Did the Vice Speaker of the Senate of Poland say that “Ukrainians are dying for the right to be homosexual”? 

In mid -February, 2023, a quote from the Polish politician Michal Kaminsky about what values, in his opinion, were fighting Ukrainian soldiers, diverged in the Russian -language press and social networks. We decided to check whether his words really sounded like that.

Kaminsky quoted "The arguments of the week","Public news service","Ukraine.ru","Tsargrad", Regional portals"Novorossia","Yakutsk"And other media (some even brought the words of the Polish politician in the headline). The quote dispersed in social networks: for example, in the Telegram channel "Kostyan Cat - Official Channel»The corresponding publication gained 147,000 views at the time of writing this analysis. They distributed the statement of Kaminsky on VKontakte, for example, in the publication public "Politnavigator", In the group"Internet viewing of Russian patrols" And others. Distant It is in Twitter, and in Livejournal a quote Placed In his blog, State Duma deputy Oleg Matveychev.

Interviewin question, the vice speaker of the Senate of Poland Mikhal Kaminsky He gave the Polish ZET radio station on September 21, 2022. Five days later, the Russian portal "Inosmi", specializing in translations of articles and video materials of foreign publications, Published On its YouTube channel, an excerpt from this interview with Russian subtitles. There is on their website and text translation.

Here is what the Polish politician says: “This conflict (the war of Russia with Ukraine. - Approx." Verified "), and the Polish government forgets about this, is primarily a conflict of values. Ukrainians today die for the right to be a homosexual*, for the right to be left, right, Catholic, an Orthodox Christian or an atheist. And for the right to choose their own president, deputies, senators, anyone. ” "In general, Ukrainians die for democracy?" - clarifies the host. And Kaminsky replies to her: "They die for freedom, democracy and European integration."

That is, the vice speaker of the Poland Senate really pronounced the phrase “Ukrainians die for the right to be a homosexual”, but immediately after that he listed other “Western values”, as they were called in some Russian media: freedom to choose religion and political views, participate in honest elections and vote on them. And yes, among other things, Kaminsky also mentioned homosexuality, but to reduce all his speech only to sexual orientation is at least a manipulation. It is noteworthy that the “Inosmi” itself, which gives the transfer of the entire replica of the politician, only a phrase about “the right to be a homosexual” made the heading.

*In the analysis, we used literary quotes with an incorrect and obsolete word from the original source. “Verified” does not support linguistic discrimination and advises the use of neutral expressions recommended by the reference book "We don't say that”, In particular not“ homosexual ”, but“ homosexual ”.

Photo on the cover: YouTube channel Radio Zet

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