What is insane is that we have people in high places who know damn well who Che Guevara was, and idolize him.
Posted on 06/10/2023 4:48:08 AM PDT by MtnClimber
I have decided to just avoid the Ukraine-Russia threads. This post below is not directed at you or any other specific person, I am just observing a dynamic on FR.
If one does not buy into Ukrainian propaganda and blindly support sending Ukraine tens of billions of dollars of taxpayer monies we don’t have, you are are called a “Putinista”.
If one does think we should be supporting Ukraine and sending them unlimited aid from money we don’t have and arms we take from our own military stores, you have to be a Homo-Zelensky-Nazi-Loving Propaganda Monkey.
I am just sick of all of it.
My feelings on Putin is that he is a KGB thug. You can throw a coat of paint on him, but he is still the kind of person who would use the toe of his pointed shoe to crush the unprotected testicle of someone undergoing interrogation against the concrete floor of the Lubyanka prison cellar.
Leopards like him don’t change their spots. I agree with you he isn’t a Communist, but he has all the bad traits of them without any of the “charming” ones. He is just a beady-eyed thug who recognizes weakness and will use violence to subordinate them, and the world has been full of them since Cain murdered Abel.
My view of the likes of Zelensky is not significantly better. I see him as a butt-buddy of Justin Trudeau and Soros one-world government types. They don’t share our values, and if they weren’t sucking off our national teat with frequent threats to drag the entire world into an apocalyptic war (so he and the rest of his oligarchy can grift more money and kick some of it back to our politicians) unless we pony up.
I am sick of all of it.
My feeling is Russia should NOT be in Ukraine, but if he is, and the Europeans see that as a threat, they damn well should be sending THEIR weapons, military, and taxpayer money from their own national funds to fight the threat in Ukraine, not us.
And by the way-anyone POSITIVELY supporting Russia in this needs their ass kicked. I don’t have any room for it. I just don’t think NOT supporting Ukraine IS supporting Russia, because it isn’t.
The Khmer Rouge were so evil, the VietCong showed up and killed all of them before it spread to Vietnam.
Just like what is happening w SJW’s, they used children and told them “Only you can change Cambodia” and thus turned them into weapons.
I agree. That is why I have been a paying member for many years. I value this forum, even though we do have ignorant d*ckheads here, of which I am occasionally, to my regret and embarrassment, one of.
But the truth is, EVERYWHERE IN LIFE has ignorant jackasses who shoot their mouths off obnoxiously. Because I have to hear and see them in real life doesn’t mean I agree with them, any more than seeing and hearing them on Free Republic means that I agree with them.
I happen to believe in freedom of speech, even ignorant, stupid, racist speech, because...that is the way it is in life. If I love this country, and I do, I have to believe that.
Because if I don’t, I don’t believe in this wonderful country we call America.
Bears repeating, FRiend. Bears repeating.
Very well said. I second your view and statement. Be well and free.
What is insane is that we have people in high places who know damn well who Che Guevara was, and idolize him.
This in particular has been a source of great heartache for me. I was a military brat, my dad was career Navy, and I enlisted and served myself.
It breaks my heart to see what has happened to our military. For nearly my whole life, I would have wholeheartedly recommended military service for a young person trying to find their way.
Now? I cannot bring myself to recommend it. And that saddens me in ways I cannot express.
You can see from my Freep Page that Joseph McCarthy was one of my heroes.
He understood the danger.
You are most welcome, MachIV.
BTTT
Communism is responsible for tens of MILLIONS of deaths/murders.
Never forget. Never forgive.
That Che/Obama flash. That’s what women take their pants off over.
We’ve lost.
Sounds like a Cormac McCarthy novel.
—”I am just sick of all of it.”
The primary objective for many of the interlopers is to disrupt the normal flow of ideas and social discourse.
By encouraging a race to the bottom, removing structure and order. This makes an opening to change the shape of the discussion.
If participation in FreeRepublic drops to zero they have won.
Long ago I took a class because my buddies said the instructor is a former Army Military Intelligence Officer and is most helpful to veterans.
He was helpful, and even loaned me books from his collection.
If only I had put in more effort because his favorite topic was propaganda.
Notice how little serious discussion takes place on the Ukraine topic, and this is a loss for there some here that have knowledge and insight about that area.
The other day someone posted about Erdoğan’s Neo-Ottomanism being on a collision course with Putin’s new Russian empire.
A fantastic comment; and then back to the usual name-calling.
Please, it is important to stay healthy because...
“The only thing necessary for evil to triumph in the world is that good men do nothing”
I know the feeling, as I was also a military brat and then I joined and spent 22 years in the Air Force. I would be hard press to recommend the military to anyone. The downside, less patriots and more “Equity” recruits in the military.
"...this is a loss for there some here that have knowledge and insight about that area...
That is absolutely what bothers me most. I have been a paying member here for many years, and for good reason. I come here to learn. This dynamic completely inhibits that.
Thanks for your analysis, and I think you’ve got it right.
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