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madeintaipei posted:There are reports that Russell "Texas" Bentley has been found dead in Donetsk, sans head. Too bad, so sad. 
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He'll never be the head of a major invasion.
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Can confirm, raider trikes are terrible. Give me a quad any day.
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Wingnut Ninja posted:Does that make them dragoons? Unless they have one or both eyes of Nidhog I don't think so.
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madeintaipei posted:There are reports that Russell "Texas" Bentley has been found dead in Donetsk, sans head. If Tim pool can go years without a brain there’s no excuse for Russell
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https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1781588438304641209quote:Russian servicemen complaining about the quality of old and rusted 152 mm shells they receive. Content: Russian guys complaining about rusty shells while hitting them with mallets. madeintaipei posted:There are reports that Russell "Texas" Bentley has been found dead in Donetsk, sans head. https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1781593194070683871 quote:Russian "reporter" reveals details of the murder of Russel "Texas" Bentley, an American defector who's been in the so-called "DPR" since 2014. Content: Translated Russian social media post about the murder. https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1781584838186647556 quote:Around 50 unidentified drones attacked various facilities across Russia overnight. In Smolensk Oblast, an explosion at a facility was recorded, particularly at the Kardymovo oil depot, which belongs to the LUKOIL-Tsentrnefteprodukt syndicate, leading to a powerful fire in two locations. Content: Video of the fire.
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PurpleXVI posted:https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1781593194070683871 Reading that translation, sure, it takes the murder of one crazy American to convince this guy that you know what, maybe invading Ukraine isn't worth it after all, maybe our hands aren't actually clean after all. Nevermind everything else, THIS is the breaking point here.
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Tomn posted:Reading that translation, sure, it takes the murder of one crazy American to convince this guy that you know what, maybe invading Ukraine isn't worth it after all, maybe our hands aren't actually clean after all. Nevermind everything else, THIS is the breaking point here. The straw that broke the camel's blyat
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Lord Awkward posted:The straw that broke the camel's blyat Heh
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Lord Awkward posted:The straw that broke the camel's blyat
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As always, things aren't real until they happen to an American
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I'm sure joining this apprehending, kidnapping, murdering occupational force will not do any of those things to me.
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I would like to ask these wannabe communists why they support Russia. Shouldn't Russia be viewed as the greatest traitor to the communist cause? Go support Cuba or something.
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I'd argue the title of greatest traitor of the communist cause would lie with China.
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Apr 20, 2024 14:11
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Another promising career in US politics tragically cut short before it truly began.
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Apr 20, 2024 14:30
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Well, the bill passed the House. Now to cross our fingers and hope nothing gets hosed up in the Senate.
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Unlikely. It's almost the exact same bill they voted for already, just broken up into 4 different individual bills. I haven't looked into it in detail, but there's been no indication so far that it will have trouble passing.
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A lot of civilian (and thus military since they to a large degree rely on using it) cell phone and telecoms infrastructure seems to have been hit in the Kherson area. Not a total blackout by any means, but severe degradation. Probably something going on round there, or maybe a way to track which areas show the most activity through the degradation for future strikes, is a theory I've heard kicked around.
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Saukkis posted:I would like to ask these wannabe communists why they support Russia. Shouldn't Russia be viewed as the greatest traitor to the communist cause? Go support Cuba or something. They know authoritarian, corrupt governments like Russia would let them attack and repress the out groups they hate and that's all they care about. The collateral damage of a corrupt and broken society is a worthwhile trade for them getting to act out their hatred and when they themselves get directly hosed over by the decay of society they'll just get angrier at their chosen target.
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bird food bathtub posted:Eh, don't give them the credit of believing their lies. They couldn't even begin to give a coherent definition of words like communism and don't give a sideways flying gently caress about any of it. I'd give them slightly more credit, I think it's more like they've managed to make the logical leap that is "America does bad things, therefore, America bad," which is not fundamentally a wrong take, America does do bad things. But, if America not good, then what good? Clearly, whoever opposes America must be good... like Russia. And if America is bad and Capitalist, and Russia is good, then Russia must also in some bizarre way be Communist! The logic is unbeatable. Obviously some of them probably dream of wearing the jackboots, but I think a lot more of it is just being unable to understand a world without clear black and white conflicts.
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It's main character syndrome. They live in America. America is the only country that really matters. They arrive at the conclusion that America, is bad! (Not entirely incorrect, mind!) And if America is the big bad, then countries that America doesn't like and who in turn don't like America (Russia, China, Syria, etc.) are good. Moreover, anything bad that happens in the world is because America did it. If not overtly then covertly by the CIA. For example: Any type of opposition against the governments of these countries is astroturfed and ran by western agents, and any popular uprising against these governments is a color revolution organized by the CIA by paid actors. If the uprising was in reality astroturfed and fake (like it was in the Donbass) it's a glorious people's revolution against a great oppressor. Because America didn't do it, and it's against her interests therefore it's real and good. At this point they usually point to the USA or often specifically the CIA having attempted regime change in the past, first denying it but then later it turned out to be them. "Surely America would never do this!" or "Funny how this keeps happening, strange!" or similar sarcastic comments are made. Without providing any evidence at all. America did it is uncritically taken as fact, because America has always done it! And everyone moves on. It really boils down to an inability to see the world as anything more than two teams.
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Americans smugly explaining to Eastern Europeans how they are supposed to feel about the conflict is one of the lower points of this site.
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spankmeister posted:It really boils down to an inability to see the world as anything more than two teams. .. I'd argue it's comforting to think there's anyone in control over events. Much like it's comforting to think of these amorphous ideas being good or bad or the entities representing them "getting what they deserve".
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Antigravitas posted:Americans smugly explaining to Eastern Europeans how they are supposed to feel about the conflict is one of the lower points of this site. We live in their echo chamber. 
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Antigravitas posted:Americans smugly explaining to Eastern Europeans how they are supposed to feel about the conflict is one of the lower points of this site. But don't you see? Little things like "being directly threatened by Russian expansionism" and "understanding anything about regional politics" or maybe even "knowing people affected by the war" make it impossible for you to be unbiased and look at the big picture, which is how this affects American politics.
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https://nypost.com/cover/april-21-2024/ Maybe a sign that the financial and media arms of the GoP are trying to reign in Trumps worst excesses a bit? I expect and all caps ‘Truth’ condemnation of the very, bad, very low readership, failing NY Post any moment.
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I wonder what caused Trump to suddenly drop his firm opposition to Ukraine? My theory is that he knew it was gonna pass regardless of his opposition and he didn't wanna be on the losing side of the issue.
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Murgos posted:https://nypost.com/cover/april-21-2024/ I think it was her "Israeli funded, Mexican border protecting, space lasers" ammendment that really pissed everyone off. The "Ukrainian conscript" ammendment was pretty funny as far as crazy obstructionist bullshit goes, but trying to put insane antisemitic conspiracy theories into law may have been a bridge too far? It's hard to follow what the GOP actually wants anymore
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Antigravitas posted:Americans smugly explaining to Eastern Europeans how they are supposed to feel about the conflict is one of the lower points of this site. This is what tankies actually believe, in so much as they can be said to believe anything.
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Cugel the Clever posted:War bad; perpetual, murderous, authoritarian subjugation good. I quite literally saw that the other day - an argument that the murderous excesses of Stalin, the Red Guards, etc. were good, because communism is good, and these things were done to further or defend communism. Capitalist death squads are bad because capitalism is bad, not (presumably) because death squads are bad. I will not be sourcing, you know where to look.
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I just hope everyone has fun!
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Discussion Quorum posted:I quite literally saw that the other day - an argument that the murderous excesses of Stalin, the Red Guards, etc. were good, because communism is good, and these things were done to further or defend communism. Capitalist death squads are bad because capitalism is bad, not (presumably) because death squads are bad. Saw the same one
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Discussion Quorum posted:I quite literally saw that the other day - an argument that the murderous excesses of Stalin, the Red Guards, etc. were good, because communism is good, and these things were done to further or defend communism. Capitalist death squads are bad because capitalism is bad, not (presumably) because death squads are bad. Their definition of imperialism works on the same logic.
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Is it all a bit? Some of it reads like weirdos just saying inflammatory nonsense for the hell of it. It has all the hallmarks of 4chan-tier shitposting: no punctuation, all lower case, usually flippant, histrionic and sensationalist. The only difference is less racism and transphobia.
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99pct of germs posted:Is it all a bit? Some of it reads like weirdos just saying inflammatory nonsense for the hell of it. Some are cynics being edgy, many are idiots who don't know better, and a very small contingent are true believers that actually mean it. Sadly each and every one has terminal politics brain and will have to be culled.
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Grip it and rip it posted:Some are cynics being edgy, many are idiots who don't know better, and a very small contingent are true believers that actually mean it. Sadly each and every one has terminal politics brain and will have to be culled. 2020s corollary to Poe's law - on the internet you can't really tell the difference between a bit or wannabe and a true believer until one of them is dousing themselves in gasoline in public.
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Motivated reasoning is a hell of a thing and if the starting point for your political social group is that ideological purity is king over all else then people find it very easy to declare that context does not matter.
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Grip it and rip it posted:Some are cynics being edgy, many are idiots who don't know better, and a very small contingent are true believers that actually mean it. This is how all alt-right stuff on 4chan got started.
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Antigravitas posted:Americans smugly explaining to Eastern Europeans how they are supposed to feel about the conflict is one of the lower points of this site. I might be missing something, but who's arguing about Eastern Europeans and their views on things? The "communists"/tankies I was referring to are the ones in comfortable liberal western Europe/the US/Canada.
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