Comments for Taras Kuzio's Blog http://blog.taraskuzio.net Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:29:04 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Gender and Anti-Semitism Contributed to Yanukovych’s Election Victory by Taras Kuzio http://blog.taraskuzio.net/2010/03/19/gender-and-anti-semitism-contributed-to-yanukovych%e2%80%99s-election-victory/comment-page-1/#comment-20403 Taras Kuzio Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:29:04 +0000 http://blog.taraskuzio.net/2010/03/19/gender-and-anti-semitism-contributed-to-yanukovych%e2%80%99s-election-victory/#comment-20403 One final note. The choice in the second round was between two candidates with different views on key national and foreign policy questions. Yushchenko and the nationalist campaign that sowed distrust in Tymoshenko assisted Yanukovych's victory. If Yushchenko had never said anything in round 2 or supported her then Tymoshenko would have won. The events since Yanukovych's election prove my point that she was always the better candidate. If Ukraine returns to russification and russophile education textbooks (under Tabachnyk) then Yushchenko and the nationalists will bear responsibility for torpedoing Projekt Ukrainy. One final note. The choice in the second round was between two candidates with different views on key national and foreign policy questions. Yushchenko and the nationalist campaign that sowed distrust in Tymoshenko assisted Yanukovych’s victory. If Yushchenko had never said anything in round 2 or supported her then Tymoshenko would have won.
The events since Yanukovych’s election prove my point that she was always the better candidate. If Ukraine returns to russification and russophile education textbooks (under Tabachnyk) then Yushchenko and the nationalists will bear responsibility for torpedoing Projekt Ukrainy.

]]> Comment on Gender and Anti-Semitism Contributed to Yanukovych’s Election Victory by Taras Kuzio http://blog.taraskuzio.net/2010/03/19/gender-and-anti-semitism-contributed-to-yanukovych%e2%80%99s-election-victory/comment-page-1/#comment-20402 Taras Kuzio Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:21:19 +0000 http://blog.taraskuzio.net/2010/03/19/gender-and-anti-semitism-contributed-to-yanukovych%e2%80%99s-election-victory/#comment-20402 I would not say that all of the orange voters who did not vote for YT did so because of anti-semitism. They did not vote for her because of a variety of reasons. But, racial profiling that by Yushchenko and nationalists made her into a candidate who was unacceptable to them because she was allegedly "non-Ukrainian" and for some Jewish. Yushchenko himself doubted her Ukrainian patriotism and called for a "Ukrainian government" (meaning her government was therefore not "Ukrainian"). Of course, on top of this you had a gender bias against her. And, on top of this you had her mistakes, the greatest of which was the view that she is an "opportunist", a view that increased after her attempt at forging a grand coalition in spring 2009. Please send me the web link of the Krytyka article. It sounds similar to the conclusions about the Crimea which found the region had the highest degree of racism and xenophobia. I would not say that all of the orange voters who did not vote for YT did so because of anti-semitism. They did not vote for her because of a variety of reasons. But, racial profiling that by Yushchenko and nationalists made her into a candidate who was unacceptable to them because she was allegedly “non-Ukrainian” and for some Jewish. Yushchenko himself doubted her Ukrainian patriotism and called for a “Ukrainian government” (meaning her government was therefore not “Ukrainian”). Of course, on top of this you had a gender bias against her. And, on top of this you had her mistakes, the greatest of which was the view that she is an “opportunist”, a view that increased after her attempt at forging a grand coalition in spring 2009.
Please send me the web link of the Krytyka article. It sounds similar to the conclusions about the Crimea which found the region had the highest degree of racism and xenophobia.

]]> Comment on Gender and Anti-Semitism Contributed to Yanukovych’s Election Victory by Kostyantyn Levin http://blog.taraskuzio.net/2010/03/19/gender-and-anti-semitism-contributed-to-yanukovych%e2%80%99s-election-victory/comment-page-1/#comment-20401 Kostyantyn Levin Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:15:18 +0000 http://blog.taraskuzio.net/2010/03/19/gender-and-anti-semitism-contributed-to-yanukovych%e2%80%99s-election-victory/#comment-20401 When you say that "anti-semitism contributed to Yanukovych’s election victory" one can think that there are 900,000 (election gap between two candidates) anti-semits in Western and Central Ukraine. Do you think that equation of "anti-semitic leaflets factor" and "Yushckenko's support of Yanukovich factor" is correct? There is a sociological research by Olena Ivanova in "Krytyka" (?3-4, 2009, p.16-19) called "Kolektyvna pamjat' u regional'nyh vyjavah" that demonstrates that the level of anti-semitism is probably much higher in Eastern regions then in Western. When you say that “anti-semitism contributed to Yanukovych’s election victory” one can think that there are 900,000 (election gap between two candidates) anti-semits in Western and Central Ukraine. Do you think that equation of “anti-semitic leaflets factor” and “Yushckenko’s support of Yanukovich factor” is correct?
There is a sociological research by Olena Ivanova in “Krytyka” (?3-4, 2009, p.16-19) called “Kolektyvna pamjat’ u regional’nyh vyjavah” that demonstrates that the level of anti-semitism is probably much higher in Eastern regions then in Western.

]]> Comment on Yushchenko Facilitates Yanukovych’s Election and Buries the Orange Revolution by elmer http://blog.taraskuzio.net/2010/02/17/yushchenko-facilitates-yanukovych%e2%80%99s-election-and-buries-the-orange-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-20399 elmer Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:37:14 +0000 http://blog.taraskuzio.net/2010/02/17/yushchenko-facilitates-yanukovych%e2%80%99s-election-and-buries-the-orange-revolution/#comment-20399 Dr. Kuzio, I've been reading your articles (eg, Eurasia Daily Monitor and elsewhere). Here's something well worth reading and considering. Stepan Bandera's grandson has written a letter to the Kyiv Post, in which he offers a deal to Banditkovyc, in view of all of the controversy about the "Hero of Ukraine" award to Stepan Bandera. The gist of it is the offer to trade the award for the return of Mezhihirya, the lavish 400-acre estate that Banditkovych stole from the Ukrainian governmet - with Yushchenko's help. It is a brilliant, brilliant letter, and it can be found here: http://kyivscoop.blogspot.com/2010/03/deal-for-yanukovych-bandera-for.html and you may have already seen it at the Kyiv Post: http://www.kyivpost.com/news/opinion/op_ed/detail/61644/ Not unexpectedly, at both sites, it has drawn absolutely epileptic fits of rage from brainwashed sovoks who were taught false sovok propaganda about Stepan Bandera. The issue has been discussed by the European Council, Polish representatives, Russia, of course, the NY Times, the Wiesenthal Center, and all sorts of other newspapers and media. The letter is absolutely brilliant, and serves to point out the slimy basis on which Banditkovych has started his presidency - corruption, power grab via formation of coalition in Parliament by unconstitutional law, wholesale dismissals of government workers, and worst of all - bring in all of the old Kuchma faces - Kluyev, Boiko, etc., etc., etc. Dr. Kuzio, I’ve been reading your articles (eg, Eurasia Daily Monitor and elsewhere).

Here’s something well worth reading and considering.

Stepan Bandera’s grandson has written a letter to the Kyiv Post, in which he offers a deal to Banditkovyc, in view of all of the controversy about the “Hero of Ukraine” award to Stepan Bandera.

The gist of it is the offer to trade the award for the return of Mezhihirya, the lavish 400-acre estate that Banditkovych stole from the Ukrainian governmet – with Yushchenko’s help.

It is a brilliant, brilliant letter, and it can be found here:

http://kyivscoop.blogspot.com/2010/03/deal-for-yanukovych-bandera-for.html

and you may have already seen it at the Kyiv Post:

http://www.kyivpost.com/news/opinion/op_ed/detail/61644/

Not unexpectedly, at both sites, it has drawn absolutely epileptic fits of rage from brainwashed sovoks who were taught false sovok propaganda about Stepan Bandera.

The issue has been discussed by the European Council, Polish representatives, Russia, of course, the NY Times, the Wiesenthal Center, and all sorts of other newspapers and media.

The letter is absolutely brilliant, and serves to point out the slimy basis on which Banditkovych has started his presidency – corruption, power grab via formation of coalition in Parliament by unconstitutional law, wholesale dismissals of government workers, and worst of all – bring in all of the old Kuchma faces – Kluyev, Boiko, etc., etc., etc.

]]> Comment on The Ukrainian World According to Kudelia (and CERES) by anon http://blog.taraskuzio.net/2010/01/29/the-ukrainian-world-according-to-kudelia-and-ceres/comment-page-1/#comment-20397 anon Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:01:22 +0000 http://blog.taraskuzio.net/2010/01/29/the-ukrainian-world-according-to-kudelia-and-ceres/#comment-20397 You just don't get it. You just don’t get it.

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