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Nazi Patches and the New York Times' Ukraine Reversal

from How To Help | The Tim Dillon Show #350 · #350

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Tim reads a New York Times story acknowledging Nazi symbols worn by Ukrainian soldiers, mocking the paper's euphemistic "thorny" framing and arguing the media narrative around Ukraine's heroism is starting to crack.

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  • New York Times acknowledges Nazi symbols on Ukraine's front lines, calling them 'thorny issues of history.'
  • Tim breaks down the headline: troops using Nazi patches risks fueling propaganda, not the reality that they like Nazis.
  • Media pinned medals on these guys early on, but Ukraine has been a hotbed of white supremacy and literal Nazism for years.
  • The media called everyone with differing opinions a Nazi for years, diluting the term until actual Nazis became invisible.
  • New York Times finally admitting Ukrainian soldiers are wearing Nazi patches, including the Totenkopf symbol.
  • Tim's take: the Times framing patches as 'aiding Russian propaganda' rather than acknowledging what the patches actually represent.
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