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minus-squareCount042@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down28·edit-22 days agoI think you mean “of Nazi heritage” The Nazi heritage of her grandfather, whom she celebrates as her political inspiration, outranks his Ukrainian heritage. But, I guess I shouldn’t expect anything more of a country that gave a standing occasion to a living Nazi in the 2020’s.
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 days agoThank goodness we don’t judge people based on their heritage, like Nazis.
minus-squareCount042@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down12·2 days agoNo, but you can certainly judge people when they hold their Nazi forefathers up as their political inspiration, as Freeland has done repeatedly. Grandfather was a Nazi - you don’t get judged for that. Grandfather was a Nazi and you celebrate him politically - you absolutely get judged. Nice try with attempting to tar critics of the person who celebrates her Nazi heritage as Nazi’s though.
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoMaybe rephrase your comment if you don’t want it to be interpreted the way I interpreted it.
I think you mean “of Nazi heritage”
The Nazi heritage of her grandfather, whom she celebrates as her political inspiration, outranks his Ukrainian heritage.
But, I guess I shouldn’t expect anything more of a country that gave a standing occasion to a living Nazi in the 2020’s.
Thank goodness we don’t judge people based on their heritage, like Nazis.
No, but you can certainly judge people when they hold their Nazi forefathers up as their political inspiration, as Freeland has done repeatedly.
Grandfather was a Nazi - you don’t get judged for that.
Grandfather was a Nazi and you celebrate him politically - you absolutely get judged.
Nice try with attempting to tar critics of the person who celebrates her Nazi heritage as Nazi’s though.
Maybe rephrase your comment if you don’t want it to be interpreted the way I interpreted it.