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Effete Snob

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4. I just don't understand it

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri Jul 14, 2023, 08:27 AM

Jul 2023

How on earth do people spout this "NATO caused the Russian invasion of Ukraine" nonsense?

Cornel West has said a number of provocative things over the years to get attention, but what is it that drives people to turn into Kremlin propaganda-spouting machines.

And, as the fight in Ukraine tilts further against Russia, it seems that more of these kinds of idiots are coming out of the woodwork.

Is it "last call for longtime sleeper stooges" or what?

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The Cornel West foreign policy plank..... [View all] brooklynite Jul 2023 OP

Another guy who has never been elected to anything and thinks he knows more than the president Walleye Jul 2023 #1

West, RFK JR, Manchin, Williamson - ALL TRUMPERS. 617Blue Jul 2023 #2

Definite point, but that credits them with too much positivity. Hortensis Jul 2023 #10

Man on soapbox Casady1 Jul 2023 #3

I just don't understand it Effete Snob Jul 2023 #4

All from the School of Noam Chomsky... tman Jul 2023 #5

Variations on a type -- In their case intellectual-STYLED rhetoric Hortensis Jul 2023 #11

nobody wins in a nuclear war GenXer47 Jul 2023 #14

You realize that there are Russian nuclear subs within striking distance of the U.S. right... LudwigPastorius Jul 2023 #18

You know that you're quoting Kremlin propaganda talking points Crunchy Frog Jul 2023 #22

Contrarian wryter2000 Jul 2023 #6

Exactly right FrankBooth Jul 2023 #25

West and Stein are Putin puppets LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 #7

Her family is Russian. Her loyalty is to Russia. She's a shill for Putin. nt okaawhatever Jul 2023 #12

A pure vanity candidate tritsofme Jul 2023 #8

It's So Simple, Sir, It's Practically Simple-Minded The Magistrate Jul 2023 #9

You know that the only reason that Eve made Adam eat that apple, Crunchy Frog Jul 2023 #23

Post removed Post removed Jul 2023 #13

NATO "provoked" Putin's invasion of Ukraine? ShazzieB Jul 2023 #15

... spanone Jul 2023 #16

The first principle of this Leftism is that all Western Democracies are evil, corrupt, exploiters Showbizkid Jul 2023 #17

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2023 #19

West is an idiot or foreign policy and has no business trying to re-elect TFG LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 #20

... Celerity Jul 2023 #21

I'm sure he was saying Iraq provoked us into attacking them as well. W_HAMILTON Jul 2023 #24