If Canada decided that the state of New York "historically" has always been part of Canada, invaded and occupied New York and then held a referendum with a very believable result of 98% wanting to join Canada, do you think the US would put up with that and say, "Oh well, they voted, so New York is part of Canada now."?

The anti science Republicans will argue with a thermometer.

An armed society is a polite society.

This has nothing to do with guns.
They could have done the same thing with a knife or a hammer.

Does the 'm' in mpox stand for monkey?

If Putin stopped his unjustified attack on a sovereign country, it would avoid a lot of misery and bloodshed.