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In reply to the discussion: Ukraine launches offensive in east, vows to rid country of 'parasites'. [View all]RufusTFirefly
(8,812 posts)11. Given your avatar, your vitriol is bitterly ironic
Perhaps when the "parasites" are rounded up, they should be made to wear pink triangles?
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Ukraine launches offensive in east, vows to rid country of 'parasites'. [View all]
another_liberal
Jul 2014
OP
"Dirt and parasites." That's some pretty ugly, dehumanizing rhetoric. It doesn't bode well.
Comrade Grumpy
Jul 2014
#1
Yes, it is ugly, but I think that he is referring to the separatist fighters who are
amandabeech
Jul 2014
#22
Doesn't sound like something you'd expect from the "good guys," does it?
Distant Quasar
Jul 2014
#37
It is more than just unflowery prose. It's actually quite aggressive...
Gravitycollapse
Jul 2014
#40
Putin cannot be trusted, I agree get rid of of the paramilitary scum. Oops I meant parasites.
William769
Jul 2014
#3
With apologies to Mike Godwin, this kind of talk sounds ominously familiar
RufusTFirefly
Jul 2014
#4
You realize the animosity between eastern and western Ukraine is more than 350 years old, right?
RufusTFirefly
Jul 2014
#21
The U. N. Charter enshrines the right of ethnic minorities to claim self-determination.
another_liberal
Jul 2014
#74
While Poroshenko's rhetoric is bad, your equation of his "parasites" to mean "ethnic Russians"
karynnj
Jul 2014
#15
Okay, point out to me where he was referring to all ethnic Russians living in Ukraine. nt
Tommy_Carcetti
Jul 2014
#29
well, Moscow, you did annex Ukrainian territory (Crimea) and continue to invade their country
lanlady
Jul 2014
#49
Poroshenko seems to have been swayed by right wing demonstrations yesterday . . .
another_liberal
Jul 2014
#56
It's not like there is no evidence most Russian-Ukrainians want independence . . .
another_liberal
Jul 2014
#88
You're asking if a poll conducted by Pew, with documented methodology, is a farce?
Tommy_Carcetti
Jul 2014
#93