Russia Just Invaded Ukraine

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Originally Posted by Back

If you'd like to explain your approval of Putin

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Back you do realize the entire board thinks you're a fucking moron right now, right?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brinkmanship

Now after you learn what that word means, tell me how you read approval in his sentence.

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Originally Posted by Johnny Five

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http://i.imgur.com/cWD0Rn3.jpg

Putin sure as fuck doesn't give a shit what people think haha.

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It wasn't too long ago that everyone was laughing at an impotent balding middle aged pale white man trying desperately to look macho while riding on a horse without his shirt on. I think what is happening now is that a bunch of impotent balding middle aged pale white men realize how much power Putin has, legitimate or not, and are engaging in some strange identifying hero worship.

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Originally Posted by Tgo01

Back you do realize the entire board thinks you're a fucking moron right now, right?

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You are retarded.

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Originally Posted by Back

It wasn't too long ago that everyone was laughing at an impotent balding middle aged pale white man trying desperately to look macho while riding on a horse without his shirt on. I think what is happening now is that a bunch of impotent balding middle aged pale white men realize how much power Putin has, legitimate or not, and are engaging in some strange identifying hero worship.

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Hero worship was when you were speaking about Chavez.

This isn't even close to that level.

Please stop. I'm feeling badly for you at this point.

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Originally Posted by Parkbandit

You are retarded.

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Tgo01, you do realize Parkbandit thinks you're retarded right now, right?

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I'm prolly going to regret jumping into this hornets nest of a thread, but I think it raises some really interesting questions.

I think it's pretty interesting that Putin is becoming a strong voice in global conservativism. I could be dead wrong, but I think he is saying out lout what a lot of xenophobes in this country have been thinking for a long time...and in a weird way it's kind of refreshing...even from the perspective of someone who couldn't disagree more. I'm sure there are politicians in this country who feel the same way, but cannot express that opinion as candidly because it would be political suicide.

Looking at this stuff really helps put into a more complex context different conceptions of 'freedom' and how that word can mean such different things to different people.

This country is so awesome and complex and the PC is actually helping me learn more about it....weird right?

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Originally Posted by Skip

I'm prolly going to regret jumping into this hornets nest of a thread, but I think it raises some really interesting questions.

I think it's pretty interesting that Putin is becoming a strong voice in global conservativism. I could be dead wrong, but I think he is saying out lout what a lot of xenophobes in this country have been thinking for a long time...and in a weird way it's kind of refreshing...even from the perspective of someone who couldn't disagree more. I'm sure there are politicians in this country who feel the same way, but cannot express that opinion as candidly because it would be political suicide.

Looking at this stuff really helps put into a more complex context different conceptions of 'freedom' and how that word can mean such different things to different people.

This country is so awesome and complex and the PC is actually helping me learn more about it....weird right?

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It reminds me of G. Gordon Liddy's autobiography Will when he talks about how, when was a kid, he had such a hard on for Hitler and the 3rd Reich.

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Originally Posted by cwolff

It reminds me of G. Gordon Liddy's autobiography Will when he talks about how, when was a kid, he had such a hard on for Hitler and the 3rd Reich.

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Inorite.

I never really understood how so much of this country was kinda into hitler circa 1935, But I feel like I kinda get it now.