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In reply to the discussion: Something's happening here, but you don't know what it is. Russian students are [View all]Sunlei
(22,651 posts)45. We see them! , what do their signs & tee shirts say?
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Something's happening here, but you don't know what it is. Russian students are [View all]
VanGoghRocks
Aug 2014
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it's happening around the world, many are doing it to take attention away from their own
JI7
Aug 2014
#1
If you say so. Are the students outside the U.S. embassy in Moscow also a joke?
VanGoghRocks
Aug 2014
#4
Sigh. So sorry they don't meet your standards of moral purity. Would Jesus the
VanGoghRocks
Aug 2014
#6
Wait, I thought a country didn't have to be perfect to criticize other countries.
JoeyT
Aug 2014
#42
I also remember protests against Putin policies by Russian students and some entertainers.
kelliekat44
Aug 2014
#47
Of course they don't all support Putin, and they'll support him less and less as sanctions take hold
MADem
Aug 2014
#49
Silly me, I guess I didn't get the memo that Putin = Stalin = Hitler. (Somehow, the
VanGoghRocks
Aug 2014
#9
Yeah--Joe Stalin said it doesn't matter how people vote--it matters who COUNTS those votes!
MADem
Aug 2014
#19
Wow, thanks for the revelations.. I hadn't heard anything about racism per se in Russia but
Cha
Aug 2014
#27
It's HORRIBLE there--and black people are scapegoated; used as a way to vent frustrations, just like
MADem
Aug 2014
#36
"The Russian government doesn't give a shit about black people, and they are actively opposed to
Cha
Aug 2014
#38
Hey there. Thanks for posting. Well, at least we're not led by an evil Satanic dictator who
VanGoghRocks
Aug 2014
#30
"Are these really Russians supporting Brown or are these Russians mocking the USA? "
Behind the Aegis
Aug 2014
#16
Sorry, didn't mean to suggest you were saying Putin was behind this and apologize
VanGoghRocks
Aug 2014
#25
You apparently are confusing FACTS with "Russo-phobia." The truth is not "phobia." It's the truth.
MADem
Aug 2014
#31
Yes, your strawman was upped by your goalpost moving, but I don't see the relevance.
Behind the Aegis
Aug 2014
#32
Those fact-free assclowns at RT are giving Russians the impression that there are riots from coast
MADem
Aug 2014
#44
I was there back in 1985 (Leningrad) but have not been back since the break-up of the USSR. The
VanGoghRocks
Aug 2014
#51