Ukranians going HARD A F right now

[Pseudo Enigma]

#nofilter


artist in me: damn that's beautiful
person in me: holy shit what the hell is wrong with people why is this happening

[Bynary Fission]

This isn't the first time they've had civil unrest - you should look up the Orange Revolution sometime. I admit, despite the chaos and violence I have to respect them for forcefully protesting an injustice, as opposed to those here where we bitch about it on Facebook then go back to whatever we were doing before. To be perfectly honest, I'm surprised this hasn't gotten more coverage in the media.

[Pseudo Enigma]

Originally Posted by Bynary Fission

To be perfectly honest, I'm surprised this hasn't gotten more coverage in the media.

People uprising about their government treating them wrong? I wonder why!
Not to be one of those guys but really if they haven't focused on it at this point they're probably trying to make it hard to find.

or like...they haven't sent reporters of their own out there for fear of safety (unlikely)

Also I know this shit happens, but the pictures are significantly worse than any I've ever seen.

[top]

Originally Posted by Pseudo Enigma

Also I know this shit happens, but the pictures are significantly worse than any I've ever seen.

lol you have no idea

[Bynary Fission]

Originally Posted by Pseudo Enigma

People uprising about their government treating them wrong? I wonder why!
Not to be one of those guys but really if they haven't focused on it at this point they're probably trying to make it hard to find.

or like...they haven't sent reporters of their own out there for fear of safety (unlikely)

Also I know this shit happens, but the pictures are significantly worse than any I've ever seen.

Likely all of the above - after all, oppressive governments around the world don't want their citizens getting any ideas. These pictures may be pretty brutal, but that's just what we're seeing - I would be willing to bet that the ethnic and religious violence going on in the Central African Republic and South Sudan is far worse, but you don't see any pictures or videos from that region of the world.

[korny]

Originally Posted by Bynary Fission

I admit, despite the chaos and violence I have to respect them for forcefully protesting an injustice, as opposed to those here where we bitch about it on Facebook then go back to whatever we were doing before.

The reason people in the United States don't outright protest like this, is because governmental implementations that people are in disagreement with, aren't viewed as drastic enough for people to come together in numbers of this kind. The patriot act for example, is ludicrous, but it's simply not *enough* for massive groups of people to come together and protest against, because life seems to go on all the same.

[omega_grunt666]

Not entirely related but I grew up thinking I was half Ukrainian (Half Scottish on my dads side) and my grandma and grandpa would always have great homemade Nachynka, Varenyky, and Holubchi. Then one year we were going over the family tree and we asked grandma about her mother and father, and they were both Polish and no one knows where she got the Ukrainian idea from. Though she did say the borders shifted a lot so it was probably what confused her.

Anyways on-topic: Sad situation, Awesome pictures though. Hopefully they will draw some attention in the media as to what is going on over there.

[Tharringbone]

Those photos are crazy

[adlp]

Originally Posted by korny

The patriot act for example, is ludicrous, but it's simply not *enough* for massive groups of people to come together and protest against, because life seems to go on all the same.

exactly

[adlp]

so it turns out most of the violence prone protesters are affiliated with neo nazism and other right wing extremists. also NW says that the government is in no real danger to be overthrown

[Izzy]

Originally Posted by korny

The reason people in the United States don't outright protest like this, is because governmental implementations that people are in disagreement with, aren't viewed as drastic enough for people to come together in numbers of this kind. The patriot act for example, is ludicrous, but it's simply not *enough* for massive groups of people to come together and protest against, because life seems to go on all the same.

Makes you wonder what kind of law or policy it would take to upset enough americans to cause this to happen in the US.

[devonin]

I think widespread -enforcement- of the Patriot Act would have done it.

But they all said "-I- am not a terrorist and -I- don't do anything wrong, so why should I worry?" and then mostly they didn't have to worry. So they didn't care.

[Mollocephalus]

Originally Posted by korny

The patriot act for example, is ludicrous, but it's simply not *enough* for massive groups of people to come together and protest against, because life seems to go on all the same.

Then all you have to do to pass draconian measures is simply let people accomodate to shit before making the next move. What a bright future awaits us!

[devonin]

Originally Posted by Mollocephalus

Then all you have to do to pass draconian measures is simply let people accomodate to shit before making the next move. What a bright future awaits us!

You say that like that hasn't already been true for the past several thousand years.

[Mollocephalus]

In the past several thousand years we didn't have the technology to control effectively large masses of people, though.

[devonin]

There also weren't nearly as large masses of people. It's all about scale.

[Pseudo Enigma]

more imgur
but seriously wow

[popsicle_3000]

Originally Posted by top

totes.

oh no you didn't

[Untimely Friction]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=254_1390583871

Just another rebel uprising nothing to be concerned about.

[Izzy]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25932352

In total, at least five people have been killed in violence linked to the protests.

What? Seriously only 5 people? I would have guessed hundreds.