Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General)

Well, I am from pretty deep in the country.

But nah, it was just a jab at him being a redneck.

@Zincy
Ah.

Sounds like nothing of value was lost, in any case.

The “superior race” people are often the worst representation of their respective races.

Fat, riddled with preexisting conditions, substance abusers, poorly educated, dirt poor, poor hygiene, etc.

They need to derive some form of solace and “pride” in their racial identity because their own personal identity is so horrifically lacking. Their existence is a reminder to them of how inferior they are as a person, and thus need to become “superior by proxy” by creating an idealized and wholly unobtainable representation of their race.

And it has to be virtually unobtainable, because if the goalpost was somehow within reach, it would mean they were acknowledging that they are too lazy or inept to reach it.

Meanwhile, given that there are no exemplars of their “perfect” specimen, they have to cling to those that preach them “in principle”. Which is why they always fall in love with loud, angry racists who scream about all the “perfect” parts of their race while exemplifying none of them.

@Background Pony #1F81
“Despite being the master race, we’re totally underdogs.” Same logic as other races being inferior to them while still posing existential threats. They’re fucktards.

Is it me or is Florida homophobic?

@The Worst Person
Oh so ya noticed?

@CaptainXtra
Yea, because of the recent bill named the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

I saw some pictures and interviews of Ukrainian children today, they are NOT good for my psyche…. Either we rearm very quickly, very soon, very briskly and above all without looking at the money and smuggle as much of it as we can to Ukraine, or I will have a serious problem with this Putin regime. And only with the regime. Not with all the Russians and Russians who live in this country and in the EU. If Mr. Putin wanted to have a tightening of relations, hmm…I think he’s done that. As long as we get it done before 2024 when Trump or one of his ilk comes back. Are we actually allowed to make bets already about when the second US civil war will take place? Or is that just too bold right now? ;-)

@The Worst Person
Oh hey Florida decided to be Florida man.

Russian police are now stopping people to check their phones for “false info” or saying the wrong things about the “special military operation “.
Complete regression back to the commie era.

@lonewolf
Old habits die hard, and for ex-KGB Putin, that is especially true.

Russian military experts warned Putin against the invasion.

@Background Pony #7D0E
Eh, probably won’t matter to Putin. As long as he’s got bodies to chuck at his problems, he’s probably not stopping till he wins, runs out of bodies to throw, or kicks the bucket.

@Background Pony #D717
Sheesh, told y’all he’s a different breed than Kim Jong-Un.

I noticed that some accounts on Twitter proudly call themselves “Orthodox”, “Catholic”, “Traditionalist”, etc. They put up crosses and flags on their usernames, and they always complain about “teh evil West/Joos/America/libruls/gays” going against God and Jesus.

Do they belong to the alt-right? Many of them have a seething hatred of non-traditionals (like me), and non-Christians (like me). People like them are why I stopped being a Christian.

I also suspect that these people want a theocracy, if they do not advocate for a monarchy, direct Papal rule, or feudalism.

And they always find ways to be as loud and troublesome as possible.

@Background Pony #D717
By the end of the war, Russia could be down 144 million people. It’ll take a while for Putin to die, he’s only 69…

He’s so not seeing 70

Any sources for me to learn more about this estimate?

Wait, are you saying that if there was a worker’s revolution in Russia, we could possibly get back the Soviet Union? That would be awesome, and not just because liberals, libertarians, and conservatives would all come together and instantly rehabilitate Putin’s image, because “yes Putin was bad, but at least he wasn’t a filthy communist!”

@HorsesandMuchMOAR
An extreme case, if Putin is really desperate…

A revived Soviet Union might become a bit like modern China, but less corporatist and more militant. It might also attract the leftists in the US, but the Twitterites might not be so welcome for being too decadent.

Seems that the official scoop is that Biden will move to directly ban Russian oil and gas imports.

Like I said before, this won’t have much impact domestically since we really don’t import much from Russia. But the move will hurt the already flagging Russian economy.

Russia might respond by closing the taps to Europe, but doing so is almost certain to be the death knell of their entire econ. It would be a spite move more than anything else.

@Zincy
To hell with Nordstream 2.

It had a role in the passing of Article 13/17.

@Zincy
And Putin is nothing without spite.