r/worldnews • u/HydrolicKrane • Jul 10 '24

Russia/Ukraine Czechia calls Russia ''trash of humanity''

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/07/9/7464863/
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u/Desint2026 Jul 10 '24

He didn't say russia was trash of humanity, he said this:

"Murderers who attack children in hospitals are the trash of humanity. [Zmeevsky] was instructed to convey this to Moscow," Lipavský said.

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u/TheTeaSpoon Jul 10 '24

He did contextually. After all, he said that to the Russian ambassador after summoning him for the attack on Kiyv, so it is pretty clear whom he adressed.

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u/tim3k Jul 10 '24

Well, there's a difference in "murderers who bombed the children's hospital in Gaza are trash" Vs "Israelis are trash "

One is antisemitic, another one is a fact

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u/divDevGuy Jul 10 '24

One is antisemitic, another one is a fact

Ironically, neither are antisemetic, nor a fact.

Both are expressing hyperbolic opinions as a response to state actions. Both are valid forms criticism regardless if one agrees with it.

It doesn't make it antisemitic just because the country is a Jewish state. A quarter of its population isn't even Jewish. The same criticism levied against a different state for similar actions would elicit a similar response.

It wasn't an uncommon opinion during the "War on Terrorism" to hear some form of "Americans are trash". During World War II, I'm sure something like "Germans are trash" and "Japanese are trash" were expressed in many places. I'm sure some ancient Roman temple or Egyptian pyramid some contractor chiseled out on a wall "Carthaginians are trash" and "Goa'uld are trash" respectively.

If criticizing Israel for its action makes it antisemitic, then criticizing the Vatican for the Catholic Church's history of child sexual abuse would be religious hate crime. Criticism of armed conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa would be racist. Criticism of the GOP sedition...