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I don't know for sure. I'll voice a strong belief in this regard, but take it with a grain of salt.
I think that Hexbear's views on Russia is a specific case of a general tendency that you see all across social media (not just HB or Lemmy): to dichotomise complex matters into exactly one good side and exactly one bad side, while assuming that everyone belongs to those two bags. It should go like:
It gets messier when you add Ukraine into the equation, or consider people conflating governments and populations, but it should give you an idea - it starts with somewhat sane premises but quickly devolves into insane lack of logic.
It explains nicely why they're supporting Palestine, even with the apparent contradiction: Israel is associated with USA and thus with NATO.
IMO their dichotomy in this topic is idiotic. However it is not just from their part, and blaming specifically Hexbear for this, like some people would do, would be unjust (and a self-demonstrating example). We, people using the internet in the 20s, are collectively doing it.
By the way, you see another example of the general phenomenon in this comment chain. Ctrl+F "elephant shit" and look at the comment I was replying to - "you either treat two types of bad as the same, or you're defending one."
[Now I probably drew the ire of all sides at the same time. Frankly? I don't give a fuck; I'm too old and grumpy to play along.]