If they're spending their time messaging to a bunch of powerless leftists on their own closed off server they're wasting their time, what does that even accomplish?

Just because they used the word "dick" doesn't mean it's homophobic/mysognist. Also it doesn't detract from their other points.

I had to circle back to this one because the comment in question was not just misogynist for using " dick", but because of the implication that dickriding bad, why else use it in that context if it was intended to read as a positive connotation?

As soon as libs feel like it's a "safe" target they just let loose with the misogyny and homophobia.

I didn't address the threads they presented as evidence because I didn't see anything wrong.

I don't take Russian propaganda at their word, I also have decades of history to reference, all the rabid-ass Ukrainian propaganda, plus literally paying attention to shit going on in the last decade

The insurgents had been shooting people and using bombs or mortars and artillery since at least 2014. They even shot down airplanes back then. It wasn't just the Ukrainian government.

Yes, since the coup shit has been absolutely fucked, and all diplomatic solutions have been derailed.