"REVENGE FOR AFGHANISTAN" - what!?

Also, she has ~250k followers and only 2 likes. How many bots did she buy lmao.

  • Huldra [they/them, it/its]
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    3 years ago

    It's impressive how fast they switch from "NATO is defensive how dare you deny the agency of free countries to join this entirely non threatening alliance?" to "THIS IS AN UNIPOLAR WORLD, WE WILL BRING YOU TO HEEL AND CLAIM REVENGE ON YOUR PEOPLES!".

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    "Unipolar World"

    "Vae Victis"

    Did I just experience brief time warp and stumble into the opinions (and pretentious Latin phrased forum signature) of a pre-Reddit early 2000s "Muslims are evil kill them all" scratched liberal on a random game forum?

    Also, avenging Extinction Rebellion? Something so ineffectual and self defeating that it was quite likely some kind of deliberate op? Did Greta make brunch less fun for a while? :maybe-later-kiddo:

    • CTHlurker [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Extinction Rebellion committed the ultimate sin in LibMedia, which is causing a mild annoyance / inconvenience for a total of a few hours. Anything disruptive must be immediately crushed with the full might of the state, otherwise the poors get ideas.

    • Leon_Grotsky [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      Also, avenging Extinction Rebellion?

      Lol getting revenge for...

      Checks notes

      Making it exploicit org policy to put yourself in an incriminating position then turn yourself into the police*

      spoiler

      (Referring to the "Red-Handed Protests" here)

      E) On reflection, she probably thinks XR was a bad thing and Russia's fault, not that she wants to avenge XR

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Fun fact; Vae Victis is a quote from a barbarian general, Brenus, who invaded and sacked Rome. When the Romans brought gold to ransom their city back the guy used his own weights instead of Roman standard weights to measure the gold. The Romans complained and Brenus said "Vae Victis", "Woe to the conquered". Basically "STFU loser you lost pay up".

      Either way it's funny that she's positioning herself as the invading barbarian conqueror in this situation.

  • Nephroni [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Revenge for extinction rebellion?

    What does this mean they didn't do anything

    • Lovely_sombrero [he/him]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      I think she believes that Russia started extinction rebellion, who are "ecoterrorists" or something.

      • halfmoon [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        brb doin an ecoterror by laying down in the street for a bit

        • Lovely_sombrero [he/him]
          hexagon
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          3 years ago

          They want policies that maybe, possibly, theoretically decrease the short-term growth of GDP, at least in the way that we measure GDP. KILL THEM ALL, THEY ARE TERRORISTS FUNDED BY RUSSIA

            • CrimsonSage [any]
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              3 years ago

              I am judging you for not having the poor sense to double down on the bit.

    • Animasta [any]
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      3 years ago

      Before twitter got blocked I remember libs on TL reposting some thing about Russia financing antinuclear movements in Europe to get Europe hooked on gas.

  • LeninsRage [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    "REVENGE FOR AFGHANISTAN” - what!?

    Presumably about the "Russia paid bounties on dead US soldiers" story that was pretty transparently bullshit

  • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    she has ~250k followers and only 2 likes

    :data-laughing: :joker-troll: :michael-laugh:

  • TheLegendaryCarrot23 [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    If enough people within the halls of power that we rarely see(Pentagon, State Department, National Security Council, CIA and other 3 letter agencies) think like this then we are in for a wild ride folks. There's two exits from American Hegemony: the realist and the ideological. If its the latter strap in.

    Mix this in the pot of Climate holocaust and the legitimate threat of Fascism and I just don't see the next couple of decades being remotely chill even in the relatively spoiled rich countries most people here are in.

    Occams razer shit it really is socialism or barbarism .

  • MasterShakeVoice [undecided]
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    3 years ago

    Damn shame that Kanada was destroyed in 2015

    ...wasn't Mensch basically a Brexiteer?

    Edit: literally pro-Brexit. So uh does she think Poutin did a good thing there on accident or what?

  • WeedReference420 [he/him, they/them]
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    3 years ago

    It's wild that a month of war has broken people's brains this much. I guess Louise Mensch was always the worst but still, claiming that funneling weapons to far right militias in Ukraine is 'revenge' for Extinction Rebellion and the Scottish Independence vote is :brainworms: on a whole new level.

    • S4ck [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      Personally, I like seeing people like Mensch tweet ridiculous things like this. When you see the most egregious examples of liberalism, it helps you identify less obvious liberalism. The core message is the same.

  • Zodiark
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    4 months ago

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  • shath [comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    bring russia to heel

    damn there's some fucked up connotations in there

    • RNAi [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Bring Russia to sheel :liberalism:

  • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Oh hey cool, I learned Vae Victus from Soul Reaver: Legacy of Cain

    See mom, videogames are educational.