TankieTanuki [he/him]

“UK Open to Recognizing American Colonies as Independent”

They better get used to it because it’s not going back.

Skepticism of the referendum is warranted.

Ignore it.

Let’s look at a poll done by a Western organization which clearly does not favor Russia. Take, for example, the very Pew Research poll from the “further reading” section of your AI’s answer:

Crimea supports secession

They can’t spin it any other way, even in an article intended to manufacture support for Ukrainian unity. That’s because every poll of Crimeans following the Maidan coup has produced the same result.

Western liberals support self-determination only when it suits their interests.