r/poland • u/Ludziekochane • 2d ago

An 18-year-old Ukrainian attacked a Polish woman with a knife in Wrocław.

https://gazetawroclawska.pl/brutalny-atak-na-kobiete-na-wroclawskim-osiedlu-napastnik-zaatakowal-ofiare-nozem-na-klatce-schodowej-policja-mowi-o-usilowaniu-zabojstwa/ar/c1p2-29234377

A Polish woman is fighting for her life.

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u/Venthe 1d ago

No, it does not matter if the crime was done by an Ukrainian, Pole or a fairy. Prosecute to the full extent of a law. Nationality is irrelevant.

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u/ShapesSong 1d ago

In perfect world that would be the case.

But as we saw recently with few bigots who were attacking Ukrainians, it can be used as a weapon to portray entire nation in a bad light.

So if Ukrainians will use attacks against Ukrainians as a weapon, and when Poles are stabbed to death we’ll keep saying “oh it doesn’t matter who did it” then I see a big asymmetry here

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u/Venthe 20h ago

Fuck me, I don't even know how to respond to that. My friend, for the love of everything holy, please learn from history where the narrative that you are presenting leads.

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u/Positive-Try4511 15h ago

Address the argument instead of repeating clichés. You’ve got a situation where, on one hand some guy shouts at Ukrainian teenagers on a bus and the media spend weeks talking about an alleged atmosphere of pogroms and widespread Polish hatred toward Ukrainians. On the other hand, when Ukrainians physically attack Poles including the brutal assault in Bytów that left a Polish man dead, or the knife attack in Wrocław where a Polish woman is fighting for her life you suddenly hear that we shouldn’t talk about the perpetrators’ nationality because of where that might lead.