Posted on 04/16/2023 10:26:45 PM PDT by logi_cal869
Hollywood star Mark Hamill, best known for his portrayal of Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars saga, ended up committing quite a blunder after he participated in a video chat with members of Ukrainian armed forces. During said chat, a fragment of which Hamill shared on Twitter, Hamill praised the Ukrainian militants who he claimed were "fighting the good fight" and compared Ukrainian forces to the rebels from Star Wars.
"It was a pleasure meeting with the brave Ukrainian drone operators. We talked about the challenges they face on a daily basis, but they also wanted to talk about Wookiees & farm boys & droids, oh my!" the actor wrote in the tweet.
While many social media users praised Hamill for this act, quite a few netizens pointed at the flag that was seen in the video chat hanging behind Ukrainian militants.
The red-and-black banner in question appeared to be the flag of the so-called Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), an infamous Ukrainian nationalist militant group that collaborated with the Nazis during World War II and perpetrated acts of ethnic cleansing against civilians of Polish and Jewish descent in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia.
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Right?
;-) & Thx.
Wait, you like tea and (I suppose) Hitler liked tea so that makes you like Hitler? You think that’s a comparable analogy?
Talk about fallacious reasoning...
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And it isn’t just Soros siding with Zelensky.
It’s rabid Trump-haters Vindman, Pelosi, etc, who have traveled to Ukraine to shake Zelensky’s hands, plus it’s the WEF tied at the hip with Zelensky, and many other usual suspects.
This is why Busek cannot support Zel and be a true conservative.
Yes. You insultingly and fallaciously implied that I must be a fan of Biden and Soros simply because I, too, decry the criminal invasion of and land-grab in innocent Ukraine by Putin's Russia.
The "Hitler/tea" analogy is a well-known logical fallacy - sorry you didn't recognize the reference.
Sad.
Regards,
You are a victim (or, perhaps, a perpetrator) of fallacious thinking.
My denouncing the illegal invasion of Ukraine by Putin's Russia has nothing to do with Pelosi, Biden, Soros, or anyone else.
My stance on Putin's war crimes in Ukraine is entirely independent of the statements and/or actions, supposed political connections, inferred allegiances, etc. of anyone else.
You are obviously unable to effectively refute my straightforward statement concerning the massive invasion of innocent Ukraine by the aggressive and criminal enterprise which Russia has mutated into under Putin, so you are instead attempting to smear me by falsely alleging an ideological proximity to or fealty towards certain "Bad Actors."
This is an obvious instance of the fallacy of "Guilt by Association" on your part.
This is why Busek cannot [...]
Here at Free Republic, etiquette demands that you "ping" other FReepers that you mention in your posting. It was thus only by accident that I happened to see your posting, and was able to point out the confused thinking with which it is rife.
Regards,
You are quite flippant in demanding that others first "show their credentials" before you are willing to consider their arguments, Its All Over Except ....
Why don't you first demonstrate to us that you are a real human being with an actual soul - by denouncing the illegal invasion of innocent Ukraine by massive Russian tank columns? By decrying the rocket-bombing of Ukrainian cities? By criticizing the annexation of vast swathes of Ukrainian territory by land-hungry Russia?
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No, I didn't think so...
Regards,
So you feel Russia defending people who voted for leaving Ukraine to rejoin Russia is bad?
They MUST stay part of Ukraine?
And Ukraine MUST be allowed to join NATO even thought treaty forbids it?
Gosh you’re stupid. EVERYTHING you say is Soros and Biden propaganda.
Once again I ask DO YOU THINK THEY’VE STOPPED lying to us?
We have no business involving ourselves in this, INCLUDING allowing Ukraine to join NATO.
You question contains implicit assumptions which can be easily exposed as invalid and/or false.
Russia is not "defending" people. Rather, it launched the biggest land war in European history since WWII, has annexed vast swathes of sovereign Ukrainian territory in blatant violation of International Law, has rocket-bombed major civilian centers, threatened the use of nuclear weapons, etc.
This can in no way be characterized as "defending."
Further, the residents of the Luhansk and Donetzk oblasts did not "vote" in anything resembling legitimate and constitutional referenda; and Russia has now seized much more land than that.
They MUST stay part of Ukraine?
I never claimed that. But Russia must not be allowed to dismember and disembowel Ukraine at its pleasure and then devour whatever is left.
And Ukraine MUST be allowed to join NATO even thought treaty forbids it?
Russia has no say in who gets to voluntarily join NATO.
Gosh you’re stupid.
Ad hominem Fallacy!
EVERYTHING you say is Soros and Biden propaganda. Once again I ask DO YOU THINK THEY’VE STOPPED lying to us?
I don't care what Soros or Biden have said; I'm not listening to them.
We have no business involving ourselves in this [...]
We are free to supply arms to the innocent victim of a criminal invasion. We are free to impose sanctions upon an imperialistic regime. It is in the interests of the United States that the thug state into which Russia has mutated under Putin not be allowed to succeed in its aggression.
[...] INCLUDING allowing Ukraine to join NATO.
It is by all means "our business" to constantly be on the look-out for sovereign nations freely wishing to accede to NATO. Ukraine is an especially promising candidate insofar as it would serve as a splendid bulwark against the criminal enterprise known as the Russian Federation.
Regards,
“that”
Trees here must be supplying the oxygen you lack. Helps me think rationally and clearly so I don’t accidentally conflate unrelated topics.
...and it’s more like a marsh... a nice one with wildflowers and clean water and migrating birds.
I’ll be damned how you can smell those wildflowers with your head so far up your backside.
I’LL ACCEPT YOUR DEFEAT. Since you can only be nasty, you must have nothing to offer.
Thanks for the warning on inbreds in VA.
You just can’t stop from being this way, can you? I feel sorry for you. I wish you the best.
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