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Douglas Carpenter

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3. being that I have never lived in Crimea and in fact don't know anyone (that I'm aware of) that has

Reply to Duckhunter935 (Original post)

Sat Mar 29, 2014, 08:12 PM

Mar 2014

ever lived in Crimea, have absolutely no connections with Crimea nor (as far as I know) know anyone with any connections with Crimea and like more than 99.99% of Americans have never seriously examined from neutral sources the current on-the-ground situation for the Tatar Muslim Community in Crimea - nor have very many people here - I'm sure - I can't see how myself or hardly anyone else here can possibly give an answer to that question

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Crimea Tatar community votes to seek ethnic and territorial autonomy [View all] Duckhunter935 Mar 2014 OP

Russia is super nice. I'm sure they'll honor the will of just about anybody! cthulu2016 Mar 2014 #1

I reckon I'll have me some of the big'uns jberryhill Mar 2014 #2

being that I have never lived in Crimea and in fact don't know anyone (that I'm aware of) that has Douglas Carpenter Mar 2014 #3

Doubt it. NuclearDem Mar 2014 #4

the vote is for autonomy - not independence Douglas Carpenter Mar 2014 #9

The Tatars were Europe's slave traders. former9thward Mar 2014 #5

I hope that what any of our ancestors ceased doing 250 years ago no longer caries a Karmic debt Douglas Carpenter Mar 2014 #6

The ramifications of slave holding in the U.S. carries on to this very day. former9thward Mar 2014 #7

Slavery was common in west Africa for millenia AngryAmish Mar 2014 #8

call me a bleeding heart - but I don't hold anything against anyone for something they had nothing Douglas Carpenter Mar 2014 #10

WOW. NuclearDem Mar 2014 #11

I have NEVER heard a more rightwing, reactionary retrograde statement ever made on DU! Douglas Carpenter Mar 2014 #12

If an ethnic group voted for an autonomous region in the U.S. ... JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2014 #13

Autonomous (but not independent) regions are not that unusual of a concept. I honestly don't know Douglas Carpenter Mar 2014 #14

I think we know enough about Russia's history to judge LuvNewcastle Mar 2014 #15