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Toadman005 said:
Are there actually people rooting for that? Or is it just a gaslight lie? Genuinely asking.
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Again, Twitter so idk, some of those accounts confuse me like Hulk Hogan or Macho Man did as a kid when they were out of Kayfabe 😂

I have genuinely seen some older people so tied up in conspiracy that they think there's some evil Cabal coming from Ukraine & that Putin is on some pure, religiously correct, altruist trying to save the world and that the "West" is a communist front.

Like what fucking hoops do you jump through to get to that point? The West has always stood for open, fair elections, democracy, open societies etc. Putin, Xi and others are against the very fabric of democracy.

I'll be honest, this whole week has made me reevaluate a lot when it comes to people's capacities.
 
Nod4Eight said:
The "tolerant left" has painted their political opposition as evil for far too long for this to be settled amicably. The right always has looked at the left as being misguided, simplistic and reacting out of emotion rather than logic. The left has painted everyone as Nazis, Hitler and the Devil himself if you do not agree with them. It's about time we hated them back.

Additionally, the left wishes to destroy - they want to break down systems, norms and even the truth itself. Fuck them, fuck them all.
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What I've noticed, especially with newer politicians and the fucking crypt keepers is they are not interested in creating policy that benefits Americans, they legislate and pass policy that just hurts the other side. It's like watching two groups of high school girls fight dirty and out petty each other.

This isn't a blanket statement as their are people I actually do like-ish. Dan Crenshaw used to be one until the red flag shit.
 
CowpokeU said:
Again, Twitter so idk, some of those accounts confuse me like Hulk Hogan or Macho Man did as a kid when they were out of Kayfabe 😂

I have genuinely seen some older people so tied up in conspiracy that they think there's some evil Cabal coming from Ukraine & that Putin is on some pure, religiously correct, altruist trying to save the world and that the "West" is a communist front.

Like what fucking hoops do you jump through to get to that point? The West has always stood for open, fair elections, democracy, open societies etc. Putin, Xi and others are against the very fabric of democracy.

I'll be honest, this whole week has made me reevaluate a lot when it comes to people's capacities.
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My commie friend is convinced what Putin is doing is righteous. Of course he also denies the Uyghur mistreatment and thinks the Holodomor never happened. Hes a bit fucking crazy.
 
CowpokeU said:
What I've noticed, especially with newer politicians and the fucking crypt keepers is they are not interested in creating policy that benefits Americans, they legislate and pass policy that just hurts the other side. It's like watching two groups of high school girls fight dirty and out petty each other.

This isn't a blanket statement as their are people I actually do like-ish. Dan Crenshaw used to be one until the red flag shit.
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Crenshaw has been a disappointment. Money got a hold of him. I'm thinking of getting a "Dan Crenshaw Sucks" t-shirt from Fleccas.
 
CowpokeU said:
What I've noticed, especially with newer politicians and the fucking crypt keepers is they are not interested in creating policy that benefits Americans, they legislate and pass policy that just hurts the other side. It's like watching two groups of high school girls fight dirty and out petty each other.

This isn't a blanket statement as their are people I actually do like-ish. Dan Crenshaw used to be one until the red flag shit.
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Also, if you are looking for answers or leadership from folks in DC - well I dont know what to tell ya.

As far as representation for the right - I'd say we need a lot more Rand Paul's and a lot fewer Mitch McConnell's.
 
CowpokeU said:
Again, Twitter so idk, some of those accounts confuse me like Hulk Hogan or Macho Man did as a kid when they were out of Kayfabe 😂

I have genuinely seen some older people so tied up in conspiracy that they think there's some evil Cabal coming from Ukraine & that Putin is on some pure, religiously correct, altruist trying to save the world and that the "West" is a communist front.

Like what fucking hoops do you jump through to get to that point? The West has always stood for open, fair elections, democracy, open societies etc. Putin, Xi and others are against the very fabric of democracy.

I'll be honest, this whole week has made me reevaluate a lot when it comes to people's capacities.
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Evidence is mounting that many Russian soldiers are reluctant to fight.

Social media is littered with videos of lost and hungry soldiers looting, begging for food or ditching their tanks and trucks. Captured soldiers have expressed confusion about the war’s purpose and have surrendered once they discovered they were not on a training exercise. Hundreds of armored vehicles have been abandoned or captured by Ukrainian forces and, in at least one case, by a local farmer.

Many of Russian equipment losses have been because of abandonment and capture, not destruction. Indeed, dozens of videos of lines of stranded military equipment can be found on TikTok. Russian military authorities have threatened physical abuse or worse to enforce discipline in some units. And Reuters correspondent Phil Stewart tweeted this earlier Tuesday:

The Russian Army has built-in problems that undermine morale

Scholars offer four reasons soldiers fight hard on the battlefield: ideology, including nationalism and patriotism; material benefits such as money; for fellow soldiers; and fear, including of one’s own commanders.

Like many armies, Russia’s military is marked by prewar inequalities between soldiers that undercut combat motivation. Take, for example, the status and economic hierarchies between contract soldiers, who make up about 70 percent of the military, and conscripts. Contract soldiers serve for three-year contracts, are paid fairly well (about $1,100 a month) and are better-trained. As officers, they also enjoy numerous opportunities to engage in corruption, including siphoning off conscript pay.

Conscripts, in contrast, are poorly trained, receiving four months of basic training, and serve for only a year, during which they are often victimized by their own contract officers, who often violently haze young recruits. For their troubles, they are paid less than $25 a month. Small wonder that there’s a robust black market in seeking deferments to avoid conscription. Poor pay and the chasm between contract soldiers and conscripts combine to undermine unit cohesion.
 
BlkSabbath74 said:
bariweiss.substack.com

The Road Out of Kyiv

Fleeing my hometown. Again.
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From the article:

When we heard that the government was handing out weapons to citizens who wanted them, we didn’t think anyone would get in line. But we’ve been told thousands of people are standing in line, old and young, to get these guns. I wonder if my neighbors can do it. Can Ukraine withstand the third largest army in the world? If you asked me Thursday, I’d think the chances were low. Now I am sure they will.

An example of why the 2nd amendment is so important to our individual and collective security...
 
Nod4Eight said:
My commie friend is convinced what Putin is doing is righteous. Of course he also denies the Uyghur mistreatment and thinks the Holodomor never happened. Hes a bit fucking crazy.
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I know those folks too. They only jump through one hurdle and that's, everything said bad about Communism and the govts are psyop lies to convince us to stay capitalists 😂

They, are their own unique breed of weird lol
 
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