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grundar t1_j22ftn2 wrote

Reply to comment by Northstar1989 in Russians did such a good job promoting renewable energy and electric vehicles this year. by darth_nadoma

> Also, the only real difference between Ukraine and Kazakhstan here that matters is Ukrainians are white.

Well, that and the fact that Russia invaded Ukraine.

(Russia sent >100,000 troops to Ukraine in a full-scale invasion, whereas it sent 2,500 troops for 1 week as part of CSTO at the invitation of the Khazakstan government. The situations are not remotely similar, and it's disengenuous at best to pretend otherwise.)

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> You're just trolling and not even reading what I wrote.

No, I'm pointing out -- with sources -- how lazy and uninformed your assumption of racism is.

There are fundamental differences between Ukraine and Kazakhstan in terms of their relationships to Russia and the West; to assert that the only relevant difference between them is "Ukraine is white" is verifiably wrong.

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Northstar1989 t1_j253im9 wrote

You're just trolling and not even reading what I wrote.

I compared how the US would have responded if Kazakhstan had been invaded instead of Ukraine, I didn't say it had been invaded.

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