland "to pay" for it by being communist. And they didn't hesitate to keep the power (Czechoslovakia, 1968 and Poland, 1981-83). Those old crazy men thought they were going to change the world but their version of Socialism was kinda perverted.
Well I guess Sasha went through those same books but I don't call him "Ruski" or "Kacap" I can't recall doing so atleast. While I wouldn't been shocked if I did so with ConstantineK. I generally don't like Prussian lovers and Russian imperialists (BB is an exception)
Not truth. Poland helping to Serbia against Nazis.
Estonia, Lituania, Latvia,
See > no Estonia, Latvia, Croatia, Lithuania here >
Sure, it puts Poland on the collision course with Vatican but again, Vatican differ from Pope to Pope. On the other side, I don`t know, Popes goes but Vatican is eternal. Until some new Gavrilo Princip with a nuke lose his nerves.
Soviet Russian monuments which glorify the criminal Red Army should be demolished to the end. Imperial Russians are doing it to Polish memorials in Russia.
On the other hand, let me remind imperial Russians that your soldiers` cemeteries in Poland remain intact.
Good news - one of Polish nazis was convicted. Despite his honourless infantile claims of being a member of a reenactment group. He also pointed to Musk`s Nazi gesture as an excuse.
"Sitas" was the leader of the banned Pride and Modernity association, which emphasized that it promoted national and patriotic values. In May 2017, he organized the 128th birthday of Adolf Hitler. During the event, which took place in the forest near Wodzisław Śląski, Mateusz S. paraded in an SS officer's uniform.
He praised Adolf Hitler as the best strategist, commander and mind of all time, who had a vision, was admired by women. loved by kids, a decent man who promoted family values, patriotism etc etc Then he proposed a toast: "To Adolf Hitler and our fatherland, beloved Poland". The guests drank, chanting: "Sieg heil!"
Now his retrial has ended. In his closing argument, he insisted that he was not a Nazi, but a member of a reenactment group, and that he dreamed of wearing an SS uniform because it was designed by Hugo Boss. He also recalled that during President Donald Trump's inauguration, Elon Musk raised his hand in a Nazi salute and no one did anything to him.
These arguments did not convince the court in Wodzisław Śląski. Mateusz S. was sentenced to one year in prison without the possibility of suspending the execution of the sentence for propagating Nazism and illegal possession of ammunition. The verdict is not final.
Western Europe survived Nazis. It will not survive Muslims and blacks.
You know it survived thanks to history. You don`t know if it won`t survive coz you don `t possess the crystal ball and a black cat on your shoulder!!! Ha!!!
Given that you mention it every three minutes, I'd have thought you'd have figured it out by now.
Not that people in real life generally do.
About skin colour, there will come a time when most of the ones that exist now will be history and the term mixed race won't be used since everyone will be.
The problem is none of the people in your photo promoted a neo Nazi party like Musk did. So, his gesture did carry Nazi symbolicism while their gestures were purely accidental when working the audiences at rallies. Ha!!!