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In reply to the discussion: Ukraine: Five facts and fallacies you need to know about the US-Nato drive to war [View all]davidpdx
(22,000 posts)118. Those 6 "girls" protested a violation of human rights
I find the specific language used the original sentence amusing. Let's minimize who they are. They must be lost waifs because how dare they protest.
It is appalling that people defend Putin's homophobic behavior.
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Ukraine: Five facts and fallacies you need to know about the US-Nato drive to war [View all]
Karmadillo
Sep 2014
OP
Ukraine is indeed a great prize, to both Russia and to the West. So much value to the West that
Fred Sanders
Sep 2014
#1
I see: "Overthrow" means "the decision of a freely elected Parliament", does it?
brooklynite
Sep 2014
#12
That 'fairly elected govt' which was the result of a coup aided and abetted by
sabrina 1
Sep 2014
#15
they know. That is what is more disturbing. They know and they don't give a rat's ass. nt.
Warren Stupidity
Sep 2014
#32
I guess I was giving them the benefit of the doubt because to think that anyone
sabrina 1
Sep 2014
#35
That HAS been suggested, actually. I am in the process below thread of attempting
sabrina 1
Sep 2014
#61
I am amazed by as lot of things I am seeing on DU lately. Eg, I am deeply troubled by seeing
sabrina 1
Sep 2014
#66
Was the Rada ever removed when Yanukovych flew away with his oil paintings in tow?
Tommy_Carcetti
Sep 2014
#97
You apparently live there but you've made no doubt here you dislike Ukrainians.
Tommy_Carcetti
Sep 2014
#102
Exactly, lol. Yanukovich did make a choice, he chose not to be enslaved to the IMF and then
sabrina 1
Sep 2014
#19
Hmmm ..... not sure, but I think there's a whole train now, so I'm sure they'll fit too. nt.
polly7
Sep 2014
#71
Maybe it would be better to ask their latest victims, in Iraq eg. But I get your point.
sabrina 1
Sep 2014
#17
Well, the Russian bogeyman gives NATO with a raison d'etre and more money for the MIC.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Sep 2014
#5
Who are the 'fringe left' here? The ONLY place I have ever heard that term used
sabrina 1
Sep 2014
#30
Sorry, you are still not being clear as to who you are accusing of hating this country
sabrina 1
Sep 2014
#53
You dredged up an old Right Wing anti-Democratic attack on Americans and I asked you to
sabrina 1
Sep 2014
#81
You can start calling Russia imperialist when it has 800+ military bases all over the world
eridani
Sep 2014
#9
Unfortunately, political Manichaeism is still alive and thriving...
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2014
#26
I can call a country that invades its neighbors and seizes their territory and tries to beat
geek tragedy
Sep 2014
#23
Who subscribes to the 'the US is the most evil thing ever' empiracal assumption??
sabrina 1
Sep 2014
#39
Involving encroachment on its immediate neighbors. Same with China. Have either
eridani
Sep 2014
#110
Now you will be able to provide links to these 'conclusions' you have reached regarding
sabrina 1
Sep 2014
#21
This is Especially rich, too.. excusing Putin's Homophobia.. they hate the US so much that anything
Cha
Sep 2014
#112
Exactly, david.. I could not believe that rationalization.. smh. "I am not going hold him
Cha
Sep 2014
#120
The "Zionists are trying to take over the world" theme is heavily promoted there
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2014
#80
There's a lot of "the enemy of your enemy is your friend" thing going on here
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2014
#96
People falsely assume that the mere presence of a few fringe ultranationalists in Ukraine that:
Tommy_Carcetti
Sep 2014
#100
Yes, it is being touted on DU, because, your calling it an anti-Semitic site does not make it so...
truth2power
Sep 2014
#121
thanks for the k&r, KoKo. I still don't think they get it, though. No one who posts on DU
truth2power
Sep 2014
#126
Israel/Palestine has nothing to do with Ukraine, save in the minds of Vineyardsaker posters
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2014
#123
That site and its readers are Jew-hating fascists. The site OWNER (the Saker) says this about Jews:
geek tragedy
Sep 2014
#89
It's unbelievable the amount of propaganda posted here in support of a tyrranical regime.
MohRokTah
Sep 2014
#20
You mean there's no such thing as a Ukrainian people? What the hell is this shit?
Tommy_Carcetti
Sep 2014
#27
CITIZENS of Ukraine who have every right to protest and protect their cultures as do anyone else.
polly7
Sep 2014
#34
Excellent, Polly! Unfortunately, John Pilger can't be shoved under the bus...
truth2power
Sep 2014
#51
Haha ..... I think they've confiscated a whole train just for these journalists. nt.
polly7
Sep 2014
#57
The vast majority of Ukrainians want a single unified state. Even those in the east.
Tommy_Carcetti
Sep 2014
#58
Show me the evidence of an actual coup. Show me how Yanukovych was forcibly removed.
Tommy_Carcetti
Sep 2014
#92
It calls the notion of a Ukrainian people a "fallacy". How more clear can they be?
Tommy_Carcetti
Sep 2014
#52
Right, but we're not calling to break up our country over different regional attitudes.
Tommy_Carcetti
Sep 2014
#65
Of course they do. But admitting it would get in the way of Putin's goals. nt
Tommy_Carcetti
Sep 2014
#60