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Bobko   
21 Feb 2024
News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]

You're eerily smart for someone your age, Bobi.

I learn from my teachers. Thank you again, for all your kindness during these past years.
Bobko   
21 Feb 2024
News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]

in Russia it is only important what those on top think

Ahahahaha!

Hohohohohoho!

Bruhahahahaha!

In Poland, of course, they ask your opinion.
Bobko   
21 Feb 2024
News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]

Towards Truth.

The modern West seems to be all about denying the Truth.

Closing your eyes and ears to it, and yelling very loudly.

As Russians, and as Slavs, our main orientation is always towards Truth as the highest Good.

We are bad at playing your Western games of Kabuki theater, but we know what Truth is, and we hold onto it.
Bobko   
21 Feb 2024
History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

@GefreiterKania

Carpet beating has brought some good memories back)
Bobko   
21 Feb 2024
News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]

Even though I'm an atheist, I would say that despite emerging from the yoke of communism - you have found yourselves a new state of spiritual bankruptcy. Deeper and more alienating that the last form of spiritual bankruptcy.

We may not be perfect, and we make a million mistakes, but at least our compass direction is correct.
Bobko   
21 Feb 2024
News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]

What do you mean?

You have been corrupted.

You are little shadows of your former selves.

You call me a slave. Ask me if I'm afraid.

Look at you?

Who has freedom, and who has a simulation of freedom?
Bobko   
21 Feb 2024
News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]

visiting family you see.

You Poles are hopelessly compromised through all your work and study adventures in the 90s and 2000s.
Bobko   
21 Feb 2024
History / DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ORDER NO. 00485? [11]

The more I study Polish history, the more shocking it becomes

Perhaps stop reading Polish history, to preserve your gentle psyche?
Bobko   
20 Feb 2024
News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]

they must be Putin agents.

The world's rapidly heading towards a place, where at least 50% of the population will be Putin's agents.

On Twitter, I see Democrats accusing Republicans of being Russian agents.

In the Financial Times comment section, anyone that thinks there's something fishy about Zelenksy - is immediately branded a Russian agent.

In the world of business, Elon Musk has become a Russian agent, because he doesn't want his company's products to start World War 3.

Even in goddamn Ukraine, if you question the wisdom of current military strategy or methods of mobilization, you are an agent of Putin.

Soon, people working outside of the Russian intelligence community will constitute a minority of the planet's population.
Bobko   
20 Feb 2024
News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]

Lies, lies all the time

Ahahaha!

First - you can check this for yourself. At least, with the two websites I mentioned.

Second - perhaps there was one period of positive coverage, when Tusk was elected, but it very, very quickly turned into greater disappointment.

What exactly did you think you did for Ukraine, in the last 9 months, to merit positive mentions?

First it was PiS openly standing against Ukrainian exports. Now it is Tusk "secretly" standing against the same.
Bobko   
20 Feb 2024
News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]

I guess all the smiley faces, are because you know I can't prove it.

Even if I fly to Kiev tomorrow, and schedule an appointment with Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmitry Kuleba, and the head of Ukraine's Security Council Alexei Danilov - I would not be able to provide you this answer.

Simply, you will have to take my word for it - which of course you won't. To Ukraine, all your intermarium/visegrad bullsh*t is a joke. They think they should occupy a different category - at least on the level of Spain or Italy. Their allies are Germany, UK, US.

Poland almost never gets mentioned in Ukraine, except negatively - for probably the last 9 months at least. Even though it's America, which is not delivering on its promises.
Bobko   
20 Feb 2024
News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]

as the closest of all to their own ones.

Only an idiot could answer that Poland is the closest country to Ukraine culturally. Even Muslim Azerbaijan, is closer to Ukraine culturally than Poland. Forget about places like Belarus and Russia.

Also, only an idiot could rate Polish culture as the most interesting in Europe - no disrespect. But seriously, there are countries like Italy and France in Europe...

Finally, I said Ukrainians do not see Poles as "strategic allies". This has nothing to do with culture. Then, Brazil would be the closest ally of Portugal.
Bobko   
20 Feb 2024
News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]

according to a RuSSian any criticism is being "anti-some-nationality"

No, no.

Quietly wishing Poles get invaded by Russia, or that they experience on themselves starvation - is totally not anti-anything.

Accusing somebody of thinking only of themselves, and calling them backstabbers - that also doesn't necessarily mean that you don't like them.

Only when the other side begins to come up with funny words like slave, orc, subhuman, etc can one confidently state that we are dealing with some kinda anti-something.
Bobko   
20 Feb 2024
News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]

Ukrainians are angry, because of the situation with grain at the border

No sh*t.

That doesn't make them "anti-Polish".

Strangely, their anger is making them write many anti-Polish things.

I love your argument, that Ukraine is angry, but not anti-Polish. It's completely meaningless.

A post does not have to say "Poles are greedy colonizers, just like the Russians. Butchers and exploiters." - to be anti-Polish.

It's enough for a post to say, "Poland can go f*ck itself.", or even "Poles are behaving extremely irrationally" - for it to be anti-Polish. By the criteria of any university, journalist outfit, or surveying organization.

You just made up your own criteria on what is anti-Polish, by defining it as near racial hate.
Bobko   
20 Feb 2024
News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]

If you cared one jot about Ukrainian grain

I don't.

Instead, I'm highly amused at how Poland and Ukraine managed to f*ck up their relations this badly within just two years. Especially when I remember how great they were at the beginning.

Not even the most optimistic Russian propagandist could have predicted it. What's even better, is that Pawian can't blame PiS anymore.
Bobko   
20 Feb 2024
News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]

they need time

Time for what? That view is correct. PF is the best confirmation, that Poland is precisely not helping Ukraine out of some sense of altruism. Even people like you and Paulina, argue why Poland should aid Ukraine primarily from a pragmatist point of view.

Ukrainians are not stupid, so I think their read on Polish intentions is pretty spot-on.

No, liar, they do it for Ukrainians primarily

How does this work, in your imagination?

I am a Ukrainian, I go to a website to read some news. I read that Poland is dumping my grain on the ground, and guys are walking around with posters that read "Koniec gosciny - niewdzieczne skurwysyn". I decide to go to the comments section, to see what my fellow countrymen think about it. I open the comments, and horror of horrors - everybody is angry at Poland's actions. This makes me very depressed, and I feel that I don't support my country's continued efforts to resist Russian occupation any longer.

Is that how?

When will the two of you be able to take some responsibility for your actions? Always Putin soiling your underwear.
Bobko   
20 Feb 2024
News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]

r*SSians have been writing crap in comments fields since

Alright guys, I get it.

Russians come, and stage entire virtual town halls on Ukrainian websites - for the amusement of the occasional Western reader.

Ukrainians, meanwhile, abhor their own newspapers, and never post comments there out of principle - preferring instead to write posts in the Christian Science Monitor and San Francisco Chronicle.

Thank God for Russians, creating some semblance of civic society discussions in the Ukrainian press, because otherwise there would be a vacuum.

Correct?
Bobko   
20 Feb 2024
News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]

can gauge the real state of mind of your average Urkainan who is interested in politics.

Precisely.

Otherwise, you need to conduct actual surveys.

Going to Kiev for a business trip, and talking to a dozen Ukrainians - does not qualify as evidence.

The fact is - Polish actions over the course of the past year are interpreted as being extremely hostile in Ukraine. Goodwill between the two nations, is evaporating rapidly, while it was built on a shaky foundation to begin with.

Why I can`t forgive you

I know, I know. I'm just having some fun this morning, while waiting for my plane)

It's kind of you, to be able to understand the Ukrainians despite the present intensity in relations.

You must admit, however, that it is interesting to you to read these perspectives? I really was not trying to pick the worst ones, but rather the ones that were most popular. When you finally figure out how to access the comments there (maybe a VPN?), you'll see I wasn't misleading you in any way.

In the last post, I included all the pro-Polish rebuttals.

Poland may view Ukraine as a "strategic ally", but Ukraine does not view Poland in the same way. This is why Polish complaints about ingratitude mostly fall on deaf ears in Ukraine, because in their view it's America and Britain that are helping altruistically - while Poland is just covering its ass.
Bobko   
20 Feb 2024
News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]

Another fresh article on Ukrainska Pravda, this time about the decision of Polish farmers to prolong the blockade through April. A morning of much fun for Bobko.

Source: epravda.com.ua/news/2024/02/20/710155

Again, I will show you comments that Pawian say do not exist.

Translation (I'm translating the replies too, so you see the pro-Polish aspects):

1) "Again, it's Slavs. Do you take it, that there really are no brothers? A war on two fronts. In this case, the Muscovites have a great chance to occupy the whole of Ukraine. Mobilize us into their army and attack Poland. And our guys will definitely remember what the Poles are doing. They don't remember the good for a long time, but they don't forget the evil they did, and there will be a new division of Poland.

Politicians, think and solve the problem, not start a fire." /// "Grisha you want to fight? Quickly, head to the Eastern Front. They're waiting for you there."

2) "I just had a conversation with some friends from Poland - there is a lot of Ukrainephobia there now. They have always been like that, and the ancient historical habit of treating Ukrainians as masters to serfs - with disdain and contempt - is back.

When the war began, the Pshekas were well aware that the Muscovites would eventually go for them, besides, they sincerely hate and fear them, and here we simply acted as a hypothetical ally. This explains all their help. And there is no need to deceive them." /// "Not everywhere. Mostly working class people. As far as I know: the main mass does not support radicalism in protests. And they don't really like farmers, because they have too many benefits. A lot. Of course, benefits at the expense of buyers. Maybe I'm talking to the wrong Poles?"



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Bobko   
20 Feb 2024
News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]

why pro-Gaza?

Russia supports Palestinians, so naturally Ukraine supports Israelis.

It fits very well into their narrative. Orcs fighting elves, that is.

Civilized, hard-working, and utterly peaceful Israel, was scandalously attacked by backwards, bloodthirsty, and atavistic Palestine.

This Palestine is supported by the same Iran, which produces Shahed drones which attack Kiev.

Need I go on?

Also, they hope that Israel will get over its fear of Russia and finally provide military aid to Ukraine. This is why Russia is careful not to actually assist the Palestinians beyond offering words of support.

That is why you chose it for us

No, I chose for you - at first - a very sterile/hygienic source. Because of technical issues and your accusations, I felt you deserved a look at what the more passionate side of Ukrainian society is saying.

The comparison to Polish nationalist papers who enjoy 7% support is not objective, since as I told you Censor.net is Ukraine's most-read news portal.

Furthermore, it became this popular only recently (pretty much during this war). Before, it barely made it into the top ten of websites.
Bobko   
20 Feb 2024
News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]

So I was right when I accused you of spreading biased propaganda

You are beyond help.

You can see, I hope, with your own two eyeballs that the overwhelming majority of comments (both in volume and in popularity) are anti-Polish.

I will tell you more - earlier this morning there were more pro-Polish comments. Some of them, were actually written by Poles in Polish. Then, as always happens on Censor.net when somebody writes something the local nationalist clique doesn't appreciate, it got reported as spam and deleted. Now, all you can see is a little "X" where the comment was.

That's what I was referring to above, when I asked if you think it's Russian bots that are banning Polish posts from Censor.net?

The comments were the same as the one from the Pole on the Pravda website. Exasperated attempts to make Ukrainians see things from a Polish perspective, while nudging them towards showing more gratitude.

Ukrainians don't really like being told by Poles to be grateful, and Ukrainian nationalists especially don't like this. So this morning, a Pole posted a message. Then a Ukrainian nationalist told him to get lost, and called him some bad names. Then another Ukrainian came, and told the Ukrainian nationalist, that because of "Kremlin agents" like him Ukraine may ruin its relations with Poland. The "Kremlin agent" line pushed the nationalist over the edge, and a typical Ukrainian sh!tstorm developed. Then he and his buddies proceeded to delete all the messages about friendship and Kremlin agents.

If you don't believe me, just start visiting Censor daily, and open up articles when they are fresh. You'll see how the local troll brigade suppresses anything Pro-Russian, Pro-Polish, or Pro-Gaza.

Ukraina Uber Alles.

One proPolish poster reported being blocked.

Ahh, so you DO see!

To relax you a little bit, I will remind you again that this website is known to be favorited by nationalists.
Bobko   
20 Feb 2024
History / 70th anniversary of 1943 Wołyń/Volhynia and Eastern Galicia Massacre - controvercies [454]

Making a list of those who are acting against Ukrainian interests?

Ukrainians love making lists. It's one of their national obsessions - cataloguing all their various enemies, real and imagined.

They got into some trouble for this, too. Their most popular "list" is a website called Миротворец. Set up after the events of 2014, it catalogues all "enemies of Ukraine". Over the years, some Western people made it into the list, including some journalists and politicians.

Since many people on the list were known to be targeted for extrajudicial killings, this made those Westerners nervous.

Quote:

"On 2 June 2016, G7 ambassadors to Kyiv released a joint statement expressing deep concern about disclosures of journalists' personal data on the Myrotvorets website and called on the Myrotvorets team to withdraw personal data from public access. In 2017 Myrotvorets had a criminal case opened against it by the Ukrainian National Police, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) urged Ukraine to investigate the website's operations."

Please be patient with Ukrainians. They are still learning how to be proper Europeans like you.
Bobko   
20 Feb 2024
News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]

Why the first top comment is written in Russian, not Ukrainian?? HA!!

Either because your text is being translated automatically to Russian (need to select Eng/Ukr/Rus at the top), or simply because it was written in Russian.

Many Ukrainians are now comfortable speaking Ukrainian, but also... many of them are still not comfortable writing in it.

It's hard to write correctly in Ukrainian.
Bobko   
20 Feb 2024
News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]

Then I can verify it myself

Both Paulina and Amiga have managed to view the comments.

The top comments are decided by "likes". To post a "like", you need to be authorized on the forum.

The guys there have a very good nose for sniffing out Russians who have come to troll. I can confirm this through personal experience.

I still argue that this is a good proxy for judging popular Ukrainian sentiments.

If you can't use comments from the two leading news portals in Ukraine to form an opinion, what the hell are you supposed to do? Do you want me to hire Nielsen and Gallup, so they could do an independent survey for you?
Bobko   
20 Feb 2024
News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]

Kremlin propaganda trolls also work on Ukrainian sites.

Ok...

How about the 4th most popular comment:

The second front has been opened officially. An ally has joined Mordor. Considering the silence of the Polish authorities, the inaction of the police, the Polish public is also silent - this indicates that the Poles have officially begun sabotage against Ukraine.

The 5th most popular comment, was left by a lovely lady with screen name "Irenka Ko":

I hope that you Polish motherf*ckers never eat bread because of hunger, war and the Katsap invasion.

Yes, it's all just Bobko's imagination.

It's also Kremlin bots which are reporting pro-Polish comments as spam, and getting them deleted. Uh-huh.
Bobko   
20 Feb 2024
News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]

Could you quote those comments that are supposed to make us "choke"?

Ehrm... did you notice what the top 3 comments are? They come at the top, before the other comments (screenshot below).

1) Where is the UN that wanted to feed African boys in their underwear. Let Syrian and Afghan boys in underwear, go to Poland and eat grain that is lying on the roads all over Poland.

2) By buying Polish goods and products, you support the Poles who block the border for Ukrainians! Don't buy Polish goods! Boycott

3) Utter filth!

In conclusion, the three most liked comments are negative towards Poland. I rest my case.


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Bobko   
20 Feb 2024
News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]

iron you can silence me.

A real Nelson Mandela, you are.

A voice, crying out in the wilderness.

Iron - for shame!