Having sympathy for Vietnam vets is the same thing, except culturally acceptable for Americans. You can root for Russia to lose and also mourn the lives lost in a war that civilians were forced to participate in.
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Sanctus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I got banned from a sub for saying a video of a russian soldier shooting himself five feet from his troop was sad. I dont like Russia right now, but that is still sad and fucked.
fathog@lemmy.world 11 months ago
kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I have seen that video, I do understand your feelings
768@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
The removal of a Russian army function is not sad, but the death and suicide of a human being is very sad. If the person saw desertion as an exit strategy, they might have saved and turned their life around, but there probably were reasons that they didn’t see that as viable or desirable.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
They were like laying there all half dead already. It was just a video of the end of a life we don’t know.
4am@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I saw that too and it fucked me up.
Fuck Russia and Putin for putting his own people in that position.