6. Right now, Putin is smearing the whole of Ukrainian nationalism as being fascistic, arguing he's "de-nazifying" country. That's cynical and vile propaganda. But Freeland by posing with UPA colors & her office tweeting out image, is feeding into propaganda.
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7. To put it another way, the very fact that Putin is engaged in smearing Ukrainian nationalism (and denying Ukraine's right to exist) makes it more imperative, not less, that prominent Canadian politician Freeland to make clear distance from fascist group.
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8. More broadly, the whole story shows how the claim of Russian disinformation (sometimes real, sometimes not) is used as a smokescreen to hide real problems that deserve scrutiny & criticism.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
Do you accept the fact that the Russian embassy shopped this weaponization of Freeland's family history around in an attempt to launder it through more reputable sources?pic.twitter.com/1yYgC5WpZ4
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Replying to @GMichaelPetty
Sure, but the facts of the story are independent of whatever use the Russians try to make of it.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
Though to be certain, the only fact that's been established is that her grandfather was the editor of a newspaper in nazi occupied Ukranian. The rest is conjecture.
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Replying to @GMichaelPetty
The contents of the newspaper are also "established facts" as are photos of him socializing with Nazis. This sort of liberal whitewash helps nobody.pic.twitter.com/iP43KKW96W
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Replying to @HeerJeet
Freeland is supposed to beg for forgiveness because... Her grandfather was photographed in the background of a photo with a nazi in it? These allegations of what Freeland is supposed to denounce are getting more and more spurious.
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Replying to @GMichaelPetty
Not Freeland. You. You said only fact is he worked on newspaper. That's a whitewashing of history that serves no purpose. Certainly doesn't help Freeland.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
Are there any other details of his work product other than the fact he was an editor there? Was he responsible for literally all of it? A photograph of a nazi with Freeland's grandfather in the background isn't evidence of him inciting pogroms.
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I would advise looking into the research of Alex Boykowich and John-Paul Himka (as it happen Freeland's uncle and Michael Chomiak's son-in-law, so hardly a hostile source).
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