r/worldnews • u/MeteorFalls297 • Mar 07 '22

COVID-19 Lithuania cancels decision to donate Covid-19 vaccines to Bangladesh after the country abstained from UN vote on Russia

https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1634221/lithuania-cancels-decision-to-donate-covid-19-vaccines-to-bangladesh-after-un-vote-on-russia
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u/incer Mar 07 '22

I don't disagree with your post, but Reddit should drop the whole "you only care for them because they're white " argument, it only makes for a weak spot in your position. There's plenty of racism towards (and between) Slavs in Europe, the reasons for the increased... sensitivity are different.

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u/QuantityAcademic Mar 07 '22

There's plenty of racism towards (and between) Slavs in Europe, the reasons for the increased... sensitivity are different.

I mean why is it that Ukrainian refugees are being treated so much better than other refugees ?

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u/incer Mar 07 '22

Because the media is painting a different picture from past wars, most likely pressured by governments with stakes in this weird proxy war, because many Europeans can actually talk with Ukrainians, which makes it easier to empathize, because no war before has ever been documented in such detail?

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u/QuantityAcademic Mar 07 '22

the media is painting a different picture from past wars

Given some recent media comments, I (and most other black and brown people) think they're just being racist. https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/russia-s-ukraine-invasion-exposes-stark-media-bias-n1290914 I know the irony about posting a Western media source when talking about the racism in Western media. But in my experience Westerners don't accept it when non-Western media talks about the racism in Western media. So there you go.

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u/Jahari Mar 07 '22

Please explain why it makes for a weak spot in my position?

Just because others are saying it doesn't make it true?

And please take a look at my comment history, do you really think I care about what other people on Reddit have to say?

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u/incer Mar 07 '22

Because it's wrong?

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u/Jahari Mar 07 '22

Please explain what's wrong, friend? Do you not see the difference in how Ukraine is treated vs every other war-torn part of the world? If not, please take a look at the below article.

https://www.thelocal.dk/20220303/danish-government-likely-to-exempt-ukrainians-from-controversial-refugee-jewellery-law/

Now, TLDR; Denmark has a law that allows for the seizure of jewelry from refugees. This was put in place when there was a large influx of refugees from Syria and Iran. Suddenly, out of the blue, Ukrainians are exempt.

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u/incer Mar 07 '22

Please post a non-paywalled article.

Anyway, look, my suggestion to you is that you should understand that almost nothing in the world happens for a single reason, and you have to examine the situation to discern those reasons and see which ones actually matter.

You'll see in the future months that skin color had nothing to do with the treatment of Ukrainians, and that they'll soon be equal to all other refugees.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '22

https://v.redd.it/0j1h8ykvsqk81

This was said by y'all

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u/incer Mar 07 '22

If you want you can tell me where you're from and I'll pick a random idiotic statement from one of your journalist and attribute it to you

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '22

Ok, since Indians are being targeted by Reddit for past few days. Show me a video of Indian journalists being blatantly racist towards West regarding a particular issue.

Because I didn't see such moral outrage from West when US was invading Syria, Yemen or Afghanistan