Donnie's Hero, Vlad has started the war

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[abbey1227]

Mar 17, 2022 1:58:30 GMT merh said:

that's not the iron/nazi cross.

But many of his soldiers are neo-nazis.  

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Mar 17, 2022 13:35:01 GMT abbey1227 said:

Mar 17, 2022 1:58:30 GMT merh said:

that's not the iron/nazi cross.

But many of his soldiers are neo-nazis.  

I see JPat say 10-15%
Probably not dissimilar to the percent in our police & military.

In March 2015, a spokesman for the regiment said around 10–20% of the unit were neo-Nazis

In 2017, the size of the regiment was estimated at more than 2,500 members, but by 2022, it has been estimated to be 900 members

So 20% of 900 guys?
180 guys?
That is the Nazis Putin invaded Ukraine over?
Russian forces shot 10 people in a food line the other day. Over 100 children killed.

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Absolutely. I've tried to urge people, don't lead with "Putin's a dictator and you need to overthrow him!" or "Putin's a war criminal!" Both of those claims are absolutely true, obviously. BUT... if you're talking to Russians, you don't want to lead with that. That will immediately put them on the defensive, and good research on persuasion demonstrates overwhelmingly that when you do that, you just make people dig in even more tightly, pushing them to an even more extreme version of what they previously believed. That's because that makes them feel like they are personally under attack, and our evolutionary psychology will respond by identifying more with the tribe that we think will defend us.

So Arnold's playing this right. He's leading with love and kindness, pacing with Russians' natural sense of affiliation for their own national heroes. His goal is modest; he just wants people to understand the truth, and extend a level of trust to them that they can handle it, and figure out what to do with that truth. That's absolutely necessary for someone to be willing to accept it. Otherwise, if you lead with "overthrow Putin" or some other specific prescription, people's natural sense of suspicion will be roused.

So instead, lead with love, kindness, and trust - the very things their own politicians have never showed them.

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It's not a war!
They won't invade Kyiv!

[abbey1227]

Mar 17, 2022 16:37:00 GMT merh said:

I see JPat say 10-15%
Probably not dissimilar to the percent in our police & military.

In March 2015, a spokesman for the regiment said around 10–20% of the unit were neo-Nazis

In 2017, the size of the regiment was estimated at more than 2,500 members, but by 2022, it has been estimated to be 900 members

So 20% of 900 guys?
180 guys?
That is the Nazis Putin invaded Ukraine over?
Russian forces shot 10 people in a food line the other day. Over 100 children killed.

you come up with that figure yourself? Or did Obama post it?  

I've seen footage of marches in Ukraine, Poland and other places nearby.......they've got more neo-nazis than we do, imo  They're pretty open and blatant about it.

The sad thing is we can not trust those reports, because our media gave up it's credibility years ago. Sadly

[Prometheus]

Mar 18, 2022 11:54:29 GMT abbey1227 said:

Mar 17, 2022 16:37:00 GMT merh said:

I see JPat say 10-15%
Probably not dissimilar to the percent in our police & military.

So 20% of 900 guys?
180 guys?
That is the Nazis Putin invaded Ukraine over?
Russian forces shot 10 people in a food line the other day. Over 100 children killed.

you come up with that figure yourself? Or did Obama post it?  

I've seen footage of marches in Ukraine, Poland and other places nearby.......they've got more neo-nazis than we do, imo  They're pretty open and blatant about it.

The sad thing is we can not trust those reports, because our media gave up it's credibility years ago. Sadly

"If it matches my world view it's trustworthy! If it doesn't match my world view, it has no credibility!"

And you complain about the "woke" being idiots?

[Prometheus]

Mar 17, 2022 19:16:19 GMT merh said:

I'll bet her scissor-buddy Boebert was cheering....

SMFH

[abbey1227]

Mar 18, 2022 12:16:37 GMT Prometheus said:

Mar 18, 2022 11:54:29 GMT abbey1227 said:

The sad thing is we can not trust those reports, because our media gave up it's credibility years ago. Sadly

"If it matches my world view it's trustworthy! If it doesn't match my world view, it has no credibility!"

And you complain about the "woke" being idiots?

Do YOU trust the lo9cal news you receive?

You figure it's much better in the US?  

[abbey1227]

Mar 18, 2022 12:18:35 GMT Prometheus said:

Mar 17, 2022 19:16:19 GMT merh said:

I'll bet her scissor-buddy Boebert was cheering....

SMFH

homosexual innuendo as an insult again?

[Prometheus]

Mar 17, 2022 1:58:30 GMT merh said:

That's not a "Nazi Cross"... not even close

Even the "Nazi Cross" isn't a "Nazi Cross" Shiva should educate herself... unless she wants to make an argument that the Knights Templar were Nazis. They figure into so many other conspiracy theories after all....

[abbey1227]

Mar 18, 2022 12:24:12 GMT Prometheus said:

Mar 17, 2022 1:58:30 GMT merh said:

That's not a "Nazi Cross"... not even close

Even the "Nazi Cross" isn't a "Nazi Cross" Shiva should educate herself... unless she wants to make an argument that the Knights Templar were Nazis. They figure into so many other conspiracy theories after all....

she looks like she's spent more time in the gym than the library.......so meh.........

another funny one this week was Herschel Walker arguing against evolution "At one time, science said man came from apes. Did it not?" Walker said while speaking to the lead pastor of Sugar Hill Church in Sugar Hill, Ga.

"Every time I read or hear that, I think to myself, 'You just didn't read the same Bible I did,' " responded the church's lead pastor, Chuck Allen.

"If that is true, why are there still apes? Think about it," Walker said

I like the guy and he seems like a good intentioned and honest fellow.........but he clearly got thru his entire high school and college career without picking up some basic understanding of primates on planet Earth.

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Mar 18, 2022 11:54:29 GMT abbey1227 said:

Mar 17, 2022 16:37:00 GMT merh said:

I see JPat say 10-15%
Probably not dissimilar to the percent in our police & military.

So 20% of 900 guys?
180 guys?
That is the Nazis Putin invaded Ukraine over?
Russian forces shot 10 people in a food line the other day. Over 100 children killed.

you come up with that figure yourself? Or did Obama post it?  

I've seen footage of marches in Ukraine, Poland and other places nearby.......they've got more neo-nazis than we do, imo  They're pretty open and blatant about it.

The sad thing is we can not trust those reports, because our media gave up it's credibility years ago. Sadly

So Jpat is good for everything else but this?

He says he was there at some point between 2014 & now.

In 2015 and 2016, the regiment gained attention after allegations of torture and war crimes, as well as neo-Nazi sympathies,[13] and usage of associated symbols by the regiment,[14][15][16] as seen in their logo featuring the Wolfsangel,[3] one of the Nazi symbols used by the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich.[17] Azov representatives said the symbol is an abbreviation for the slogan "National Idea" (Ukrainian: Ідея Нації, romanized: Ideya Natsiyi) and deny any connection with Nazism.[13] In March 2015, a spokesman for the regiment said around 10–20% of the unit were neo-Nazis.[18] A provision in Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, passed by the United States Congress, blocked military aid to Azov on the grounds of its white supremacist ideology; in 2015, a similar ban on aid to the group had been overturned by Congress.[3][4] Members of the regiment come from 22 countries and are of various backgrounds.[19][20] In 2017, the size of the regiment was estimated at more than 2,500 members,[21] but by 2022, it has been estimated to be 900 members.

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Mar 18, 2022 12:24:12 GMT Prometheus said:

Mar 17, 2022 1:58:30 GMT merh said:

That's not a "Nazi Cross"... not even close

Even the "Nazi Cross" isn't a "Nazi Cross" Shiva should educate herself... unless she wants to make an argument that the Knights Templar were Nazis. They figure into so many other conspiracy theories after all....

Yeah, remember the flak over it being on Pokémon cards because it's a religious symbol the nazis swiped.

The swastika symbol, 卐 or 卍, today primarily recognized in the West for its use by the Nazi party, is an ancient religious icon in various Eurasian cultures. It is used as a symbol of divinity and spirituality in Indian religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. It generally takes the form of a cross, the arms of which are of equal length and perpendicular to the adjacent arms, each bent midway at a right angle.

The word swastika comes from Sanskrit: स्वस्तिक, romanized: svastika, meaning "conducive to well-being". In Hinduism, the right-facing symbol (clockwise) (卐) is called swastika, symbolizing surya ("sun"), prosperity and good luck, while the left-facing symbol (counter-clockwise) (卍) is called sauwastika, symbolising night or tantric aspects of Kali. In Jain symbolism, it represents Suparshvanatha – the seventh of 24 Tirthankaras (spiritual teachers and saviours), while in Buddhist symbolism it represents the auspicious footprints of the Buddha.

There is a swastika,  Canada. 

The town was named after the Swastika Gold Mine staked in the autumn of 1907 and incorporated on January 6, 1908.

James and William Dusty staked the claims alongside Otto Lake for the Tavistock Mining Partnership. Even though there is a legend that it is named after an Indian Sanskrit word for "Good luck", the gold mine and town were named after the Sanskrit good-luck symbol Swastika.

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