MANY on the board go so far as to lovingly recall the fond days of Stalinism and life under the Soviet boot. In the media too. I am curious why exceptions are made for them. Why their behavior is constantly excused and how it is "cute" to be enamored with repressive Soviet puppet governments like the DDR.

the week you were banned was good

Fuck off, clown

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Your guy Trump is fond of Stalin too.

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Josef Stalin: Actually Bad?

Stalin is the reason that we won WWII.

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We?

Who has spoken fondly of the USSR here? If anything, I think I've complained about DSA types being too in love with the USSR.

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The unbanning of America was NOT a net positive.

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Who said that?

You have to remember America is basically a Nazi now.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Reader in particular is infatuated with the repressive East German government. But it's generally a reference to the authoritarian lefties who dont really like democracy and favor corporate control of free speech.

@(((Boilermaker Rick)))

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Hawaii (fuck) You

Well, in truth, it was a great country. Very free, very diverse. Oswald was a bigfan. In all honesty, its citizens enjoyed more freedoms than most any other country I can think about.

I'm sure the USSR had some good ideas if you're willing to overlook the Ukrainian genocide.

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and Polish genocide.
and German genocide.

Marching entire Belorussian families into German machine guns for no discernable reason is not technically a genocide but may was well be.

America's definition of MANY = Reader

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I don't remember RR saying this.

Don't get me wrong--I can stand the guy and, as a result, I no longer buy socks from his company--but I can't recall his Soviet love.

Rick had the big reveal last week that he is of Russian ethnicity. I suspect he is part of some sleeper cell.

I think Kirkwood is Ukranian so keep an eye on him as well. You never know if he comes from the group that hated Russian rule or the ones that welcome them to take over again.

As for Reader and I, we are proud progeny of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, who have traditionally opposed the rus over the last millennium.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I know he didn't say that.

America is overly sensitive and dramatic.

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My grandmother would punch you in the face for that comment.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Just because I enjoy Slav'sya, Otechestvo nashe svobodnoye and had a Soviet flag on my wall as a youth, always chose Russia when playing Civ 1... wait. Shit.

Because something something Leash and Darko who left about freedom of speech or something so JORR let you come back and post again.

Socks? Somehow they have been calling Reader a commie the last week. DDR, FDR whatever.

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Elections have consequences.

Reader and I are brothers from the Amberland.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I always loved Russia and Yakutst in Risk--I went for them first

Reader's got tall cash, and I've done a little snooping and going through his garbage and I think he owns Ministry of Supply, which sells awesome socks. (The last part is true.)

dolphin won't feel this way due to the...uh...rivalry...between the two but Russians are a fine people and did not deserve Soviet rule.