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BannonsLiver

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4. I'm not so sure of that

Reply to kimbutgar (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 14, 2021, 05:06 PM

Jun 2021

Certainly in the Cold War that might have been the case. But we have laws here they don’t. For example, domestic abuse is illegal here. Russia is also chock full of homophobes who might not like our social mores which are vastly more liberal than theirs.
Finally, the US is 30 percent+ POCs, while Russia has almost no black or brown people, particularly in the European power center.

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Russian Propaganda TV Blasts the U.S. in lead up the summit [View all] FelineOverlord Jun 2021 OP

Some more of it just popped up in another thread this afternoon BannonsLiver Jun 2021 #1

Russian Propaganda TV Blasts the U.S. in lead up the summit FelineOverlord Jun 2021 #2

What's funny is if you offered a Russian citizen a chance to move to the US kimbutgar Jun 2021 #3

I'm not so sure of that BannonsLiver Jun 2021 #4