Come on, no one is saying that. But they need to at least acknowledge the mistake and apologize for it. Again, what’s not okay is treating it as a normal occurrence, it’s just a gift for russian propaganda then, “see, even leftist Americans know that Crimea belongs to russia” etc.
I hope you realize that that’s even worse. Normalizing the acceptance of annexation is not OK, and when even the progressive crowd does it - that’s just sad.
It’s hard to take Rodnyansky seriously on this topic, when he was the one behind multiple pieces of russian propaganda, even pre-2014, often showing Ukrainians as quirky simpletons and/or drunkards, or just less-than. And I agree that people’s opinions can change, and it’s good that he has come to his senses, but it’s hypocritical of him to pass judgements on this topic.
As a Ukrainian, it’s hard to be certain, unfortunately