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Videos by "brainwashed" Russians. (Original Post) Crunchy Frog Apr 2022 OP
Russian social media. Crunchy Frog Apr 2022 #1
+1 dalton99a Apr 2022 #4
We need to defeat the Russian military lapfog_1 Apr 2022 #2
Also need to go harder on crippling their economy. I've stopped having any sympathy for them. Wingus Dingus Apr 2022 #5
We should at least inform Russia that any Russian known or suspected Crunchy Frog Apr 2022 #10
I don't get why Russians seem to hate Ukraine so much. Wingus Dingus Apr 2022 #3
They are jealous. They want Ukrainians to suffer as much as them dalton99a Apr 2022 #6
I definitely think they've grown apart in the last generation. Wingus Dingus Apr 2022 #14
Same reason we hate Mexico-- we are told to, and some listen. TreasonousBastard Apr 2022 #8
I have to dispute that, I don't think Americans hate Mexico or Mexicans Wingus Dingus Apr 2022 #12
I beg to differ. 2naSalit Apr 2022 #16
I get that there are people who hate Mexicans. Wingus Dingus Apr 2022 #18
this sounds kind of like serious white nationalist stuff stopdiggin Apr 2022 #19
It depends on where you are and what you look like, I think. 2naSalit Apr 2022 #20
Russia loves Ukraine like an abusive, obsessive ex husband. Crunchy Frog Apr 2022 #11
Yes, flirting with the hated NATO. Wingus Dingus Apr 2022 #13
Yes but the rest of the story is that Ukraine was already westernized FakeNoose Apr 2022 #21
Russians have "looked down on" Ukrainians for decades... many decades. WarGamer Apr 2022 #22
Google translate can be used to translate Russian websites as well like ria.ru. I use it to see how sciencescience Apr 2022 #7
What awful people! smirkymonkey Apr 2022 #9
They're like super MAGAT Karens. Crunchy Frog Apr 2022 #15
Russia is a racist country... 2naSalit Apr 2022 #17

lapfog_1

(29,199 posts)
2. We need to defeat the Russian military
Sun Apr 3, 2022, 12:44 PM
Apr 2022

and hold war crimes tribunals for the leaders.

And then take every Russian Citizen over the age of 18 on a tour of Ukraine... as it is right now.

Just like Germany after WWII.

Crunchy Frog

(26,579 posts)
10. We should at least inform Russia that any Russian known or suspected
Sun Apr 3, 2022, 12:56 PM
Apr 2022

to have belonged to the military during this time period will be subject to detention and interrogation, and possible war crimes trials, if they set foot in, or even fly in airspace over, any civilized part of the world.

This would apply to the entire military chain of command, as well as members of other associated government agencies.

Wingus Dingus

(8,052 posts)
3. I don't get why Russians seem to hate Ukraine so much.
Sun Apr 3, 2022, 12:46 PM
Apr 2022

Ukraine didn't invade, didn't kill them, didn't sponsor terror against them. A smaller, weaker neighbor who shares a lot of the same ethnicity and history--it makes no sense.

dalton99a

(81,455 posts)
6. They are jealous. They want Ukrainians to suffer as much as them
Sun Apr 3, 2022, 12:52 PM
Apr 2022

and to be ruled by their murderous little thief


Wingus Dingus

(8,052 posts)
12. I have to dispute that, I don't think Americans hate Mexico or Mexicans
Sun Apr 3, 2022, 01:02 PM
Apr 2022

in general--I think they hate Mexican immigration. Tons of Americans visit Mexico, tons of Americans are of Mexican descent. There is no desire on anyone's part here to invade and kill Mexicans who aren't trying to immigrate. There is no desire to "end" Mexico as a country or an ethnicity.

2naSalit

(86,561 posts)
16. I beg to differ.
Sun Apr 3, 2022, 01:19 PM
Apr 2022

I have lived near the Mexican border several times and there is a serious faction of Mexican haters, want them dead or enslaved or sent back to their country. And there are plenty who are far from the border who feel exactly the same.

Wingus Dingus

(8,052 posts)
18. I get that there are people who hate Mexicans.
Sun Apr 3, 2022, 01:22 PM
Apr 2022

There's absolutely zero interest in attacking them militarily, however. Or taking their land, or their resources. Contrast that to Russians saying Ukraine "shouldn't exist" as a country.

stopdiggin

(11,296 posts)
19. this sounds kind of like serious white nationalist stuff
Sun Apr 3, 2022, 03:07 PM
Apr 2022

and heavy duty racism. Undoubtedly there are such elements out there (although they're a pretty small minority). But to extrapolate from that to Americans hate Mexicans and Mexico ...

My experiences just haven't squared with that.

2naSalit

(86,561 posts)
20. It depends on where you are and what you look like, I think.
Sun Apr 3, 2022, 06:44 PM
Apr 2022

My experience was well informed as I was often told that I was Mexican and treated according to the beliefs of those who decided I must be Mexican because I don't appear pearly white. Trust me, even my blonde siblings, same two parents, never had such experiences as I did. You know it when it's directed straight at you, much like the recognition one has when looking up the barrel of a shotgun ready to be fired.

I don't even have a decent grip on Spanish but that didn't matter, my skin is dark enough for bigots, nothing else matters, they will decide what you are. Unfortunately, a lot of the loud ones live near the border.

I have not been to one state in this country where I have not encountered racism so I can't truly identify where they concentrate but I know there are quite a few who live in states along our southern border.

Crunchy Frog

(26,579 posts)
11. Russia loves Ukraine like an abusive, obsessive ex husband.
Sun Apr 3, 2022, 01:02 PM
Apr 2022

Ukraine dared to gravitate out of their orbit and into the Western orbit. It's like Russia saw her dating other men.

At least that's what seems to make the most sense to me.

FakeNoose

(32,634 posts)
21. Yes but the rest of the story is that Ukraine was already westernized
Sun Apr 3, 2022, 06:49 PM
Apr 2022

... long before it was dragged into the Soviet Union. History matters. So does culture.

The Russians need to learn the hard way, because other ways aren't working.

sciencescience

(109 posts)
7. Google translate can be used to translate Russian websites as well like ria.ru. I use it to see how
Sun Apr 3, 2022, 12:53 PM
Apr 2022

bad the propaganda is and what average Russian people think in the comments. Although I'm not sure all the comments are authentic.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
9. What awful people!
Sun Apr 3, 2022, 12:55 PM
Apr 2022

Not only are they hateful, they are so proud of how hateful they are. Kind of like our MAGAts.

Crunchy Frog

(26,579 posts)
15. They're like super MAGAT Karens.
Sun Apr 3, 2022, 01:06 PM
Apr 2022

These people don't look brainwashed or cowed. They look like they're proudly flaunting it.

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