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[โ€“] jerkface@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

You do not think that Zelensky "lowered himself" by absorbing all that abuse, not responding to it at all, and instead praising his abusers? You can describe that as "manners" or "self control" or "civilized" or whatever else you want, and all those things may be true, but it doesn't change the fact that he lowered himself. He acted as though he were socially beneath Trump and Vance. We can all see that. Yes, it was the correct thing, and the dignified thing to do. But to claim he didn't lower himself, didn't debase himself, is warped. It's trying to spin the situation by denying the obvious, recasting it as something else.

[โ€“] Deifyed@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

I disagree. He didn't lower himself, he acted like the only grown up in the group while the others were throwing hissy fits