Apr 07 2022 16 mins
The Russian-Ukraine war has raged for 6 weeks now. I wrote a book on President Zelenskyy because I found him to be an intriguing leader. You can find it here on Amazon:
Since I wrote the book, I now get emails and DMs that ask, “Don’t you know Zelenskyy is a Nazi?” or “Is Zelensky a Soros plant?” Or my personal favorite, “I saw this video where he was dancing in drag. He is a gay Satanist.”
I will address each of these in turn. In today’s episode, I will address the Nazi accusation.
I will address it on two levels: Personally and governmental.
Here are the links I talked about in this episode:
Snopes: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/zelenskyy-nazi-iron-cross/
Anti-Defamation League: https://www.adl.org/education/references/hate-symbols/iron-cross
FactCheck.org https://www.factcheck.org/2022/03/the-facts-on-de-nazifying-ukraine/
Victoria Cross: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Cross
US Distinguished Flying Cross: https://archive.ph/kkQmy
English Language Russian News: https://www.rt.com/on-air/
English Language Ukrainian News: https://uatv.ua/en/projects/11473-en-2/
Historian’s statement: https://jewishjournal.com/news/worldwide/345515/statement-on-the-war-in-ukraine-by-scholars-of-genocide-nazism-and-world-war-ii/
Compare for yourself. Are you parroting Russian propaganda? Where did you get your information? Don’t be a useful idiot. Triangulate on the truth and rely on verifiable sources.
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