Holy hell is this thread juicy. Never thought I’d pour over jsp pages outside of a d2 lld item search. Here I thought I’d get more information, further insight, and a benefit of differing opinions.. Now I’m just keeping tabs on silly shit storm arguments between folks. This thread is Le Tits Now.

I suppose it depends on how much you value another country's sovereignty. Yes, China is deplorable and we should do what we can to ensure they don't commit a long term genocide but they haven't done a similar amount of damage to another country. Russia, on the other hand, spawned one of the largest refugee crises in the world, committed (and continue to do so) dozens of war crimes, and likely killed at least 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers. In addition, they've caused hundreds of millions of billions of dollars worth of damage and their actions could cause hundreds of millions of people to starve within the next year. I guess we can reevaluate once the war is over, but right now, I think Russia is worse simply due to the fact that I value international order.

The criteria for PARD's leftoid hive to claim victory is so generous.

1) act so stupid or obnoxious that no one wants to talk to you
2) harp on one entirely tangential point endlessly, completely diverting from the purpose of the original topic, get accurately accused of strawman or deflection
3) claim they "don't have an argument"
4) claim victory

It's almost as bad as the smuggie who says "yeah but you made a typo so, looks like I win again better luck next time pal" and sometimes it's literally that. How sad and empty is your life?

This post was edited by Nibthebarb on Apr 4 2022 06:03pm

Jesus christ your delusional Russophobia is off the charts.

Russia has got superior ballistic missile technology, superior anti-aircraft defense systems, and superior electronic warfare capabilities.

So how did the white trash heroin-addict Russians pull that one off, genius?

I would say it's really hard to compare Russia and China in this regard because their approaches are so different.

Russia tries to break down the international order via crude force.
China tries to subvert the international order and change it for their own benefit ; unlike the Russians, they aren't crude, they're patient and think in decades.

I haven't said anything controversial and a lot of the Russian intelligentsia would agree with my assessment. How many DNs do you know because I know many. The vast majority of societies are always carried by the 1-2% of elites in a population. Russia is no different and a substantial portion of the population is worthless just like it is in America.

If I'm Russophobic, why am I eating keelka and drinking tarhoon right now?

Eating disorder (F50.8) may be?

Ze Germans worrying about ze German families and jobs is nothing new under the sun. What I find laughable is how people paying no price have the audacity to call others weak. I swear the people that yell the loudest about escalating and are most cavalier about how much others should suffer in the name of freedom are always the people least impacted.

The contemporary political discourse is infested with demands which can be summed up as "you shall pay the price for my morality".

Well, I for one am definitely impacted. We have family friends in Eastern Ukraine. Do you know anyone who has died yet from the war?



Probably because you don't care if people you don't know die. I'm the same way for the most part because people are always dying. We have hundreds of thousands die annually in Central America from the drug war and I don't think about it that much. I honestly think I'd be singing a different tune if I didn't know people in Eastern Ukraine. Still though, if I can sacrifice by avoiding as much Chinese shit as possible, you can surely thread the needle and make some sacrifices yourself.