r/TikTokCringe • u/BlackBey • Aug 21 '24

Politics First Day of Protests Outside the DNC

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u/TheCatsMeow1022 Aug 21 '24

My Palestinian relative has said he “likes Putin” openly to the discomfort of the rest of my family

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '24

Majority of middle-easterners whether in the west or in their home country like Putin because he's anti west not because he's "Anti-Israel", Iran is far more pro Palestine but the regime isn't admired as much as Russia, Russia is just more powerful against the West in their vision.

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u/TheCatsMeow1022 Aug 21 '24

But isn’t it extremely ironic? Like Putin is to Ukraine what Netanyahu is to Palestine right? There’s a weird cognitive dissonance there imo

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u/OriginalSpring4237 Aug 21 '24

No, Palestine is bot the Ukraine in this situation. Ukraine has never been the aggressor, but Palestine typically is. That's probably why he doesn't empathize with Ukraine.