Author: Альона ꑭ Шевченко
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Hey @NikaMelkozerova, making you a whole 🧵 about why I hate everything russian as a russian speaker born and raised in Eastern Ukraine, why Ukrainians have the right to hate and why no one has the right to lecture us about how we should feel. I hope you find it helpful.
Working on a new opinion piece about the hate and anger we all feel now in Ukraine. So would be grateful if you share your hate and anger with me to help me get a bigger picture.
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It's probably good to start from quoting a teacher from #Kharkiv "I taught russian language and literature. ...I instilled love for the 🇷🇺 language and literature. I’d love for those liberators to see what they liberated us from. From now on we will have nothing russian."
48/ The screenshot below is the transcript of a video I translated a couple days ago for another project:
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https://t.co/kyIhUNg79M
This is from Kharkiv, in the past - the most pro-russian city in 🇺🇦. Maybe these people know more than those who are not from Ukraine? https://t.co/KJr6IAssYr
People who have the nerve to be telling Ukrainians how we shouldn't be so angry and "hateful" - please work on your emotional intelligence, empathy and humility. In the meantime - please shut the fuck up.
Fallen Defenders of Ukraine. The cemetery in Dnipro, my home region.
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I fucking hate rashists. I'll hate them all my life for this.
"I want you to think for a moment about the cost of our lives. Who pays for it."
Photographer - Svitlana (instagram: flying_svitlana) https://t.co/VAblSTWg9j
People who tell me I "make things worse" and "giving them bullets" - I don't need to say or do anything for russians to hate us. I can't make it any worse - the worst is already happening. Imagine that 🤯
FYI russians don't need for me to say anything, they live in a parallel universe full of "Ukrainian Nazis", "separatists" and other unicorns I've personally never met in my life growing up in Eastern Ukraine:) It makes zero difference for them what we say. They still kill us. https://t.co/dUnvUqXKyR
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Everyone is welcome to listen to the recording for a full explanation from me.
If you don't hate russia yet - enjoy your privilege. BTW, it's temporary. Not long left.
#StandWithUkraine #ArmUkraine #ArmUkraineNow
For an extended explanation of why I, the person who grew up bilingual speaking russian and Ukrainian in Eastern Ukraine, absolutely hate russia and why everyone should hate russia too: https://t.co/CuYbXOmjAL
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Repeating again if it's not clear yet:
⚡️If you don't hate russia, you just don't know it well enough ⚡️
#ArmUkraineNow so that you don't have to find out what it's like to be Ukrainian. #GenocideOfUkrainians #ArmUkraineNow saveualist.com: What Ukraine Needs To Win The War
5/ If you don't hate russia, you just don't know it well enough. #ArmUkraineNow so that you don't have to find out what it's like to be Ukrainian. #GenocideOfUkrainians #ArmUkraineNow https://t.co/XXGiy6MDoT https://t.co/YjqPv7hHdz
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A 🧵 about #russianWarCrimes
If after reading it someone feels the urge to come back and tell me that I shouldn't hate russians, they are a real fucked up human being. That's me being diplomatic and carefully wording my statement. #StandWithUkraine #ArmUkraineNow
1/ Perfect tweet to start an educational🧵 about russia from.
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Remember - if you don't hate russia, you just don't know it well enough ✊
But I'll fix that 💃 https://t.co/7uxbwNQWf1
About "russophobia".
9/ We have every right to be angry and to hate (!) the people, countries and organisations responsible for this war. We won't ever be blinded by hatred like russians are right now - for no reason. We don't have it in us. So fuck off if you're worrying about "russophobia". https://t.co/fOR99emyYg
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⚡️BREAKING NEWS ⚡️
❗️Good people who happen to be russian and born in russia hate russia too. Yes, absolutely all of them do. And so should you.
By silencing Ukrainians, you silence those good people too.
1/ I don't know who needs to hear this but Ukrainians should not be expected to give a fuck about how russians feel.
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I had a few russians completely agree with me today, but no one wants to hear them. We don't just silence me, we also silence those good 🇷🇺 we claim to protect. https://t.co/oPn78t9ot2
Check out this 🧵 to find out what happened recently when I said that right now, when I meet a 🇷🇺 person I don't know, they're "guity until proven innocent". What I meant is that unless a russian person is fighting against #GenocideOfUkrainians - they are complicit.
1/ Expectations for a Ukrainian: Apologise to russians.
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This conversation happened in Twitter Spaces a couple days ago in front of 400 people. Sharing so it's easier to understand what I have to deal with every other day.
#GenocideOfUkrainians
https://t.co/MqyvVvvUc4
Yes, they are responsible on both collective and individual level. I know, the sense of personal responsibility is a completely alien concept to most russians, most Germans, most French people from what I see and in general to many people in this world.
⚡️Introducing a "new" concept not familiar to russians and all genocide apologists: Collective responsibility ⚡️
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I also recommend to read this book. Lots of insights for people worrying about poor russians who have no idea what's happening and would do something if they could. https://t.co/aMon3b6RlG https://t.co/bF3CyBHVmx
It's not "putin's war", ok? He is just a product of their collective consciousness, that's all. Replace putin with @navalny - you might get something even worse.
22/ This is very important to understand. russians have no problem hating putin and hating Ukraine at the same time. It's not putin who's committing war crimes in Ukraine. It's russians. And most russians back in russia are cheering to that. https://t.co/dQj3NpYL15
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I encourage everyone to read this 🧵 to better understand what I'm trying to say.
#russianWarCrimes #GenocideOfUkrainians #ArmUkraineNow #ArmUkraine #StandWithUkraine #stoprussia
1/ Ukrainians don't complain much but I hope they don't mind me saying this: I speak 4 languages and none of them has words that can describe how much it hurts to be one of us these days.
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Each of us has been in agony from 1000s propaganda cuts. Literally, lie on a lie on a lie.
And this 🧵 too.
#russianWarCrimes #GenocideOfUkrainians #ArmUkraineNow #ArmUkraine #StandWithUkraine #stoprussia
1/ Just called mum.
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"I still can't believe that all of this is real.
That the world is watching it and letting it happen to us.
It's like we're in the 40s of the last century again, but this time everyone can see it real time. How is this even possible?"
Tweets about me being suspended by @Twitter ✨ twitter.com/cryptodrftng/s…
@RussianEmbassy is feeling great herr for some reason.
✨Why was I suspended? twitter.com/cryptodrftng/s…
36/ In case I get suspended again for "bitching" about #GenocideOfUkrainians (happened before), backup of everything I say on Twitter can be found at https://t.co/TMJhhI2SCr
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✨ @joinmastodon
✨https://t.co/nXrWYJoeCw
✨https://t.co/JH8o46bKyy
Here's a VERY outdated list of things I've been called lately. I'll try to update it today - there will be at least 3-4 tweets with new accusations, including me being a russian agent.
1/ Incomplete list of things I've been recently called by Ukraine's "supporters"🇺🇦
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✅ crypto bro
✅ disaster capitalist profiting off other people's misfortune
✅ playing victim
✅ ignorant fucking goblin
✅ slut
✅ idiot (∞)
✅ morally bankrupt
✅ need to apologize
...
Repeating for the folks in the back:
⚡️Not every Ukrainian woman will have enough emotional resource to deal with this. And no 🇺🇦 woman should be abused like this.
4/ Thank god it's not those people's opinions that matter to me.
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❤️ @BackAndAlive feedback is a bit more kind, for example: https://t.co/aOyw1fklO8
Not every Ukrainian woman will have enough emotional resource to deal with this. And no 🇺🇦 woman should be abused like this. https://t.co/Qy34HyIfrH
It's not just misogyny/gender issue and etc etc.
I have a very big issue with the fact that Ukrainian men are being silenced every single day.
For folks in the back: the reason why I'm being silenced is not just a gender issue and misogyny.
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❗️All Ukrainians, including males, are silenced and abused in public every day.
🙏 I linked @maksymeristavi Patreon page here: https://t.co/qorc1295Kv https://t.co/UxN7iXVSiE
Btw, if someone wants to support them, I made a list with 3 of them that deserve a lot more recognition.
I also mentioned there a very under-appreciated Ukrainian woman - @ferlain: twitter.com/cryptodrftng/s…
Thank you for including me in that list! 💙💛
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Here are 3 amazing Ukrainian men that I would like for people to support:
🎹 @piano_extremist - https://t.co/QtZm8k9SJw
🎥 @brokenpixelua - https://t.co/u5SQSCAQqS
🌈 @maksymeristavi - https://t.co/sMzkXhrWPc
#StandWithUkraine️ https://t.co/iLbRYedzRn https://t.co/HB8KtzrfQr
Excellent point. Proof?
🎙 Listen to this recording: twitter.com/cryptodrftng/s…
📝 Summary here: twitter.com/cryptodrftng/s…
✨ @betelgeuse1922 is my friend from Moscow. He's known me for over 10 years.
💡Here's what he thinks: twitter.com/betelgeuse1922…
@cryptodrftng The thing is that russkies who fight and are against the #GenocideOfUkrainians don't get offended by the described accusations at large simply because they have nothing to be ashamed of. On the other hand those who do... well that speaks volumes.
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We are back tomorrow with a new Special Russophobic Operation, btw. @betelgeuse1922
#StandWithUkraine #ArmUkraineNow
1/ We are back on Tuesday with @betelgeuse1922, our friend from Moscow - he says he has a lot of new things to say.
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⏰ Set the reminder.
https://t.co/QWrzuFgQmI
It's super important that everyone watches this video by @brokenpixelua
#StandWithUkraine #ArmUkraineNow #ArmUkraine
13/ Last but not least @brokenpixelua video where he explains why Ukrainians shouldn't listen about "russophobia", and russian people being "victims" or god forbid "heroes".
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"It's too late to be a hero."
Thank you for your attention. #ArmUkraineNow https://t.co/VB38Ks5SiD
Also please read this 🧵 he wrote.
✨ TLDR - if you want to lecture a Ukrainian person, please do us all a huge favor and fuck off 💝
🧵 about the characters of this story with the LEAST media coverage - russian Nazis: twitter.com/cryptodrftng/s…
🧵 from @brokenpixelua - Ukrainian film maker, currently defending Ukraine against the russian invasion.
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#StandWithUkraine #ArmUkraineNow https://t.co/iZLEfJh0k9
Day 110.
1/ Day 110.
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🧵 about speaking to a psychologist about what's most shocking and traumatising for me personally - https://t.co/KVZKULW3qt
🧵 about trying to tell people what's happening for over 8 years - https://t.co/6gWLMjKKLT https://t.co/GBvhWO7MTd https://t.co/jLo0N7du48
This needs to be updated.
✨ For ease of navigation of all the horrible things I say about russia, we made this Notion page with a database & tags ✨
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❗️This page is maintained by @Ukraine_DAO contributors so if the word "russia" is capitalised somewhere - that's not me 😂
https://t.co/SQs32YLjoC