The difference between you and me is I actually took a look at your sources. And like I said that one was not at all relevant or helpful given its age. A lot happened since 1936.
Also, I took a look at Blackshirts and Reds while we've been going back and forth. Chapter 5 actually supports the numbers I've read I'm wikipedia, so thanks for reaffirming it's reliability.
Honestly, what are you even trying to argue with me about? I don't even get the point of all the conversations we've been having in this thread.
The difference between you and me is I actually took a look at your sources.
The difference between you and me is that I actually look at my own sources.
And like I said that one was not at all relevant or helpful given its age. A lot happened since 1936.
Like I said it is relevant as it describes the soviet gulag system. You also haven't looked at it apart from briefly skimming the year. Double also - You asked what you should be reading and I provided you texts, you're now trying to worm your way into some weird argument about the sources not being "relevant" despite us not having any discussion to relate to. There's nothing to debunk or discuss since all you've done is postulate that [insert common unsourced red scare propaganda] and that you have that from wikipedia. Which I dismissed, which made you ask what you should be reading instead, which led me to making a bit of an effort in giving you some good places to start, which has now led to more dishonesty from you. Not knowing something is okay, you do not have to be so defensive.
This is also just weird, considering that another source I linked you was this brief breakdown of a few reports. This one should be right up your alley - It's written without academic rigour by anonymous and biased users using no first hand sources, cherrypicking quotes to serve their own agenda. Just like your lovely wikipedia!
Also, I took a look at Blackshirts and Reds while we've been going back and forth. Chapter 5 actually supports the numbers I've read I'm wikipedia, so thanks for reaffirming it's reliability. Honestly, what are you even trying to argue with me about? I don't even get the point of all the conversations we've been having in this thread.
My god. Wisdom is chasing you, but you're too fast.
His flavor is more "wisdom is chasing you, but you are faster" so I'm chalkin that up to being a popular nigerian idiom; first time I heard him use it it took me right out
I think the fact that got removed kinda underlines why I like the 'wisdom is chasing you' idiom. It's a FANTASTIC way to get at the same idea without having to make it an ableist thing i.e. the difference between calling someone "r/" and just calling them willfully ignorant.
Reposting it might just get your comment removed too. I'm glad we have a passionate poster in our ranks but they may want to chill out on the intelligence insults a bit or else I expect more comments to go. I had to edit at least one that was making a reference to Canadian health care that was DEFINITELY gonna get got. Sorry Bureaucrat if you're reading this, not trying to tone police, just save our skins. Please never stop posting.
You haven't taken a look at your sources dude, this is the intellectual equivalent of "My girlfriend goes to another school." You're bullshitting and dodging at every junction, incapable of answering a single specific question about anything you've supposedly read, and are allowing your ego to lash out in self-defense upon being confronted with the fact that what you actually know about the USSR is a litany of fairy-tale cliches.
I wonder what you're certain you know about North Korea too, I could use a laugh
The difference between you and me is I actually took a look at your sources. And like I said that one was not at all relevant or helpful given its age. A lot happened since 1936.
Also, I took a look at Blackshirts and Reds while we've been going back and forth. Chapter 5 actually supports the numbers I've read I'm wikipedia, so thanks for reaffirming it's reliability.
Honestly, what are you even trying to argue with me about? I don't even get the point of all the conversations we've been having in this thread.
The difference between you and me is that I actually look at my own sources.
Like I said it is relevant as it describes the soviet gulag system. You also haven't looked at it apart from briefly skimming the year. Double also - You asked what you should be reading and I provided you texts, you're now trying to worm your way into some weird argument about the sources not being "relevant" despite us not having any discussion to relate to. There's nothing to debunk or discuss since all you've done is postulate that [insert common unsourced red scare propaganda] and that you have that from wikipedia. Which I dismissed, which made you ask what you should be reading instead, which led me to making a bit of an effort in giving you some good places to start, which has now led to more dishonesty from you. Not knowing something is okay, you do not have to be so defensive.
This is also just weird, considering that another source I linked you was this brief breakdown of a few reports. This one should be right up your alley - It's written without academic rigour by anonymous and biased users using no first hand sources, cherrypicking quotes to serve their own agenda. Just like your lovely wikipedia!
My god. Wisdom is chasing you, but you're too fast.
NOT THE XEVI QUOTE
Xevi? I heard it from a nigerian acquiantance
His flavor is more "wisdom is chasing you, but you are faster" so I'm chalkin that up to being a popular nigerian idiom; first time I heard him use it it took me right out
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I think the fact that got removed kinda underlines why I like the 'wisdom is chasing you' idiom. It's a FANTASTIC way to get at the same idea without having to make it an ableist thing i.e. the difference between calling someone "r/" and just calling them willfully ignorant.
I completely agree. Didn't realise the problematic aspects until it got removed
Reposting it might just get your comment removed too. I'm glad we have a passionate poster in our ranks but they may want to chill out on the intelligence insults a bit or else I expect more comments to go. I had to edit at least one that was making a reference to Canadian health care that was DEFINITELY gonna get got. Sorry Bureaucrat if you're reading this, not trying to tone police, just save our skins. Please never stop posting.
I thank you for your service! No tone policing perceived, I have deleted it and edited intelligence based insults. I will do better.
I keep forgetting it's more than one pup on that account
You haven't taken a look at your sources dude, this is the intellectual equivalent of "My girlfriend goes to another school." You're bullshitting and dodging at every junction, incapable of answering a single specific question about anything you've supposedly read, and are allowing your ego to lash out in self-defense upon being confronted with the fact that what you actually know about the USSR is a litany of fairy-tale cliches.
I wonder what you're certain you know about North Korea too, I could use a laugh