As evident by the past couple of days, Nothing stirs up the discussion pot like a contrarian.
I’m going to throw out some opinions myself: I think it’s pathetic that even the West is unable to unify in their absolute shutting down of Russian trade. The Ukrainian people are fighting, suffering, dying at the hands of Vladimir Putin’s invaders. They do this for their survival, freedom, and to be a part of our brand of civilization, and our Western countries are still quibbling about sanctions, continuing exemptions because they don’t want to take on a bit of inconvenience. Fucking shameful.
These politiciana govern by the consent of the populace. If you’re with Ukraine, and your government is half-assing it, tell them you’re fucking disappointed in them. Tell them to change their position or you won’t vote for them, get multiple people to sign. And go bigger, sign a petition (they exist for every western country on every Ukraine issue they’re wimping out on) and share it to everyone who’s willing to voice support for Ukraine. It really is the least any of us can do, those of us who wear the badge of Ukraine supporters, should support in what ways we can—not just virtue signal without taking any real action; don’t bark and piss the floor when the time comes to bite. And remember, it’s your government’s job to listen to you. Your representatives are your voice, regardless of whether you supported their party or not. If they don’t do their job, you have ammo against them, and in the meantime there are hopefuls who will act as loaded cannons on Ukraine’s behalf, and those cannons are loud enough that even the deaf-eared political representatives will take note, because other people are listening to the cannons. Believe me, it’s how we’re getting Greens to prominence, by fucking shaming the more traditional powers. People follow courage, conviction, and honesty. The exposure of hypocrisy and cowardice doesn’t go over well with the people.
I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.
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