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For those wondering why Poland isn't supporting Russia - Poles hate Russians. This from someone who accidentally asked a Pole if they were Russian.

Posted by . (aka liioulu) Feb 26 '22, 15:40

They let it slide as I was neither, and I apologized ans guessed Polish second. I haven't made that mistake again.

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Katyn massacre, when Hitler and Stalin split Poland, the soviets executed over 20,000 military officers, gov officials, university professors -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 26, 17:02
Russia has very few admirers in old Warsaw Pact -- nm - CinnaBaron Feb 26, 15:43
Yeah, you have to be really careful with Poles, Ukes, and Russians that way -- nm - zork Feb 26, 15:43 2
- my dad talks about all the Pole/Ukrainian conflicts he had growing up. -- nm - Reagen Feb 26, 15:51 1
  - Yet ... (my IM below) -- nm - zork Feb 26, 15:52
Yeah, that’s not a mistake you want to make. -- nm - znufrii Feb 26, 15:42 3
- My high school was like 2/3s Uke and lots of Poles, Germans, Greeks, Russians, Croats, etc. so you learn these things. - zork Feb 26, 15:46 2
  - Chicago has a lot of Poles, the Russians are more recent. Lots of Ukranians, Latvians, Etc. - . Feb 26, 15:55 1
    - They are similar cities. During the Soviet time, some Russians would tell people they were Uke. -- nm - zork Feb 26, 16:15

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