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Louis wrote: " I have been appalled by some of the wildly inaccurate information that is floating about. Jose Tirado, a FB friend, who is part of "The UkrainoNazis are coming, hide the silverware" crowd, posted an item that has been floating about that states among other things that a bill had been passed that bans the speaking of languages other than Ukrainian. "4199- Bill to repeal the use of their native language by minorities, which refers to Russian, Romanian, Hungarian, and Greek." "Now who in their right mind would believe that such a law could be passed? It turns out that the bill only stated that regions would no longer have the right to make Russian an official language after Ukrainian. Leaving aside the wisdom of such a measure, how does that translate into banning Russians from speaking Russian?" This is a straw man argument Louis. A few westerners and defenders of the Russian gov't might say that but the Bill is a straight up attack on democratic rights in Ukraine. Looking at what you wrote Louis, it looks like the typical 'defend the new gov't at any cost' by your *downplaying* the political significance of this Bill. I'ts a chauvinist racist Bill and should be opposed by all Ukrainians regardless of their language preference. Additionally, it's provides ammunition to Putin and the pro-Russian segment of the population to see Ukraine's new pro-Imperialist gov't as a threat to their rights and thus provides an excuse for the Russians to divide Ukraine (though it's only limited to Crimea at this point). David ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
