B Warzybok
@bwarzy.bsky.social
Lawyer, United Methodist, Polish-American, Radical for the cause of comprehensive immigration reform, Unapologetic Ukrainophile. Degenerate sports and Eurovision fan. Za naszą i waszą wolność. @Bwarzy on that other site. #coys
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They don’t love it.
They just want to own it.
So they can tell someone else they don’t belong.
Voilà.
They don’t love it.
They just want to own it.
So they can tell someone else they don’t belong.
Voilà.
July 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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They don’t love it.
They just want to own it.
So they can tell someone else they don’t belong.
Voilà.
They don’t love it.
They just want to own it.
So they can tell someone else they don’t belong.
Voilà.
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They shout about “preserving Western culture,” but rarely read, study, wrestle with, or truly live in it.
Because loving a culture means engaging with its contradictions—not just posting YouTube clips with misty eyes.
They shout about “preserving Western culture,” but rarely read, study, wrestle with, or truly live in it.
Because loving a culture means engaging with its contradictions—not just posting YouTube clips with misty eyes.
July 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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They shout about “preserving Western culture,” but rarely read, study, wrestle with, or truly live in it.
Because loving a culture means engaging with its contradictions—not just posting YouTube clips with misty eyes.
They shout about “preserving Western culture,” but rarely read, study, wrestle with, or truly live in it.
Because loving a culture means engaging with its contradictions—not just posting YouTube clips with misty eyes.
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This isn’t about beauty or history or art.
It’s about ownership.
A vague aesthetic of “civilization” that lets them claim an identity and weaponize it against outsiders.
This isn’t about beauty or history or art.
It’s about ownership.
A vague aesthetic of “civilization” that lets them claim an identity and weaponize it against outsiders.
July 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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This isn’t about beauty or history or art.
It’s about ownership.
A vague aesthetic of “civilization” that lets them claim an identity and weaponize it against outsiders.
This isn’t about beauty or history or art.
It’s about ownership.
A vague aesthetic of “civilization” that lets them claim an identity and weaponize it against outsiders.
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They don’t want heritage.
They want a Potemkin village of Europe: safe, white, curated nostalgia they can use to exclude others.
(Also funny: most of them have no idea what a Potemkin village even is.)
They don’t want heritage.
They want a Potemkin village of Europe: safe, white, curated nostalgia they can use to exclude others.
(Also funny: most of them have no idea what a Potemkin village even is.)
July 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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They don’t want heritage.
They want a Potemkin village of Europe: safe, white, curated nostalgia they can use to exclude others.
(Also funny: most of them have no idea what a Potemkin village even is.)
They don’t want heritage.
They want a Potemkin village of Europe: safe, white, curated nostalgia they can use to exclude others.
(Also funny: most of them have no idea what a Potemkin village even is.)
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They don’t study Bach’s sacred music written for Lutheran bureaucrats.
They don’t know Dante’s Italy didn’t exist.
They don’t know Strauss’s Vienna was a multicultural empire on the brink.
They don’t study Bach’s sacred music written for Lutheran bureaucrats.
They don’t know Dante’s Italy didn’t exist.
They don’t know Strauss’s Vienna was a multicultural empire on the brink.
July 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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They don’t study Bach’s sacred music written for Lutheran bureaucrats.
They don’t know Dante’s Italy didn’t exist.
They don’t know Strauss’s Vienna was a multicultural empire on the brink.
They don’t study Bach’s sacred music written for Lutheran bureaucrats.
They don’t know Dante’s Italy didn’t exist.
They don’t know Strauss’s Vienna was a multicultural empire on the brink.
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Scratch the surface and the irony multiplies:
They’re praising the polished presentation of liberal Western culture—while rejecting the liberal Western tradition that produced it.
Scratch the surface and the irony multiplies:
They’re praising the polished presentation of liberal Western culture—while rejecting the liberal Western tradition that produced it.
July 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Scratch the surface and the irony multiplies:
They’re praising the polished presentation of liberal Western culture—while rejecting the liberal Western tradition that produced it.
Scratch the surface and the irony multiplies:
They’re praising the polished presentation of liberal Western culture—while rejecting the liberal Western tradition that produced it.
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André Rieu himself? A Dutch showman critics call the “King of Kitsch.”
His orchestra puts on classical-themed stadium spectacles, full of castles, ballgowns, and foam props.
It’s cosplay for people who want to feel cultured without engaging with culture.
André Rieu himself? A Dutch showman critics call the “King of Kitsch.”
His orchestra puts on classical-themed stadium spectacles, full of castles, ballgowns, and foam props.
It’s cosplay for people who want to feel cultured without engaging with culture.
July 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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André Rieu himself? A Dutch showman critics call the “King of Kitsch.”
His orchestra puts on classical-themed stadium spectacles, full of castles, ballgowns, and foam props.
It’s cosplay for people who want to feel cultured without engaging with culture.
André Rieu himself? A Dutch showman critics call the “King of Kitsch.”
His orchestra puts on classical-themed stadium spectacles, full of castles, ballgowns, and foam props.
It’s cosplay for people who want to feel cultured without engaging with culture.
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But here they are, sharing a sanitized, instrumental version of Voilà—no context, no lyrics—because it feels like the kind of culture they think they’re defending.
But here they are, sharing a sanitized, instrumental version of Voilà—no context, no lyrics—because it feels like the kind of culture they think they’re defending.
July 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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But here they are, sharing a sanitized, instrumental version of Voilà—no context, no lyrics—because it feels like the kind of culture they think they’re defending.
But here they are, sharing a sanitized, instrumental version of Voilà—no context, no lyrics—because it feels like the kind of culture they think they’re defending.
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Yes, that Eurovision.
The campy, queer, multicultural celebration of European weirdness these same people usually dismiss as degenerate globalist trash.
Yes, that Eurovision.
The campy, queer, multicultural celebration of European weirdness these same people usually dismiss as degenerate globalist trash.
a man with a beard is sitting in a crowd with the words play ja ja ding dong written below him
Alt: a man with a beard is sitting in a crowd with the words play ja ja ding dong written below him
media.tenor.com
July 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Yes, that Eurovision.
The campy, queer, multicultural celebration of European weirdness these same people usually dismiss as degenerate globalist trash.
Yes, that Eurovision.
The campy, queer, multicultural celebration of European weirdness these same people usually dismiss as degenerate globalist trash.
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First, the song Voilà was written by Barbara Pravi—a French Jew of Serbian, Algerian, Polish, and Iranian descent.
She represented France at Eurovision 2021, singing about identity and self-expression.
First, the song Voilà was written by Barbara Pravi—a French Jew of Serbian, Algerian, Polish, and Iranian descent.
She represented France at Eurovision 2021, singing about identity and self-expression.
July 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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First, the song Voilà was written by Barbara Pravi—a French Jew of Serbian, Algerian, Polish, and Iranian descent.
She represented France at Eurovision 2021, singing about identity and self-expression.
First, the song Voilà was written by Barbara Pravi—a French Jew of Serbian, Algerian, Polish, and Iranian descent.
She represented France at Eurovision 2021, singing about identity and self-expression.
If you want to understand more about Volyn, its legacy, and how Poland and Ukraine can move forward together, I wrote about it here:
bgwarzy.wordpress.com/2025/06/03/p...
bgwarzy.wordpress.com/2025/06/03/p...
Poland, Ukraine, and the Long Shadow of Volyn
By Brandon Warzybok Poland’s new president-elect Karol Nawrocki is going to be a bit of a jerk to Ukraine. That much is clear from both his political background and rhetorical style. A former head …
bgwarzy.wordpress.com
July 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
If you want to understand more about Volyn, its legacy, and how Poland and Ukraine can move forward together, I wrote about it here:
bgwarzy.wordpress.com/2025/06/03/p...
bgwarzy.wordpress.com/2025/06/03/p...
That’s why historical reckoning matters. Not just for moral clarity — but to deny Russia the ability to weaponize the past.
Poland and Ukraine must stand together. Unity in truth is the strongest resistance to disinformation and division.
Poland and Ukraine must stand together. Unity in truth is the strongest resistance to disinformation and division.
July 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
That’s why historical reckoning matters. Not just for moral clarity — but to deny Russia the ability to weaponize the past.
Poland and Ukraine must stand together. Unity in truth is the strongest resistance to disinformation and division.
Poland and Ukraine must stand together. Unity in truth is the strongest resistance to disinformation and division.
Today, the Russian Embassy in South Africa used this solemn anniversary to push bad-faith, inflammatory propaganda aimed at deepening historical wounds.
Moscow wants Poles and Ukrainians to resent each other. That’s the point.
Moscow wants Poles and Ukrainians to resent each other. That’s the point.
July 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Today, the Russian Embassy in South Africa used this solemn anniversary to push bad-faith, inflammatory propaganda aimed at deepening historical wounds.
Moscow wants Poles and Ukrainians to resent each other. That’s the point.
Moscow wants Poles and Ukrainians to resent each other. That’s the point.
The statement also warned of a real danger:
“Russia is actively seeking to divide Ukrainians and Poles by exploiting the most sensitive chapters of our shared history.”
And sure enough, they are.
“Russia is actively seeking to divide Ukrainians and Poles by exploiting the most sensitive chapters of our shared history.”
And sure enough, they are.
July 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The statement also warned of a real danger:
“Russia is actively seeking to divide Ukrainians and Poles by exploiting the most sensitive chapters of our shared history.”
And sure enough, they are.
“Russia is actively seeking to divide Ukrainians and Poles by exploiting the most sensitive chapters of our shared history.”
And sure enough, they are.
“Our nations have a moral obligation, not only to the memory of the victims, but also to present and future generations, to preserve the legacy of cooperation, mutual trust and strategic partnership.”
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A welcome and courageous message.
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A welcome and courageous message.
July 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
“Our nations have a moral obligation, not only to the memory of the victims, but also to present and future generations, to preserve the legacy of cooperation, mutual trust and strategic partnership.”
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A welcome and courageous message.
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A welcome and courageous message.
The legacy of this atrocity has haunted relations between Poland and Ukraine for decades. Facing it honestly is hard — but necessary.
Yesterday, Ukraine’s MFA issued a thoughtful, conciliatory statement that deserves to be acknowledged.
Yesterday, Ukraine’s MFA issued a thoughtful, conciliatory statement that deserves to be acknowledged.
July 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The legacy of this atrocity has haunted relations between Poland and Ukraine for decades. Facing it honestly is hard — but necessary.
Yesterday, Ukraine’s MFA issued a thoughtful, conciliatory statement that deserves to be acknowledged.
Yesterday, Ukraine’s MFA issued a thoughtful, conciliatory statement that deserves to be acknowledged.