Because of people saying they would absolutely fight for Ukraine. Acting like war is some fun COD game. Acting like you are a coward or a traitor if you don’t want to fight ‘for our freedoms’. What freedoms? I spent two years getting beaten down at protests against a genocide. A lot of is can’t find decent housing or a job or whatever.
It’s such bullshit. If war breaks out I’m out on the next plane somewhere safe. Sout-America, New Zealand, idc. Not gonna fight for some bullshit Western supremacy shit.
I work with refugees on a daily basis. I hear their stories of war. And you think they are cowards for fleeing? For not wanting to be bombed to shreds? Get a grip and stop LARPing.
End of rant.
I sympathize. Having been born into a rough working class family, although in germany, i’ve had my share of cruel experiences.
The amount of bigotry in the educated “leftist” circles is astonishing. Most would shit their pants the moment the first explosion rocks their bed at night.
Having grown up in a rough, poor neighborhood I learned something that is very rare in germany: the low value of life. People on the short end of the working class who barely hang on, have low or no perspective and get discriminated against multiple times per day do not necessarily blink at the use of violence. Especially lethal violence isnt as uncommon as rich leftists might think. It was a constant reminder in my youth that it is a bad idea to disrespect a stranger.
Thats why i understand a lot more of the horrors that people in warzones must face than average and I can tell you, these people would die of a heartattack instantly. They would shoot themselves just to not be as frightened anymore.
Its what I tell people who yap about war. If you saw someone die by the hand of another, if you were threatened with (credible) lethal force, then you can talk about war.
Before that, “leftists” who are pro war shut their mouth in my presence.