Right now, Palestinians, Israelis and all of us with family on the ground are terrified for loved ones. We grieve the lives of those already lost and remain committed to a future where every life is precious, and all people live in freedom and safety. Following 16 years of Israeli military blockade, Palestinian fighters from…
With any other country you can say, as an example, “Russia shouldn’t be invading Ukraine”
On the contrary. We can name “the Putin regime” rather than saying “Russia”.
Tyrannies typically oppress their own people first.
The country first oppressed by the Nazis was not Poland or France or Czechoslovakia; it was Germany. The people first oppressed by Hitler were Germans. Including German Jews; but only a Nazi says German Jews aren’t real Germans. But also German transgender people, German disabled people, German socialists, German Christians who refused to put Hitler before Jesus; and eventually any German who wouldn’t kiss Hitler’s ass.
Who is oppressed by the Putin regime? Mostly Russians.
On the contrary. We can name “the Putin regime” rather than saying “Russia”.
Tyrannies typically oppress their own people first.
The country first oppressed by the Nazis was not Poland or France or Czechoslovakia; it was Germany. The people first oppressed by Hitler were Germans. Including German Jews; but only a Nazi says German Jews aren’t real Germans. But also German transgender people, German disabled people, German socialists, German Christians who refused to put Hitler before Jesus; and eventually any German who wouldn’t kiss Hitler’s ass.
Who is oppressed by the Putin regime? Mostly Russians.