The one map you need to understand Ukraine’s crisis
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The one map you need to understand Ukraine’s crisis
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Re: The one map you need to understand Ukraine’s crisis
#2The article fails to mention that Western technocrats like George Soros are actively and openly undermining the Ukraine government for many years now. For instance, he heavily supports and funds the so-called 'Open Society Foundations"
Re: The one map you need to understand Ukraine’s crisis
#3This article helped me understand the conflict in ways I hadn't before.
My constructive critique: The analogy of red states and blue states to Ukrainian language and Russian language regions doesn't fit entirely.
A state is red or blue with 51% of the vote. these regions have a much larger gap between majority and minority opinion by region.
Re: The one map you need to understand Ukraine’s crisis
#4This article helped me understand the conflict in ways I hadn't before. My constructive critique: The analogy of red states and blue states to Ukrainian language and Russian language regions doesn't fit entirely. A state is red or blue with 51% of the vote. these regions have a much larger gap between majority and minority opinion by region.
Meh, the writer's trying weakly to draw a meaningful comparison between Ukranian politics and American politics ... and as you note, it doesn't work all that well anyway.
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#5Can the map tell me why this guy's wearing a pasta strainer for a hat?
http://twitter.com/JohnPugh/status/426369689216745472/photo/...
The riot gear I understand. The other, not so much.
Re: The one map you need to understand Ukraine’s crisis
#6Can the map tell me why this guy's wearing a pasta strainer for a hat? http://twitter.com/JohnPugh/status/426369689216745472/photo/... The riot gear I understand. The other, not so much.
Please be respectful of religious headgear. This man is clearly a Pastafarian.
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#7Can the map tell me why this guy's wearing a pasta strainer for a hat? http://twitter.com/JohnPugh/status/426369689216745472/photo/... The riot gear I understand. The other, not so much.
The government illegaly passed a law banning civilians from wearing helmets, so that the protesters couldn't protect themselves from the batons of riot police.
Ukrainians therefore started wearing metal pots on their head to mock these laws.
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#8This map looks old. Recent maps show much wider area of protests and takeovers.
http://cs310221.vk.me/v310221807/6c83/jB9ZgNkuxUA.jpg Can't find translated one atm.
Re: The one map you need to understand Ukraine’s crisis
#9This article helped me understand the conflict in ways I hadn't before. My constructive critique: The analogy of red states and blue states to Ukrainian language and Russian language regions doesn't fit entirely. A state is red or blue with 51% of the vote. these regions have a much larger gap between majority and minority opinion by region.
The dividing line roughly corresponds to the spread of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at its peak in the 1600s: http://www.conflicts.rem33.com/images/deut/EU1559.jpg
In other words, one could argue that the root of the conflict is a cultural clash between Polonized Ukrainians vs Russified Ukrainians.
Re: The one map you need to understand Ukraine’s crisis
#10Can the map tell me why this guy's wearing a pasta strainer for a hat? http://twitter.com/JohnPugh/status/426369689216745472/photo/... The riot gear I understand. The other, not so much.
The government banned people from wearing any form of headgear (eg masks/blalaclavas) during protests. Some protestors have been wearing silly things in their heads as a form of humorous defiance.