On the one hand, I understand the opinion of the Ukrainians are offended by this (this is a big part of why modern socialists/communists may want to consider dropping the hammer and sickle). On the other hand, it's a symbol that means much more than just the USSR and authoritarian regimes. I'd probably have bought a bottle of this if I'd seen it, but maybe I'm a bad person.
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Adam (inkslinger@mastodon.club)'s status on Monday, 25-Jun-2018 18:20:15 EDT Adam -
Mark Shane Hayden (msh@coales.co)'s status on Monday, 25-Jun-2018 18:33:19 EDT Mark Shane Hayden @ink_slinger my mother is of Ukrainian ancestry and much of my family considers the hammer and sickle as literally just as offensive as the swastika because it in connected with Голодомо́р (Holodomor, or genocide by starvation) the way the swastika is connected with the Holocaust.
Since the USSR was an ally against the Nazis the atrocities they committed aren't as widely known, so I understand the symbol is usually not used maliciously...
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