Justin Ling comes through...great piece that has a lot of background on Hunka, and how this isn't as simple as some portray. Please read!
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With that background, let’s get a few things out of the way, before we embark any further. I’m putting them in bullet points so they’re abundantly clear:
- While you can play with words — does one need to be a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party to be a Nazi? Is fighting with the Nazis the same as fighting for the Nazis? — it doesn’t change the material reality that Hunka was under the command of the Schutzstaffel and in the Nazi chain of command.
- While you can have complicated feelings about those who were pressed into service to fight for the Nazis, or those who volunteered for complicated reasons, we should agree that it’s wrong to applaud any veteran of the SS for their service.
- The Russian accusation that the Ukrainian state is stuffed with Nazis is disinformation — but, like all good narratives, it contains kernels of truth. This scandal is not Russian disinformation, but it sure helps those Kremlin narratives.
There’s no but here. Hunka should have never been invited, and he certainly shouldn’t have been applauded. Rota resigned on Tuesday: Good.
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https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/...v-hunka-canada