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The Russian Media Thinks a Race War Is Brewing in America
The New Republic ^ | August 15, 2014 | Josh Kovensky

Posted on 08/18/2014 12:50:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

he protests in Ferguson, Missouri, over the police killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown are eliciting predictable glee from Russian media outlets, some of which are making it seem as if a race war is about to break out in America.

An RT article, “Protests Against Police Tyranny have Spread Across the Main Cities of the USA," suggested that the nation is on the brink of chaos as the "rage of Americans ... spreads across the entire country." Sputink i Pogrom, a nationalist newsmagazine, tweeted out, "What do you think? Should Russia grant Obama asylum in Rostov after the Ferguson Maidanites occupy Washington?" And Svobodnaya Pressa, a popular Russian news website, ran an article calling the Ferguson protests “AfroMaidan,” in reference to Euromaidan protests in Kiev, Ukraine, earlier this year.

In that Svobodnaya Pressa article, Sergei Bespalov, the docent of the humanities division of the Russian Academy of Agriculture and State Service, attributes the events in Ferguson in part to the “fact” that white Americans have “prejudice towards African-Americans … in their blood.” Bespalov predicts further unrest, adding that “if [Obamacare] is cancelled, this could … provoke racial conflicts,” and that “a significant part of African-Americans and Latinos could perceive [Obamacare’s cancellation] as a challenge from the white majority.”

It’s hardly surprising that the Russian media jumped on the opportunity to use the events in Ferguson as “proof” of American hypocrisy. But explicitly linking Ferguson to Maidan reveals the Kremlin's deep fear of dissent—the fear that any breakdown in authority will automatically lead to widespread chaos. Look at what happens, these articles imply, when you give the people too much power.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Russia
KEYWORDS: blacks; ferguson; obama; obamacare; putin; raceriots; racewar; russia
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1 posted on 08/18/2014 12:50:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
If the black don't wise up, something awful will be happening.
2 posted on 08/18/2014 12:52:39 PM PDT by Logical me
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Race War, much like our War With Islam, is acknowledged by very few, and almost none in the media.


3 posted on 08/18/2014 12:53:11 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (If America falls, darkness will cover the earth for a thousand years.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Obama would LOVE an Actual Race war...

So would Holder...


4 posted on 08/18/2014 12:54:04 PM PDT by GraceG (No, My Initials are not A.B.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Do they know how SMALL Ferguson is, and how HUGE the USA is?


5 posted on 08/18/2014 12:54:16 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: All; Logical me

When has a 12% minority ever defeated a 72% majority in world history? I can think of no such example and I’m a pretty big history buff. Can anyone here show me such an occasion?


6 posted on 08/18/2014 12:54:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
As dangerous as this world is, the entire menagerie of leftist interest groups - racialists, environmentalists, feminists, etc - are well on their way to putting America in a world of sh*t and get a bunch of Americans killed very quickly.

Sooner than later, I'm afraid.

7 posted on 08/18/2014 12:55:09 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

CIA / OLD KGB time and efficiency rule # 1:
If you are trying to conquer a territory and there are divided factions within it fan the flames of war and let them kill themselves first then move in and take it over. Much ammo, time and money saved...


8 posted on 08/18/2014 12:55:18 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I suspect that the NR would be telling Russia that a race war was brewing if Romney were president


9 posted on 08/18/2014 12:55:21 PM PDT by Smedley (It's a sad day for American capitalism when a man can't fly a midget on a kite over Central Park)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

We are living in BRA: Black Run America.


10 posted on 08/18/2014 12:55:22 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: BunnySlippers

Like Mr. Obama, they only know what they read in the funny papers.


11 posted on 08/18/2014 12:55:22 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: jsanders2001

Exhibit A: Poland.


12 posted on 08/18/2014 12:56:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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" suggested that the nation is on the brink of chaos as the "rage of Americans ... spreads across the entire country."

The ENTIRE country? Lol! It will be a very short war here in West Virginia, the population is 93.9% White and 3.4% Black...

13 posted on 08/18/2014 12:57:12 PM PDT by apillar
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If America Is So Racist
How Was This Man Elected?


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14 posted on 08/18/2014 12:57:56 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: skeeter

Bottom line...Gods withdrawing his protection over our nation as it once was....letting man see himself for what he really is and that he cannot control the basic nature within ..alone.


15 posted on 08/18/2014 12:58:00 PM PDT by caww
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Gee? Maybe we should American blacks the way Russia treats Africans, Jews, East Asians and East Europeans. Oh, to be a Pole married to an Angolan and living in Moscow.


16 posted on 08/18/2014 12:58:03 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No. But they are trying to fan the flames. Little would benefit them more than us being distracted by internal events.


17 posted on 08/18/2014 12:58:13 PM PDT by Wyatt's Torch
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> When has a 12% minority ever defeated a 72% majority in world history? I can think of no such example and I’m a pretty big history buff. Can anyone here show me such an occasion?

Ewoks vs The Empire in The Empire Strikes Back
Nerds vs Jocks in Nerds

All Liberal Hollywood fabrications of course...: )


18 posted on 08/18/2014 12:58:34 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Brewing?

Welcome to the party, pal!

It’s been “on” for quite a while.
One-sided, but it’s been “on”.


19 posted on 08/18/2014 12:58:54 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: MrB

Amen to that.


20 posted on 08/18/2014 12:59:36 PM PDT by sport
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