Anti-Woke Dad Who Fled With Family to Russia Sent to War Zone

https://www.thedailybeast.com/texan-moved-fam-to-russia-to-flee-wokenow-hes-headed-to-ukraine-front-line/

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Quill7513@slrpnk.net · 29 pts · 1y (1 reply)

it's almost like "woke" has always meant aware, and being anti it is being willfully unaware of how the world work

IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

Anti woke is literally pride in ignorance

CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de · 24 pts · 1y (1 reply)

He’s 46, in case anyone is wondering how deep Russia is digging for frontline soldiers.

Nollij@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 1y

I don't think we can ignore the context of him being not-Russian. That makes him entirely expendable, moreso than the (fairly expendable) native conscripted Russians.

Wmrus@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 1y (2 replies)

He wanted to earn the Russians respect by joining the army and said that many Americans that move to Russia don't do it, then he's shocked to find out that he will actually be in a combat role instead of earning the respect by being a military welder that wouldn't see combat

seejur@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y

So he wanted to earn the respect of the Russians by joining the military..... On a cushy job away from the front?

Talk about entitlement, but that's kind of expected nowadays with MAGAs

Quill7513@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 1y

it's almost like people on the margins should be trusted more than state propaganda or something

FelixCress@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y

Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y
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6stringringer@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 1y

Two in the thoughts and one in the prayers. Good luck ya’ll.

ProfThadBach@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

I wonder if he is dead yet?