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.
Of course, the revolution never happened, and many of those militants got themselves killed by robbing banks and committing other crimes. I always wondered if allying with black radicals didn't make all the white leftist radicals nervous. Because many black radicals hated all white people and not just non-leftists. Would have been interesting.
good idea
To anyone who watches CNN outside this country it must look like America is one big race war.
I agree. I was going to say that yesterday but I was too lazy. :)
Not to mention that most of the guns are in the hands of the 72 per cent who have been preparing for the day when something like that would happen.
Counter attack is a distinct possibility.
Class and Race war instigators beware.
GOOD ALWAYS TRIUMPHS OVER EVIL.
Aхуеть?
The same logic can be applied to any attempt to take back our government through another revolution.
Good point...Rhodesia as well.
BAH!
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