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Gaukler posted:If someone destroys your dumb policy proposals on the internet, you're destroyed in real life. I thought you just became a corn cob? The life of a corn cob isn't so bad.
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OddObserver posted:The truth is in the middle! No, really: Russian citizens have poor access to information, poor ability to control things, yet they are not totally uninformed and a lot of them really do endorse the actions of the Putin regime. I doubt Putin's true approval rating is 80% because in genuinely democratic societies, even really popular leaders rarely break 50%. Still, 82% is a better lie than something like 97%. Just about plausible. However, I do think a lot of Russians genuinely like him (at least ones that aren't at risk of being shot in the back of the head for journalism.) He projects toughness and a lot of (dumb) people really respond to that.
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WeAreTheRomans posted:Pretty Well the internet also delivers anime so
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WampaLord posted:Oh my god this is the third avatar change I've had in 2 hours. Hey quit hogging all the avatar changes. I haven't gotten even one and I long for white genocide!
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WampaLord posted:I'm more sad that the cool and good avatar I had in between the bad ones got taken away and I hope that person didn't blow https://esarahpalinonline.com/soap/?username=WampaLord Edit: Actually looks like this is missing some old ones
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ImpAtom posted:... Do you really not get the giant gaping flaw here? Like I'm honestly unsure if you're ignoring it or you just don't see the problem there? I think it's arrogant as gently caress to believe that American websites are vital to the wellbeing of other developed nations. You might be right, but it seems like wishful thinking and "rah rah" America to me.
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Talmonis posted:I think it's arrogant as gently caress to believe that American websites are vital to the wellbeing of other developed nations. You might be right, but it seems like wishful thinking and "rah rah" America to me.
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canepazzo posted:Bad polls today with battleground states such as TX, IN and MO all moving back to double digits lead for Trump. That's entirely possible. I'd read before that Clinton's surprising closeness in the red states was accounting for why she was at normal levels in the swing states but not winning more nationally.
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computer parts posted:The best explanation of groverhaus came from this totally coincidental scene from Sesame Street: this episode brought to you by the letter f and the number 22
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WampaLord posted:Oh my god this is the third avatar change I've had in 2 hours. Someone is mad you disagree with them on one small issue and wanted to give Lowtax :tenbux:.
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Kit Walker posted:Hey quit hogging all the avatar changes. I haven't gotten even one and I long for white genocide! your current redtext is more shameful imo
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Talmonis posted:I think it's arrogant as gently caress to believe that American websites are vital to the wellbeing of other developed nations. You might be right, but it seems like wishful thinking and "rah rah" America to me. You do realize the significant role the US Government and business plays in the very functioning of the internet right?
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Talmonis posted:I think it's arrogant as gently caress to believe that American websites are vital to the wellbeing of other developed nations. You might be right, but it seems like wishful thinking and "rah rah" America to me. This from the person who believes it is possible to cut Russia off from "American websites" entirely and wants to do so. What do you think "American websites' are by the way, I'm curious?
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Crowsbeak posted:Someone is mad you disagree with them on one small issue and wanted to give Lowtax :tenbux:.
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Lightning Knight posted:I don't like Putin. We don't need to go to war with Russia to retaliate for their shenanigans in our election. Who is saying that? No-one. Clinton doesn't want to either, despite what Trumpistas pretend to believe. Neither Trump, Clinton nor Putin want war. Not all of them are 100% sane but they are sane enough to not want the apocalypse. Big countries deal with other big countries differently than they deal with small countries. They play a sort of board game of snubbing, insults and sanctions. They can't go to war without destroying the world so they get petty.
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Talmonis posted:I think it's arrogant as gently caress to believe that American websites are vital to the wellbeing of other developed nations. You might be right, but it seems like wishful thinking and "rah rah" America to me. I'm not American, but I already pointed out why your opinion was stupid and goony
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BarbarianElephant posted:Who is saying that? No-one.
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Grouchio posted:Seriously though is this going to do anything other than point out that the FBI is flailing about? Hopefully add another log to the funeral pyre currently being built under Comey's career.
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Mel Mudkiper posted:No, actually the definition of white privilege is that all white people have it Believe it or not, being black or white isn't the only situation where the circumstances you are born into dictate your role in society in a way that is unfair and far beyond your control.
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WeAreTheRomans posted:your current redtext is more shameful imo It's factually false, tho. I mean I guess that's the point but I've had it for ages and it's boring
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canepazzo posted:Bad polls today with battleground states such as TX, IN and MO all moving back to double digits lead for Trump. Well, looking at the polls on RCP, Trump narrowly won NC, which is now tied, TX is TX so while this thread was furiously masturbating at the thought of a blue TX it's not surprising to see it get redder again (although that Trump +13 is quite high compared to how it was tightening over time), and Romney easily won Missouri so seeing Clinton down a little close to the margins Obama lost isn't much of a surprise. The big takeaway from today's polls is that Clinton is still showing a decent lead in the Virginia polls and she has Pennsylvania on lock.
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Oh hey, jack chick died? Some good news during this election season at least!
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FactsAreUseless posted:People in this thread. This thread moves pretty drat fast and if there have been any I haven't seen any. I've seen a lot of people who don't like Russia, no-one who wants WW3.
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WeAreTheRomans posted:Yes it absolutely is you loving idiot, please stop repeating this. Congratulations on being Irish-American, but don't presume to speak for my country Fair enough, I should have clarified. I am speaking entirely in the American context when I talk about the Irish. I understand the social and political realities of actual Irish citizens are rife with on-going and significant bigotry, but that is not the reality on the other side of the Atlantic. There is a very real attempt by people within the United States to use their ancestors' historical oppression to lessen their moral obligation to ongoing oppression, and that is what I am speaking my frustrations to.
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FactsAreUseless posted:Were you able to figure out how to link that post? Crowsbeak could even just screencap it, if linking the quote is that difficult. Of course, that would predicate upon it being real.
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BarbarianElephant posted:This thread moves pretty drat fast and if there have been any I haven't seen any. I've seen a lot of people who don't like Russia, no-one who wants WW3.
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FactsAreUseless posted:And the offer stands: Show me a USPOL post where I wished death on a poster and I will never post in USPOL again. If you threatened a wall scroll is that enough to stop you from using caps?
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Lightning Knight posted:
I think we're mostly agreeing... what I am trying to say, though I think I am failing, is that what the Russian government does isn't totally divorced from the public. They cultivated nationalist impulses, and now they feed the public blood to feed those impulses (with a lot of propaganda at the side for the majorities who aren't quite that bloodthirsty to phrase is a more ... humane ... cause that still fulfills National Greatness). It's not a real democracy because there is no functional press that's widely consumed (and because of blatant poll stuffing), and there is a huge amount of "parallel reality stuff" from propaganda just like there was in USSR, but the government still tries to attract actual public support and establish some sort of social contract. Any real solution to Russia will have to understand that, rather than go "no Putin, no problem". [1] And this campaign shows that we're getting dangerously close to this ourselves.
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Augus posted:Believe it or not, being black or white isn't the only situation where the circumstances you are born into dictate your role in society in a way that is unfair and far beyond your control. I know its not, but that also doesn't mean white people are privileged by being white. No matter how bad your social, economic, or personal situation is, if you are white you are better off than any other race in a similar position
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Istvun posted:If you threatened a wall scroll is that enough to stop you from using caps?
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Captain Invictus posted:Oh hey, jack chick died? Some good news during this election season at least! He didn't get to live long enough to see the next, definitely this time, anti-Christ get elected. Sad!
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Harrow posted:Was it a post like "I, too, wish death on my political enemies?" Because, uh, that's a pretty common way of expressing sarcastic disapproval when someone legitimately wishes death on someone. Sorry don't get sarcasm. Also the love Putin gets comes from despair. Russians need someway to think their nation still matters and Putin by being a bully who interferes in the west provides that. They have nothing else.
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Fair enough, I should have clarified. I am speaking entirely in the American context when I talk about the Irish. I understand the social and political realities of actual Irish citizens are rife with on-going and significant bigotry, but that is not the reality on the other side of the Atlantic. There is a very real attempt by people within the United States to use their ancestors' historical oppression to lessen their moral obligation to ongoing oppression, and that is what I am speaking my frustrations to.  I can live with that
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Wait is there even anything in that FBI Clinton foundation release? It's redacted to hell. Also FAU needs to stop wishing for people's deaths in every post.
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ImpAtom posted:This from the person who believes it is possible to cut Russia off from "American websites" entirely and wants to do so. I did specify "If such a thing were possible." I'm sure as hell no expert, nor claim to be. Servers hosted in the U.S.? Again, the hope would be that such a cultural embargo would anger the Russian populace enough to replace Putin, rather than continue to worship his macho posturing and annexation of neighbors. It'd be a petty action in response to petty actions.
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Crowsbeak posted:Sorry don't get sarcasm.
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