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My experience? My experience is you have a lot of people who claim to care about Ukraine, but then go on to say things such as “they should just give up the land”.

The above conversation is a good example of this. Ukrainian people are very patriotic especially now, and flags are a highly symbolic and meaningful subject. And not wanting to listen to “just don’t use a flag for languages”, which is a ridiculously simple ask, to then pretend it’s not a big deal for those who lost their homes and families?

GP has no idea what it’s like to be be in the exact case they claim to care about. So yes, I’ll take $10 for some drone parts, instead of trying to educate those who don’t listen to the simplest asks.

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Dylan168071y ago

> My experience?

Your experience with flag use.

Your experience with people claiming to care about Ukraine isn't relevant because the above user only claimed that they care about it significantly more than a thing they don't care about. That's a super weak claim.

You're twisting it into a major claim so you can put them down for failing to live up to your standards of caring, when it was only a relative comparison.

> GP has no idea what it’s like

Which you are not trying to remedy. You are only trying to prove they don't care enough, as if that's going to somehow prove their original claim about flag use incorrect.

> I’ll take $10 for some drone parts, instead of trying to educate

Instead of? Does that mean no explanation even if you get them to donate?

> those who don’t listen to the simplest ask

Simple doesn't mean correct. Both sides of this argument are simple.

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