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Wishing a national identity and sovereignty did not exist just for your convenience is what this thread is about. > I wish I could speak Russian in Ukraine wit
by gkoz 9mo ago
Wishing a national identity and sovereignty did not exist just for your convenience is what this thread is about.
> I wish I could speak Russian in Ukraine without restrictions
There weren't meaningful restrictions. A large number of Ukrainians still speak Russian a lot. Instead this sounds like "forcing" a number of people to speak to you in a particular language in order for you to not feel "restricted".
- throwaway290 9mo ago100%. I saw some vids from Ukrainian frontlines where people say speaking Russian is a problem because in fast situations it's more difficult to identify if you're enemy. This means even there some people speak Russian It's just about education in schools and official use. And it's crazy to blame a country for requiring using its home language at schools
- koakuma-chan 9mo agoUkranian was not my home language. Russian was.
- llIIllIIllIIl 9mo agoSo if Ukrainian is not your home language why didn’t you move home where Russian is your home language?
- koakuma-chan 9mo ago> There weren't meaningful restrictions. I was forced to speak Ukranian at school. Is this not a meaningful restriction to you? > Instead this sounds like "forcing" a number of people to speak to you in a particular language in order for you to not feel "restricted". Unlike Ukranian government, I never forced anyone to speak any particular language. In fact, what happens when one person prefers to speak Ukrainian, and the other person prefers to speak Russian, is they just do, and they both understand each other just fine.