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[–] profdc9 86 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can only imagine how desperate and helpless an entire generation of children feel in Russia right now, with their fathers sent to die in a worthless war.

[–] chitak166 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably with a very tribalistic "the world is against us" mentality.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (3 children)

they're being told they are fighting a righteous war defending Ukrainians from Nazis

[–] Duamerthrax 34 points 1 year ago

And the ones that don't believe it have to shut up. Imagine being against the Iraq War post 9/11 in the US, but your bullies can get you put in jail.

[–] galloog1 18 points 1 year ago

I don't know why you are getting downvoted. It's true and you don't need to be pro-russian or believe it to acknowledge the propaganda.

[–] hansl 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What I don’t get is how they can look at the rest of the western world backing Ukraine and not wonder “are we the baddies?” Or maybe they do and that creates cognitive dissonance too big to handle. Or they’re told all western countries are Nazis.

[–] ichbinjasokreativ 21 points 1 year ago

You know the insane amount of Russian bots on western-centric websites? Has to be double that on their own sites.

[–] Mediocre_Bard 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

School shootings aren't going to win you American support, Russia. Stay in your lane.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (232 children)

Meh, leave it to Russia to bungle the whole concept of school shootings. If less than two kids get killed, that's just a normal school day here in America. And really what is so tragic about kids getting shot? Life is best to those who live the least of it.

[–] Alteon 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fucking wow, a mod deleted a whole comment chain because it wasn't directly related to the post. That's pretty fucked. So much for being able to have any sort of discussion here.

Got it mod. No conversation between Lemmy users. Yes sir. Way to be so much fucking better than reddit, huh?

[–] chitak166 21 points 1 year ago

Yeah, there's a lot of censorship going on here.

The modlog is nice, but it's still possible for entire chains to be wiped from view if the post at the top gets removed.

I think we should have the option to see what mods censor. That way everyone wins.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (7 children)

So Russia can list all of their school shootings for the past couple years with details in a condensed lemmy bot post….. very tragic still but damn it usa needs gun reform legislation nationally.

I don’t think we could list all of our school shootings in the past month this concisely, let alone going as far back as the 2020’s.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The 14-year-old girl walked into her school in Bryansk, in western Russia, close to the Ukrainian border, with a shotgun registered in the name of her father, according to local authorities.

“The families of the killed girl and injured children will be provided all the necessary assistance,” Mr Bogomaz said on the messaging app Telegram.

Alexey Kuznetsov, Russia's deputy health minister, said one victim was undergoing surgery, without specifying details.

In March, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Ms Lvova-Belova and Russian President Vladimir Putin over alleged war crimes, accusing them of responsibility for the abduction of children from Ukraine.

In September 2022, a gunman opened fire in a school in central Russia, killing 17 people and wounding 24 others before shooting himself dead.

In May 2021, a man opened fire at students at his former high school in the Russian city of Kazan, killing nine people including seven children.


The original article contains 347 words, the summary contains 153 words. Saved 56%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

The middle paragraph is so disjoint. It's only mildly more relevant in the full article.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Russia’s Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, said the teenager killed one of her classmates and that it was looking into a motive.

Gun was her father's.

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