Minu jutt ei pruugi väljendada isegi minu enda arvamust, ammugi siis tööandja oma. / I may not even be expressing my own opinion, let alone my employer's.
That viral map of “Russian invasions” is everywhere again. It shows real events but misses the bigger picture and like most Western artificial hate, it camouflages Western sins far more effectively than anything else.
Russia never crossed oceans to plunder distant continents like Western empires.
Its expansions were mostly defensive buffers after Napoleon burned Moscow in 1812, after Hitler’s invasion killed 27 million Soviets, and after 1990s assurances to Gorbachev that NATO wouldn’t expand “one inch east” were ignored.
A flat plain with no natural borders made survival a constant fight.
Now the same West lectures about “rules-based order”…
US Monroe Doctrine turned Latin America into its backyard coups in Guatemala (1954), Chile (1973), many other repeated interventions.
NATO expansion pushed right to Russia’s border despite earlier understandings.
Iraq 2003 (WMD lies), Libya 2011 (UN mandate twisted for regime change)
West sells wars as liberation but it’s imperial instinct, better marketing.
Western powers built the largest colonial empires, redrew global maps, and toppled governments at will, yet condemn Russia for securing its near abroad against repeated existential threats.
Russia wasn’t perfect, but it survived horrors that broke others.
History is complex.
Different standards for East and West say more about today’s narratives than facts.
Think for yourself.
@EmilsBenders@SimonWest68474@TheFl0orIsLaVa One could not get married if they were not confirmed, and nobody could get through confirmation without being able to read and write. Orthodox Christianity had no such 'limitations'.
@TheFl0orIsLaVa They have a competing narrative according to which Czarist Russia gave Estonia higher education in Estonian. Their source? The fact that the re-established German-language uni established a post of the lecturer of Estonian in 1803.
@s6idumeerik See Fabia jutt oli pigem villast viskamine. Kadunud äi sõitis tükk aega Fabiaga ning ütles ikka, et see mudel on küll pigem peeniselühendaja.
@PeeterKo@tonista_ 20 miljonit on tõesti kosmos, kui praegu on see 8–9 kandis, aga kümne ületamine ei ole. Ma olen mõelnud, et äkki on turul liiga vähe pakkujaid, Elron peab üksinda Eesti Raudteele ja Edelaraudteele kasutustasu maksma ja sestap ka maksab see dotatsiooni näol riigile rohkem.
@s6idumeerik@jaanus Ükskord oleksin peaaegu Twitteris kähmlusse sattunud, kui osutasin kellelegi, et kui tema jutus sõna „mees“ asendada sõnaga „must“, peaks ta ise selle jutu emiteerijat räigeks rassistiks. Õnneks sain ainult ühe korra sõimata.
@s6idumeerik@jaanus Ma arvan, et igasugused katsed inimesi niimoodi rassi- ja sootunnuste ning ea põhjal selliseks või teistsuguseks tembeldada on üsna kahtlane ja kõvasti AÜR identiteedisõdade haisuga. Türalõug oli minu arvates märksa parem leid.