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aint_no_life_nowhere

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47. I agree 100% about pointing the finger at people in our country who "behave this way"
Thu Aug 7, 2014, 02:47 PM
Aug 2014

Again, I find it distressing to see an entire group of people, a nation, branded as savages. I've met several Russians in America and abroad who were very lovely people. Mein Kampf was full of discussions of Russians, all Russians, as "animals" of no worth, to be deported or killed to create Lebensraum. One of many, many examples:

"...In the eyes of the Russian, the principal support of civilisation is vodka. His ideal consists in never doing anything but the indispensable. Our conception of work (work, and then more of it!) is one that he submits to as if it were a real curse. It is doubtful whether anything at all can be done in Russia without the help of the Orthodox priest. It's the priest who has been able to reconcile the Russian to the fatal necessity of work —by promising him more happiness in another world. The Russian will never make up his mind to work except under compulsion from outside, for he is incapable of organising himself. And if, despite everything, he is apt to have organisation thrust upon him, that is thanks to the drop of Aryan blood in his veins. It's only because of this drop that the Russian people has created something and possesses an organised State. It takes energy to rule Russia. The corollary is that, the tougher a country's régime, the more appropriate it is that equity and justice should be practised there. The horse that is not kept constantly under control forgets in the wink of an eye the rudiments of training that have been inculcated into it. In the same way, with the Russian, there is an instinctive force that invariably leads him back to the state of nature. People sometimes quote the case of the horses that escaped from a ranch in America, and by some ten years later had formed huge herds of wild horses. It is so easy for an animal to go back to its origins ! For the Russian, the return to the state of nature is a return to primitive forms of life. The family exists, the female looks after her children, like the female of the hare, with all the feelings of a mother. But the Russian doesn't want anything more. His reaction against the constraint of the organised State (which is always a constraint, since it limits the liberty of the individual) is brutal and savage, like all feminine reactions. When he collapses and should yield, the Russian bursts into lamentations. This will to return to the state of nature is exhibited in his revolutions. For the Russian, the typical form of revolution is nihilism. ..."

Invade a country needlessly, and your approval goes up. JoePhilly Aug 2014 #1
As Bush the Dumber found. riqster Aug 2014 #4
Maybe Afghanistan, but did they really stay up for Iraq? I supported AF, but definitely NOT Iraq. 7962 Aug 2014 #7
Nice that they open an article about racist mockery of the president abroad... Orrex Aug 2014 #2
Repeating to demoralize Democrats into not voting works every time. freshwest Aug 2014 #33
His ratings are still much more than Congress' Historic NY Aug 2014 #3
I am sure the average Joe is blaming Obama daily for all the worldly troubles nolabels Aug 2014 #22
+1 freshwest Aug 2014 #34
Well, you know why the Republicans love Putin so much now. 6000eliot Aug 2014 #5
Yeah, he's anti-Obama but that's not all. He's also a neo-con militarist who is authoritarian, pampango Aug 2014 #6
English isn't his first language? svpadgham Aug 2014 #8
Neither is Ted Cruz. pampango Aug 2014 #9
Putin, Cruz, racists and republicans on the same team, who knew? nolabels Aug 2014 #23
Surprised the US didn't do in Moscow what they did in Kiev... MattSh Aug 2014 #10
Interesting that you abstain from any comment about the subject of the OP, racist imagery used by Bluenorthwest Aug 2014 #13
The imagery was not used by the Russian government cosmicone Aug 2014 #15
Yes, unapproved exhibitions are allowed all the time in Russia, arent they? 7962 Aug 2014 #16
Because "Vlad" is popular in Russia cosmicone Aug 2014 #25
Conveniently missed the point. If it wasnt approved, it wouldnt have been allowed. 7962 Aug 2014 #30
So - they did it to impress JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #65
I seriously doubt "Vlad"condoned or ordered it cosmicone Aug 2014 #79
I was using your term JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #91
I am not condoning it one iota cosmicone Aug 2014 #92
Nope - our CIA is 100% possible of having done such a thing JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #94
Tell me again what happens to activists in Russia that make unapproved demonstrations? davidpdx Aug 2014 #84
I don't need clichés cosmicone Aug 2014 #85
I guess gay rights "propagandists" are a cliche davidpdx Aug 2014 #86
This has nothing to do with gay rights. n/t cosmicone Aug 2014 #87
It has to do with the ability of Russians to protest davidpdx Aug 2014 #88
+1 Amonester Aug 2014 #89
Why don't you just admit you have no proof that the Russian government was behind this? cosmicone Aug 2014 #90
I never said that davidpdx Aug 2014 #93
Thank You! Tarheel_Dem Aug 2014 #95
Can someone translate this sentence for me? It resembles English. Trillo Aug 2014 #11
I read Russian swilton Aug 2014 #14
ding ding ding cosmicone Aug 2014 #26
Maybe so JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #27
Cliven Bundy is one person you turn your nose up to aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #29
If these students JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #31
I don't disagree with you on the specific individuals responsible aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #36
Who has condemned this in Russia JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #43
I agree 100% about pointing the finger at people in our country who "behave this way" aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #47
Technically I didn't brand them as savages JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #52
You know, I traveled to Europe when I was young in the 60s aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #62
No problem JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #64
We have things in common aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #66
Your parents were there JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #67
I spent a year in Wiesbaden in the 1950s aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #69
But the poster said Vlad is "popular at home". So we're dealing with "a nation" of assholes. Tarheel_Dem Aug 2014 #55
That's a really good point JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #57
At times, George Bush was really popular at home aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #63
Not just "assholes", but RACIST "assholes", and I have no tolerance for their "liberal" defenders. Tarheel_Dem Aug 2014 #70
I haven't defended any racist act in Russia in any of my posts aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #71
Whatever. Just wait til they run out of Quilted Northern. They'll be flingin' their own poo. Tarheel_Dem Aug 2014 #72
HA! 7962 Aug 2014 #82
They were like this long before we ever heard of a tea party. 7962 Aug 2014 #35
"They"? Who is they? aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #37
The RUSSIANS. Are you following the subject of the OP? 7962 Aug 2014 #81
Agree 7962 JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #42
I'm not sure. There are some similar words ... Google translate smites again! n/t Igel Aug 2014 #21
Russians are teabaggers. Who knew? Rozlee Aug 2014 #12
All we need is the wig; he's already done the rest! 7962 Aug 2014 #17
Ouch! Rozlee Aug 2014 #18
Proof: Palin's 2016 campaign poster: freshwest Aug 2014 #41
* Rozlee Aug 2014 #74
Class Act NOT CountAllVotes Aug 2014 #19
Meh. This is what you'd expect from a second-rate country full of TwilightGardener Aug 2014 #20
"second-rate country full of liver-compromised losers" Tarheel_Dem Aug 2014 #73
This will bring even more praise for Russia from the U.S. Righties.. vkkv Aug 2014 #24
Tis true indeed! JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #28
Nicer than beaming microwaves at the embassy. The *classless* elite had no *class* back then. freshwest Aug 2014 #32
Thats right. And completely off topic, may I ask you: 7962 Aug 2014 #38
I want it too! JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #40
Hello, JAG! Okay, this is how you do it: freshwest Aug 2014 #45
Okay, this is how you do it. freshwest Aug 2014 #44
Thanks very much! 7962 Aug 2014 #68
Thanks Freshwest! JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #39
It is sad some don't get this shit is racist. Behind the Aegis Aug 2014 #46
I thought maybe JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #49
Today, all I can think of is Chris Rock and "...that train ain't never late!" Behind the Aegis Aug 2014 #50
+1,000,000 davidpdx Aug 2014 #83
And teleprompter jokes are a deep mystery. freshwest Aug 2014 #48
That we're still having to "explain" this, in this day & age, is absolutely disgusting. Tarheel_Dem Aug 2014 #51
Not only is it disgusting, it goes on to disprove the whole "the racists are dying out" meme. Behind the Aegis Aug 2014 #53
You know it's coming though! JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #56
I don't doubt it. Behind the Aegis Aug 2014 #61
I'm sorry, but I don't know what's "liberal" or "progressive" about the folks trying to justify this Tarheel_Dem Aug 2014 #59
There is nothing liberal or progressive about it. Behind the Aegis Aug 2014 #60
I don't understand JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #54
"Until that time - or a high ranking Russian official condemns the action - it's The Russians....." Tarheel_Dem Aug 2014 #58
President Obama, After Exhausting Diplomacy With Putin, Needs To Stand Up To Putin & Netanyahu! Corey_Baker08 Aug 2014 #75
In Ukraine they have Putins face on toilet paper onecaliberal Aug 2014 #76
Good. Fucking homophobic, journalist stomping, internet censoring Lying Asshole. Cha Aug 2014 #77
Putin is not popular there onecaliberal Aug 2014 #78
I know.. I don't go in for the Russian RT Propaganda being pushed around here. thanks onecaliberal Cha Aug 2014 #80
Russia allows racist protests, but not protests for gay rights davidpdx Aug 2014 #96
Russia's been taken over by the right wing. AverageJoe90 Aug 2014 #97
I think it is nationalism that is being stirred up by Putin davidpdx Aug 2014 #98
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