How the Soviets Won the Space Race for Equality

New York Slimes ^ | July 16, 2019 | Sophie Pinkham

[The_Media_never_lie]

The Cold War was fought as much on an ideological front as a military one, and the Soviet Union often emphasized the sexism and racism of its capitalist opponents — particularly the segregated United States. And the space race was a prime opportunity to signal the U.S.S.R.’s commitment to equality. After putting the first man in space in 1961, the Soviets went on to send the first woman, the first Asian man, and the first black man into orbit — all years before the Americans would follow suit.

[The_Media_never_lie]

New York Slimes has a history of writing propaganda for the Soviets dating back to before WWII, if not earlier.

[JBW1949]

Damn, Sophie...You ought to go live there...You find it such a better place than the USA...WTH are you doing here????

[SaveFerris]

[The Cold War was fought as much on an ideological front as a military one, and the Soviet Union often emphasized the sexism and racism of its capitalist opponents — particularly the segregated United States]

Only the New York Slimes could write a piece of trash like this. Or Rolling Stone. Or Huffington Post. Or Yahoo. Or CNN. Or MSNBC.

[Vaquero]

Oh EFF you, Slimes. And the Prius you rode in on.

[Moonman62]

How the Soviets Won the Space Race for Equality

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The result was the Soviets went on to dominate the world /s

Let that be a lesson to all you sexists out there.

[The_Media_never_lie]

I think Sophie would find, if she were to move to Russia, that some communists are far more equal than others.

[SaveFerris]

Well, at least she doesn't look like a liberal ditz:



Pinkham began her career in international public health, working on drug policy and HIV for the Open Society Foundation. She is currently a PhD candidate in Columbia University's Slavic Department. (2018)

[Charles Martel]

As though the Soviets actually cared about gender or racial equality. Those “Cosmonauts” were viewed as expendable human payloads, drawn from a very long list.

[Billthedrill]

The Soviets won the race to the trash heap of history, too. Sophie and her ilk are doing their best to take us there.

[SaveFerris]

Sophie, you liberal ditz, the Soviet Union LOST A LOT OF MEN in World War II - The Battle of Kursk killed 250,000 Russians. Stalin then killed 20 million. Mostly men. I don’t know how many died at the Battle of Stalingrad.

Sorry, Sophie - you may now return to your liberal fantasy world.

[UCANSEE2]

“After putting the first man in space in 1961, the Soviets went on to send the first woman, the first Asian man, and the first black man into orbit — ...”

I guess each male Russian astronaut said NO to a second ‘ride’. Wonder why ?

[CondoleezzaProtege]

The Soviets used their space program to promote Atheism.

[SaveFerris]

They figured getting back alive the first time was like winning the lottery.

[Grimmy]

Yeah. She does look like a liberal ditz.

It’s the head tilt. Gives ‘em away every time.

It’s a virtue signal thing.

[SaveFerris]

Yep, I may have left off the sarcasm tag on purpose!

[CondoleezzaProtege]

Challenger space crew. God bless their memory.

[Ace's Dad]

Yes, the USSR put all those "token" cosmonauts into space, but they were "just along for the ride."

Not real Rocket-Pilots.

[dfwgator]

This guy never got a second ride....

Vladimir Komarov

[Brilliant]

Yes. If you concentrate on political correctness then you will succeed at political correctness. If you concentrate on landing on the moon then you will land on the moon.

[JBW1949]

Liberal/communists come in all different sizes, shapes, and looks...