Reminded me that I got mad at sniper elite the other day - in SE5 they have a playable Russian sniper who after the invasion of Ukraine during the end of the game's development was hastily relabeled as a Polish sniper who was married to a Soviet and then fought in the defense of Stalingrad. Apparently it was considered "in bad taste" to have a playable Russian sniper who was clearly inspired by Pavlichenko. She still has a bad Russian affectation of course, but they slapped a polish flag on her.

Note that you can still play a nazi sniper in the competitive mode, and a "clean-Wehrmacht" soldier in the Zombie Army spinoff. But a female Soviet sniper would be in bad taste, sure.

Edit: WEIRDER STILL CAUSE PAVLICHENKO WAS BORN IN MODERN-DAY UKRAINE!

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 52 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Wow okay so this is how the left deals with fascists, you shoot them? WOW

[–] AnarchoBolshevik@lemmygrad.ml 34 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

What happened in 1941 was that millions of Europeans came to the Soviet Union to very calmly and very politely express their disagreements with Stalin’s totalitarian government until he completely and authoritarianly genocided and ethnically cleansed them without the slightest provocation.

[–] Dingus_Khan@hexbear.net 24 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Remember that article that called dead German soldiers at Stalingrad "victims" lol

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 23 points 4 months ago

Reminder that the funny "communism killed 100 million" number includes the Soviets who died defending the ussr from the nazis and the nazis themselves who died in those attacks