• @febra
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    125 months ago

    Being queer in Russia is worse, that’s true. But I don’t see the point here. Ukraine has a lot of work left to do. One can’t always look at worse places and deflect the criticism. You could’ve very well mentioned Qatar or Brunei. Doesn’t make it any better.

    • @[email protected]
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      75 months ago

      Ukraine used to be part of the Soviet Union with Russia. They have a lot in common culturally. That’s why people are comparing them.

      This is progress in the right direction, but people’s minds don’t change just because lines on a map do. But this is progress.

      • Fushuan [he/him]
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        45 months ago

        They are comparing them because Russia’s justification for the war was that Ukraine is full of fascists and Russia isn’t (bs). We should be able to criticise bad stuff without comparing it however.

    • @thebestaquaman
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      45 months ago

      The point is exactly that they’re trying. Despite the parade being attacked, the democratically elected government, and the police as an institution are supporting them. That is the essence of working towards freedom of expression and progress: The fact that the people in the parade are permitted by the government to express themselves, and protected by the government when they do so, even if popular opinion may be against them.

    • Flying SquidM
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      5 months ago

      I could have mentioned Qatar or Brunei, but the article mentioned Russia, so I was talking about it.

      Edit: I can’t fucking spell today.