reminder that latvia has annual SS parade
Yep they do, it's called remembrance day.
Also check out this large list of latvian monuments to nazi collaborators.
WHAT? That is new to me.
It's been going on in baltics for a while. I wanted to say after their approval into NATO, but apparently it's been happening even before, just less obvious. Here's a wiki link, since I'm too lazy to find better sources.
Wikipedia, I know, but Latvia was one of the most enthusiastic holocaust participants. They left only ~3k jews alive out of 60k before the nazis came in.
Ah. That's really bad
Community notes in a nutshell:
Ummm ackkkkktually, the UN recognizes it, so therefore you're wrong.But he is wrong, Latvians are a people and have a right of self determination.
This would still be true if the UN didn't recognise Latvia, but to say UN recognition doesn't matter is silly.
Just to make things clear here, nowhere did I say that he's right or that UN recognition doesn't matter, or any of the sorts. I'm making fun of how community notes is perfect for hypocritical smug libs who pretend to care about UN recognition all of a sudden, when I've seen many of them shitting on the UN not too long ago for not towing the hardcore Zionist line. I probably should've included that in my comment.
and could be reportable
Gasp! Mods! MOOOOODS!
The "readers added context" machine is useful for some quips and clapbacks, but its impotence can really be felt here.
I’m curious as to why he called Latvia “non-existent.”
Why not? The Baltics are not real countries. They are oversized NATO bases with occasional SS parades.
cause its objectively funny
There's been a growing trend in media to question the legitimacy of some of the former soviet republics - usually Ukraine and the baltics. Haven't heard this language used on the likes of Kazakhstan though. Of course the same media never raises the question of legitimacy of the current Russian Federation, which is also very much not USSR.
Great-Russian nationalism.
This shit wouldn't fly in the USSR any more than Latvian SS parades.
I believe he is specifically referring to the collaborator regime in the early 40s
I agree with him except for calling Latvia nonexistent
unfortunately
