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They have a valid point in not wanting to be used for funding military support, however the way they express concern for the safety of Ukrainian people without criticizing or even taking distance from Putin and the Russian invasion looks quite strange to me. Ukraine wasn't hit by a tornado or an earthquake; there's people behind the invasion, and Patreon seem to ignore that. Expressing disapproval against people behind the facts, and not merely the facts, is important.


> Expressing disapproval against people behind the facts, and not merely the facts, is important.

The platform is in a position to actually help beyond denouncing but they abstain. It is lip service nothing more.




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