Not everything happening in Ukraine at the moment is good nor optimal. There are people supporting Bandera's ideas and most Ukrainians do not trust political parties. At the same time, Ukraine can develop towards the 2030s into a much better, more free and open society compared to how things were before 2015. Freedom is a work in progress, both during war and peace.
The article seems pretty hypocritical to me. Anybody who's been following the "culture war" in the West should be well-aware that the logic that the author of this article used to justify the Ukrainian purging of Russian literature, art, etc is the same logic used be leftists in the culture war.
Leftists claim that these ideas that they consider to be anathema are "literally violence". And if you question that statement, you should be canceled and have your own literature burned, metaphorically speaking.
In essence, the justification used in this article is the same, and that's why it's an inevitability that the Ukraine situation falls into the "culture war" of the West.
Finally, if I may point out, I couldn't help but get the vibe that, in this article, burning books and art work is perfectly acceptable if it's approved by the likes of those who contribute to the unpopulist. I mean, is it not "perfectly understandable" that "populists" would rather not have their children be exposed to pornographic materials in schools? I'm just curious, because, after all, it seems that the people of the unpopulist bent are totally against burning those books.
Ultimately, burning Russian books (no matter how beautiful and valuable) good because war, burning pornographic books from schools bad because... Acceptance?
I don’t believe Democrats would sacrifice Ukraine. However, the nasty breed of Republicans would sacrifice more than half of America without a thought or care. Ukraine wouldn’t be any better treated.
History is clear on one point: The two largest Slav ethnie (discounting the massive ongoing outflow from one) have throughout their shared history joyously collaborated in killing Mongols, Swedes, Poles, Frenchmen, Germans, Finns et al --- and, with extra diligence, Jews --- but never waged war on each other. In fact, the Cossack hetman Bogdan Khelmintsky begged the Czar around 1628 to incorporate Ukraine into his Empire. (And Khmelnitsky is still a national hero in Ukraine.)
Today's Ukrainans are rightfully proud of their resistance against invading Russians. But our sympathy for them should not compel us to re-write history. Or, for that matter, to insist on spelling names the Ukrainan way --- unless we also start referring to other capitals as Praha instead of Prague, Warsawa instead of Warsaw, and quit calling Europe's second largest river Danube, which none of the 11 owner-states use.
Not everything happening in Ukraine at the moment is good nor optimal. There are people supporting Bandera's ideas and most Ukrainians do not trust political parties. At the same time, Ukraine can develop towards the 2030s into a much better, more free and open society compared to how things were before 2015. Freedom is a work in progress, both during war and peace.
The article seems pretty hypocritical to me. Anybody who's been following the "culture war" in the West should be well-aware that the logic that the author of this article used to justify the Ukrainian purging of Russian literature, art, etc is the same logic used be leftists in the culture war.
Leftists claim that these ideas that they consider to be anathema are "literally violence". And if you question that statement, you should be canceled and have your own literature burned, metaphorically speaking.
In essence, the justification used in this article is the same, and that's why it's an inevitability that the Ukraine situation falls into the "culture war" of the West.
Finally, if I may point out, I couldn't help but get the vibe that, in this article, burning books and art work is perfectly acceptable if it's approved by the likes of those who contribute to the unpopulist. I mean, is it not "perfectly understandable" that "populists" would rather not have their children be exposed to pornographic materials in schools? I'm just curious, because, after all, it seems that the people of the unpopulist bent are totally against burning those books.
Ultimately, burning Russian books (no matter how beautiful and valuable) good because war, burning pornographic books from schools bad because... Acceptance?
Like... What?
It is regrettable that the writer of this insipid monologue refuses to participate in a dialogue/discussion about the ongoing bloodshed in Ukraine.
I thought only tenured faculty are such True Believers.
I don’t believe Democrats would sacrifice Ukraine. However, the nasty breed of Republicans would sacrifice more than half of America without a thought or care. Ukraine wouldn’t be any better treated.
History is clear on one point: The two largest Slav ethnie (discounting the massive ongoing outflow from one) have throughout their shared history joyously collaborated in killing Mongols, Swedes, Poles, Frenchmen, Germans, Finns et al --- and, with extra diligence, Jews --- but never waged war on each other. In fact, the Cossack hetman Bogdan Khelmintsky begged the Czar around 1628 to incorporate Ukraine into his Empire. (And Khmelnitsky is still a national hero in Ukraine.)
Today's Ukrainans are rightfully proud of their resistance against invading Russians. But our sympathy for them should not compel us to re-write history. Or, for that matter, to insist on spelling names the Ukrainan way --- unless we also start referring to other capitals as Praha instead of Prague, Warsawa instead of Warsaw, and quit calling Europe's second largest river Danube, which none of the 11 owner-states use.