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The Coincidences Behind Canada’s Nazi-Honoring Debacle Are Deeply Unsettling

jacobin.com /2023/09/canada-chrystia-freeland-nazi-veteran-honoring-debacle-parliament/

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This is just ridiculous - prosecuting Yaroslavl Hunka makes sense, as he himself was a part of a nazzi military outpost.
Prosecuting or using it as a political tool against Chrystia Freeland makes absolutely no sense as it was her grandfather (!) who was at involved in the nazzi business.
Blame granddaughter for grandfather's sins...
I don't know what's going on politically in Canada, but this is just pathetic in my opinion.
Edit:
Michael Chomiak, Freeland’s maternal grandfather whom she’s repeatedly cited as a political inspiration
The link to her essay mentions her grandfather a couple of times, but never "cites as a political inspiration". Just to give a historical context.
Terrible piece of journalism
- What's with the nazzi?!
- All nazi apologists and revisionists should read
  Canada’s Future Prime Minister Needs to Come Clean About Her Nazi Collaborationist Grandfather. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland’s electoral base is in Canada’s Ukrainian diaspora community, which has rebranded Nazi collaborators as nationalist war heroes.
  
  Are you trying to imply I'm a nazi apologist for simply refusing to punish anyone for the crime they did not commit?
  What if you grandfather was a rapist - would you find it necessary for yourself to go around, admit that your grandfather was a rapist, apologies for this and suffer consequences?
  Anyone who worked for or supported Nazis should suffer the consequences. She did not.
- The Ukrainian army has a ton of Nazis fighting for it, and pictures of Nazi symbols keep popping up on uniforms. I understand that the Ukrainians know they're in an existential war and need every man they can get, but it's not a good look, and honouring actual Nazis in parliament is not going to help with keeping political support for continuing to fund this war.
  Same is true for Russia, btw. The Wagner group used a lot of Nazi iconography as well, and Russia was equally ok with it.
  There's just a huge Nazi problem in both countries, and it's definitely something we need to worry about. Having a bunch of Nazi's with combat experience and potentially modern western weapons running around Europe is not something you want after this war. Operation Gladio showed what that can lead to.
  
  There's a huge Nazi crisis the world over tbh. It's pretty frightening.
- Calling either Russia or Ukraine Nazi is just historically incorrect. Neither are run by national socialist workers parties, which is what Nazi used to mean.
  Of both only one is the aggressor in a bloody war against their neighbor, seeking territorial gain. The to and fro accusations of being Nazi really don't help. There's racist people in both sides some who actually think Nazi insignia are bad ass.
  What really matters is actions, and from my limited understanding, that needs research after this had finished, is that the Russian side is more involved in cruelty, and that the Ukrainians show restraint and try to step up to try and uphold war conventions.
  Actions are more important than words. None of them are Nazis, some of them may act like them.
"Coincidence" my ass

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