"This Is How Imperial Myths Crumble"

How Belarusians "took over" Threads.

More and more people in our country are using their native language when communicating on social media. A Belarusian user posted about his observations on Threads.

“I noticed something interesting,” he said. “Belarusians have taken over Threads!
Calm, confident, authentic. They chat, dream, make plans, and even argue—all in Belarusian!

Other Belarusians—sincere, vibrant people—respond to them. Ukrainians are joining in too—in Ukrainian! And everyone understands each other perfectly. No translators are needed.”

Users from Belarus and Ukraine supported the author of the post. As noted by the website Charter97.org, they highlighted how the revival of the native language is linked to the country’s independence:

— For decades, we were led to believe that the Belarusian language supposedly doesn’t exist, that Ukrainian is a “fabrication,” and that we are all “one people.” No language—no people. And if there’s no people, you can simply come in to “liberate” them and spread the “Russian World.” This logic led to the de facto occupation of Belarus and the appearance of tanks on Ukrainian soil.

But just take a look at Threads: people from Minsk, Grodno, Kyiv, and Lviv speak different languages, yet they understand each other perfectly. They are neighbors who have the right to speak however they want.

— It gives me goosebumps! Hugs from a woman in Lviv! Thank you for being so many conscious and awesome people!
— Someday the Russian Federation and that mustachioed cockroach will disappear, and we’ll grow even closer to one another. You’re all right about language. Greetings from Kharkiv! Long live Belarus! Glory to the heroes!

— I’ll add a little something of my own. Our languages—Ukrainian and Belarusian—are a filter against the Russian bot farm. They don’t understand us because they have nothing to do with the Slavs.

— This is how imperial myths crumble.

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