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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago (2 children)

So much so, that when walking with one aqueintance and stumbling upon a little free library to find a children's book for learning Russian I was shocked to my core.

Oh cute, that's pretty nice. Could use it, if it were in better condition.

"Why would you like to know the language of the enemy?"

I was stumped. What the fuck does one say in this situation?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago

That's fucking sad... But yeah, I can honestly imagine some relatives of mine having the same reaction if I wanted to learn Arabic (I'm Spanish). Our revisionist foundational myth of Reconquista is extremely deeply rooted in society and it's very islamophobic and eurocentrist

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's weird even if you buy into that propaganda, because learning the language of the enemy was always important.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

That was my response then, I asked her "What, and German wasn't useful in 1942?"

I don't remember the conversation past that point. Must've dozed off after the initial shock.