The Carefully Crafted Compassion in Ukraine

How do we separate the deserving from the undeserving?

John Egelkrout
Politically Speaking
8 min readMar 23, 2022

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You don’t have to look far or long to find a news article, a meme, or an emotional appeal about what is going on in Ukraine. It dominates the headlines. It devoured Facebook. It even knocked COVID off the front page, and that is saying something.

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John Egelkrout
Politically Speaking

I am a sanity-curious former teacher who works a small organic farm with my wife. I write about politics, social issues, memoirs, and a variety of other topics.