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karynnj

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32. I won't -- he may like the authoritarian Trump, but he is not a communist

Reply to William769 (Original post)

Sat May 13, 2017, 06:08 PM

May 2017

What I never got before was it was not the authoritarian dictators, but the suppression of the church and socialism alone that the right wing hated about communism.

Personally, I think that name calling - right or left - destroys the ability to persuade anyone not already on your side. Think about how likely you would be to consider an argument made by someone who called Obama Obummer - or worse.

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Edited. I give up on translation. [View all] William769 May 2017 OP

Check your Russian unc70 May 2017 #1

I have. William769 May 2017 #4

It's trump as a verb, not the name BainsBane May 2017 #8

Thanks. I guess I'm SOL. William769 May 2017 #12

Товарищ Трамп unc70 May 2017 #10

Looks like "T pawn" to me. Hmmm.. furtheradu May 2017 #26

That looks like it would be pronounced "Tramp" flyingfysh May 2017 #27

Not all languages pronounce their vowels like we do. DFW May 2017 #35

I took three years of Russian flyingfysh May 2017 #38

Трамп BainsBane May 2017 #11

Edited. Thanks. William769 May 2017 #13

NO, keep the first word you originally had BainsBane May 2017 #14

comrade looks right BainsBane May 2017 #5

Whoa. I need to work on my Russian. PsychoBabble May 2017 #2

then there is this translation riversedge May 2017 #6

Watch for perils in literal translations DFW May 2017 #23

True that. Spanish literal translation of Gore's name is lunatica May 2017 #40

hi mate.... riversedge May 2017 #3

... William769 May 2017 #7

That would also pass for "Greetings, comrades" though the Russian "greetings" actually is singular DFW May 2017 #22

maggot MFM008 May 2017 #9

+1. Simple and accurate. BannonsLiver May 2017 #15

Liver! MFM008 May 2017 #20

! northoftheborder May 2017 #28

Trump would more properly translated phonetically. longship May 2017 #16

Since Russian does not have our "short u" sound.... DFW May 2017 #21

I would agree. longship May 2017 #24

Trying to explain vowel sounds to languages that don't have them is awkward. DFW May 2017 #34

I took a year of Russian nearly 5 decades ago longship May 2017 #36

Russians are everywhere these days. It's easier to keep up than it used to be. DFW May 2017 #37

How fun! longship May 2017 #39

But isn't Troomp as in TroompaLoompa more accurate? Phentex May 2017 #41

Feed that into a Google translator DFW May 2017 #42

Deniska Petrov wcmagumba May 2017 #17

comrade scum, comrade lying pervert, comrade asshole.. . . . . niyad May 2017 #18

Comrade Golden Shower lpbk2713 May 2017 #30

darn!!! forgot that one!! niyad May 2017 #43

thats ok--still love yah. riversedge May 2017 #19

Me too, William spiderpig May 2017 #25

It diminishes the importance of the Russian scandal Voltaire2 May 2017 #29

"Comrade" is a communist thing. I use "Kremlin Don"... JHB May 2017 #31

I won't -- he may like the authoritarian Trump, but he is not a communist karynnj May 2017 #32

tzump. trumcccp. or my grandpa would have called him trumpski. pansypoo53219 May 2017 #33