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In reply to the discussion: "Bashing" President Putin has become the norm for Western mass media. [View all]another_liberal
(8,821 posts)178. Does that pass for humor where you live?
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"Bashing" President Putin has become the norm for Western mass media. [View all]
another_liberal
Dec 2015
OP
RT & Sputnik are so clearly propaganda, I'm almost surprised that they're allowed as sources here.
Tarheel_Dem
Dec 2015
#102
Aaahhh, I think it's cute that you think the Putin pushin' is working. You've got your work cut out.
Tarheel_Dem
Dec 2015
#185
There is no required format for General Discussion posts, at least none I know of . . .
another_liberal
Dec 2015
#27
not sure, for example, here is your post saying Putin wasn't going after gays:
CreekDog
Dec 2015
#92
Our media have become little more than whores for access to the powerful . . .
another_liberal
Dec 2015
#14
LOL, he's a 2-bit dictator w/ delusions of grandeur. His web-based lap dogs are especially pathetic
FSogol
Dec 2015
#6
Crimea and eastern Ukraine are all a huge conspiracy by the Western media!!!!one
steve2470
Dec 2015
#8
sorry, I'll take the GRAND WESTERN MEDIA CONSPIRACY over what you have to sell....
steve2470
Dec 2015
#35
But you're saying that the Russian owned government news agencies are telling the truth?
CreekDog
Dec 2015
#101
Sadly, the darling of some of the more unhinged left wingers as well. It's jaw-dropping.
Hekate
Dec 2015
#122
Rationalizing Pres. Putin's actions have become the norm for the irrational.
LanternWaste
Dec 2015
#20
We certainly don't go out of our way to be known as the good guys . . .
another_liberal
Dec 2015
#49
The Ukrainian parliament "over threw" their own govt and the USN really doesn't want bases there.
EX500rider
Dec 2015
#57
So he is president? Funny, usually a country freely decides that and not a dictator.
Rex
Dec 2015
#37
Good or bad it is a pointlessly counterproductive and highly dangerous policy . . .
another_liberal
Dec 2015
#65
I think tens of millions of lives were already lost in the 20th Century on their soil...
Hekate
Dec 2015
#125
The last time America hated a dictator so much we got ourselves stuck in a trillion dollar quagmire
AZ Progressive
Dec 2015
#82
"America" isn't really paying attention. US media isn't really paying attention. I hear no drumbeats
Hekate
Dec 2015
#131
Constantly stalking my posts so he can make not so veiled suggestions . . .
another_liberal
Dec 2015
#111
Your opinion has no bearing on the fact that saying so on these boards is an insult . . .
another_liberal
Dec 2015
#114
If you're so insulted, then you have 2 choices, either use the ignore function,
GGJohn
Dec 2015
#116
Character assassination is an understandable defense against character worship.
randome
Dec 2015
#165
This thread is not stalking. And was that a cut-off threat of some sort? Have to what?
Hekate
Dec 2015
#133
POUND those war drums, POUND those war drums, POUND those war drums, POUND those war drums ...
Scuba
Dec 2015
#89
Actually I don't hear any such thing against Putin. In the run-up to the invasion of Iraq...
Hekate
Dec 2015
#134
If that's the case, then I would suggest that you either put them on ignore or use the alert button.
GGJohn
Dec 2015
#162
I'd love to see the Admins' reaction whenever they get back from wherever they are right now.
Hekate
Dec 2015
#215
Are you serious? Pointing out the old KGB man wants to reconstitute the Soviet Empire is "bashing"?
Hekate
Dec 2015
#115
Defense contractors like GE and Lockeed sponser most of the gasbag programs on Sunday
betterdemsonly
Dec 2015
#138
I do not work for or under the direction of any government or agency . . .
another_liberal
Dec 2015
#150
That doesn't surprise me in the least, as I suspect it doesn't surprise others here. eom.
GGJohn
Dec 2015
#198
What he alleges without having the least idea about PNAC, apparently. Or so he says. Must've forgot.
Hekate
Dec 2015
#208
Being on the receiving end of any amount of not totally unrelated "bashing" here . . .
another_liberal
Dec 2015
#203