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c/worldnews · u/Mee@reddthat.com · 13 points
c/worldnews · u/Mee@reddthat.com · 13 points
u/Nakoichi@hexbear.net · 21 points
LMAO did this mfer just try to refute with AI slop?! I'm fuckin dead.
u/Flyberius@hexbear.net · 10 points
Absolutely bodied. I wonder if this will spark any self reflection...
u/TankieTanuki@hexbear.net · 25 points
Skepticism of the referendum is warranted.
Ignore it.
Let's look at a poll done by a Western organization which clearly does not favor Russia. Take, for example, the very Pew Research poll from the "further reading" section of your AI's answer:

>#### **Crimea supports secession**
They can't spin it any other way, even in an article intended to manufacture support for Ukrainian unity. That's because *every* poll of Crimeans following the Maidan coup has produced the same result.
Western liberals support self-determination only when it suits their interests.
u/Kuori@hexbear.net · 17 points
too lazy and ignorant to type up your own dogshit reply so you rely on a chatbot.  fucking liberals.
u/mathemachristian@hexbear.net · 11 points
Who will win, 6 cited sources vs 1 glorified markov chain
u/Mee@reddthat.com · -6 points
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u/cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml · 21 points
"We're coming home!" Crimea celebrates after 97% vote for joining Russia
"We came back home to Mother Russia. We came back home, Russia is our home"
96.77% of Crimeans vote to re-unite with Russia
"We are going home, Crimea is going to Russia", said the republic’s prime minister
Majority of Crimea citizens one year after referendum do not regret joining Russia
Crimea celebrates 2 years since historic referendum to rejoin Russia
Return to Russia: Crimeans Tell the Real Story of the 2014 Referendum and Their Lives Since
The Majority of Crimeans Are Still Glad for Their Annexation:
*"it is incontrovertible that most [...] Crimean residents welcomed joining Russia. Numerous polls at the time of the annexation and in its immediate aftermath revealed broad support for joining Russia"*
*"Crimea’s annexation in 2014 gave residents grounds for optimism, with a majority of Crimeans hopeful that their lives would change for the better."*
***"The majority of Crimeans do not experience Russian rule as oppressive, alien, or unwelcome. Instead, based on the evidence of our surveys, they are reasonably happy to be living in Putin’s Russia."***
—Foreign Affairs Magazine, official publication of the Council on Foreign Relations, arch-imperialist US neocon think tank
u/PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml · 9 points
 Nothing surprising though, libs often have the trouble of confusing liberation with occupation.