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Ukraine notified the Council of Europe of the partial suspension of some clauses of the European Convention on Human Rights and Freedoms in connection to recent changes in its martial law. (www.euronews.com)
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The western values Ukraine is defending are becoming more apparent by the day.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (4 children)

there is no practical benefit to adding fats to bullets right? can anyone comment?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Of course there isn’t.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Yeah, thanks for clarifying.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

No it's just thinly veiled Islamophobia.

Some fascists have an urban myth that since pork is haram, Muslims shot by a bullet covered in lard go to hell.

Chechnya has a lot of Muslims and Ramzan Kadyrov is the head of state of Chechnya, so "Kadyrov orcs" is a dog whistle for Muslims.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Ah I didn't know lard only came from pigs. I thought it was a general descriptor of like solid fats.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

It's good for making your magazines more irritating to load

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Lard is pig fat, which they use because it’s not kosher, despite most of their targets not being Jews. Nazism is vibes-based and seldom makes sense. Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. —Voltaire

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It wasn't because the fascists thought they were fighting Jews (in this case), it was because most of the Chechen soldiers were Muslim, who also have prohibitions on using or consuming pigs. It was of course typical nazi-style petty racism, but it was specifically about targeting Muslims.