Let’s keep it simple. Don’t engage with fascists. Either fight them or ignore them, depending on the circumstances, but to shake their hands with and platform them is folly. Death to dictators.
“He shook hands with him [Putin]. He smiled. He was asked to come to promote the BRICS summit even more. He was used by them, and he seemed happy to be used,” the official told POLITICO on condition of anonymity to be able to discuss the sensitive matter.
OK, I think I get it now. I think maybe it just needed some commas or other punctuation or something. So Zelensky rejected a visit from the UN person, because that UN person met with Putin?
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bananymous@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 1y
Let’s keep it simple. Don’t engage with fascists. Either fight them or ignore them, depending on the circumstances, but to shake their hands with and platform them is folly. Death to dictators.
MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world · -7 pts · 1y
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Reverendender@sh.itjust.works · -8 pts · 1y
I am not at all certain this title is accurate
Eldest_Malk@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y
The article seems to detail exactly what the headline says. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
TomAwsm@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
I misunderstood it too; thought it meant that Zelensky chose to meet with Putin rather than the UN chief.
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
It is
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
OK, I think I get it now. I think maybe it just needed some commas or other punctuation or something. So Zelensky rejected a visit from the UN person, because that UN person met with Putin?