Alaskans greet Putin with Ukrainian flags, protest ‘war criminal hanging out here’ – POLITICO
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Several hundred people gathered for a pro-Ukraine rally in Anchorage, Alaska, where U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin are set to meet Friday.

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  • peoplebeproblems@midwest.socialEnglish
    22·
    2 days ago

    You seem to be upset. And you might be a hostile NPC. I might be a hostile NPC, and you might be the only player in the fediverse.

    It seems my hollow quip had more bite to it that anticipated?

    And that was much more fun to write out wasn’t it?

    But, if you want a response I’ll humor the bit I’m interested in: Authoritarian.

    Obviously we could use the dictionary definition of the world (I’m not going to bother looking it up right now, it’s something similar to: ‘favoring absolute obedience to authority’). Russia, Iran, China. Textbook definitions of Authoritarian government.

    Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Trump, Putin, Netenyahu (however the fuck you spell his name), the Ayatollah of Iran, Winnie the Pooh of China, these are all authoritarians. Support of these regimes is therefore favoring absolute obedience to authority. Pretty simple IMO

    • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      61·
      2 days ago

      u mad bro?

      Now who’s unserious

      Russia, Iran, China. Textbook definitions of Authoritarian government.

      So authoritarianism is when designated state enemy that the US wants to bomb. Refreshingly honest for someone who probably wouldn’t admit to being an American jingoist otherwise. No but for real, tell me a definition, not what you think are examples. You do know what words mean, right?

      Winnie the Pooh

      Cool racism bro

      Netanyahu

      Who did you vote for this past election? And hey, how about Zelensky, is he An Authoritarian? Why or why not?

      Your entire circular reasoning boils down to “you are bad because you love the bad guys and probably want to kiss them, and they are bad guys because they are bad guys because they are bad guys”.

      Your ideology is a formless sludge of floating signifiers and pavlovian response-conditioning, and you probably don’t even consider yourself propagandized. classic

      • peoplebeproblems@midwest.socialEnglish
        11·
        2 days ago

        Thank you for confirming you are, in fact, a Chinese nationalist.

        I don’t even need to highlight exactly how I know, you are well aware. You don’t have a choice, and I understand that. I also understand that you literally cannot let this go, as you have been trained not to. To let it go would bring harm to the Party.

        And I literally did give you the definition, but your cognitive dissonance seems to have ignored it entirely. After giving you the definition, I gave you present day examples.

        If you need more definitions, I can gladly oblige. I don’t need to look up the definition of Authority: "The power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge. "

        So therefore, an authoritarian is one who favors absolute obedience to those who have power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge.

        • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
          4·
          2 days ago

          I don’t even need to highlight exactly how I know, you are well aware. You don’t have a choice, and I understand that. I also understand that you literally cannot let this go, as you have been trained not to. To let it go would bring harm to the Party.