Thread by @DrAnnaPirates

We all know what happen. #Arestovych does not matter. Here is what matter.

Only people jumping to use this foolishness are who?

Russians

Why are they excitedly using this in propaganda?

To absolve themselves to world even though they know and we know what happen.

https://twitter.com/sternenko/status/1614373980340625408

So why is this important? Because it shows that Russia is willing to lie and cover up its crimes even as they complain that criticism of them is Russophobia. It’s not Putin spreading this all over social media. It’s Russians.

This is why we can’t lose perspective about guilt for this genocide. Nothing will change because this is Russia. This has always been Russia. This will always be Russia.

Tsar, Stalin, Putin and everyone in between is Russia because Russia can only exist as lie. That means for Russia to exist in future it must continue denying everything it has done. If they deny their crimes

They will continue their crimes. Every person in Russian gov, in Russian media, on social media is either cheering these crimes or blaming them on Putin. None of them are willing to take responsibility. Same with every crime Russia has committed uninterrupted for over 100 years.

Watch them use Arestovych to deny guilt. Each of them. Count them. Their responses. It’s not Putin. It’s Russia. Always remember this fact. We know who we deal with and we tell you. This is not just anger misplaced. This is culture that shares none of our values.

They don’t value life, peace, truth, responsibility, compassion. It’s not mere insult. It’s description of culture that values brute force as manly, violence as strength, sees peace as weakness, truth as illusion, compassion as useless. It’s this culture that

Has after so many generations created people who don’t share values with civilized world. time.com/6164291/russia…

Its something difficult for West to imagine, but it’s true: newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/s…

“This is a Russia that we know, and it’s not a Russia that arrived yesterday or in the nineteen-nineties. It’s not a response to the actions of the West. There are internal processes in Russia that account for where we are today.”Stephen Kotkin.

This is Russia before Putin and after it will be same. This is Russian culture and identity. Because if you deny your crimes for so long , you will see consequences to suffering you caused as attack. For them, history just started on whatever day our defense caused most damage.

Those who study Russia in West and who have observed this culture will tell you same thing: smithsonianmag.com/history/vladim…

That’s why there can’t be any illusions about what happens after Putin. There is no such thing as opposition in culture that does not share values with rest of civilized world. There is limit to what opposition can be in that environment.

#collectiveguilt is not Russophobia.