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Here's Smotrich, the elected Israeli Finance minister:
Israel engages in pink washing, but the fact Smotrich is a minister says a lot, even if they haven't banned pride (yet.)
Meanwhile in Ukraine:
The leader of Russian occupied Donetsk complimenting Ukrainian fascists, who received roughly 2% of the vote in the last elections. Ukrainian fascists are apparently more popular in Russian occupied Ukraine than in free Ukraine.
Meanwhile in Russia proper, the Pride march has been banned for years, people are regularly arrested for being gay, websites which stream movies like Brokeback Mountain are banned, the “international LGBT movement” whatever that is was labeled as a banned extremist organization, the police regularly raid gay bars, gay people are regularly murdered, and the country has become one of if not the most dangerous country to be gay in Europe. But apparently that's not a country full of fascists.
But hey, maybe Ukraine is overrun with gay jewish Nazis.
I am happy we agree on Israel pink washing. I also agree on Russia using "Nazis" as war propaganda.
The sad truth is neither the West nor Russia will let Ukraine be independent or neutral. They will take as much as they can, for whatever price they can afford.
I wish nations would cease to exist but in the meantime I would be happy enough if we could get the bastards that have created this mess vaguely points at everything to the guillotine.