scary!
I wish there was some way we could take steps to avoid nuclear holocaust.
scary!
define legitimate democracy
Cascadia is usually here to tell everyone Qus is running circles around them. It's no coincidence he's decided to "only loosley follow this thread".
bro I've been critical of you before, but this time I've gotta give you credit.
cuz it was bullshit all along?KUTradition wrote: ↑Thu Apr 14, 2022 1:56 pm odd
putin has completely stopped with the nazi rhetoric
wonder why…
so, define itousdahl wrote: ↑Thu Apr 14, 2022 2:01 pmbro I've been critical of you before, but this time I've gotta give you credit.
Despite my sustained attempts to try and bring any context or critical analysis of this clusterfuck, and getting absolutely nowhere beyond being repeatedly met with only the gaslighting and blanket dismissals and "this is just good vs bad you gotta pick a side," you actually succeeded in advancing the entire "good vs bad" side of the argument, to one of simple semantics.
Q only wishes he got the discussion to progress as far as "define legitimate democracy."
dunnoousdahl wrote: ↑Thu Apr 14, 2022 2:03 pmcuz it was bullshit all along?KUTradition wrote: ↑Thu Apr 14, 2022 1:56 pm odd
putin has completely stopped with the nazi rhetoric
wonder why…
for whatever this is worth...KUTradition wrote: ↑Thu Apr 14, 2022 2:07 pmso, define itousdahl wrote: ↑Thu Apr 14, 2022 2:01 pmbro I've been critical of you before, but this time I've gotta give you credit.
Despite my sustained attempts to try and bring any context or critical analysis of this clusterfuck, and getting absolutely nowhere beyond being repeatedly met with only the gaslighting and blanket dismissals and "this is just good vs bad you gotta pick a side," you actually succeeded in advancing the entire "good vs bad" side of the argument, to one of simple semantics.
Q only wishes he got the discussion to progress as far as "define legitimate democracy."
then, and be explicit, provide examples of democracies the two of you think are “legitimate” as well as examples that aren’t
a few thoughts:Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s Jewish president, said his country will look more like Israel, a democracy on constant military alert, than like their more relaxed European neighbors, given the prospect of long-term tensions with Russia.
“We will become a ‘big Israel’ with its own face,” Zelensky said Tuesday at a briefing for Ukrainian media, Haaretz reported. “We will not be surprised if we have representatives of the armed forces or the national guard in cinemas, supermarkets, and people with weapons...
Zelensky clarified that he was not anticipating an autocracy. “An authoritarian state would lose to Russia,” he said. “People know what they are fighting for.”...
“Ukraine will definitely not be what we wanted it to be from the beginning. It is impossible,” Zelensky said. “Absolutely liberal, European – it will not be like that. It will definitely come from the strength of every house, every building, every person.”
what questions do you want me to answer? Or answer more thoroughly? I feel like I'm responding in good faith here. What am I missing?KUTradition wrote: ↑Thu Apr 14, 2022 2:10 pm it’d be nice if you could at least make an effort to answer my questions
i’ve done that for you
and yet, when I asked you a bunch of questions yesterday, you made no attempt to response, but instead took your ball and went home with a response of nothing more than, "I'm done."Mjl wrote: ↑Thu Apr 14, 2022 2:10 pm Ous: You're just picking sides and have no facts! I saw this thing in my Twitter feed so it is an actual fact!
Others: present facts, ask him to back up his with sources or an overall point
Ous: ignores facts, repeats self.
Repeat the above and you have this thread
what legit sources? you pointing that Putin MIGHT want to continue invading other places, admitting there's no actual evidence of as much, then assuring some experts somewhere totally think that anyway?KUTradition wrote: ↑Thu Apr 14, 2022 2:12 pm pretty much
what’s frustrating is actually providing legit sources that seem to be completely ignored or dismissed as western propaganda
i guess twitter and instagram are waaaay more reputable sources
Ousie, i’ve got some ivermectin for you when you’re ready