Why make value judgments at all? Things happen. They are neither good nor bad. They just are.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:38 (two years ago) link
Dude are you like 16 or something
― Johnny Mathis der Maler (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:39 (two years ago) link
Lol, I wish.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:40 (two years ago) link
"I'll still take US "free press", warts and all, over the Russian news media"
ok I'll quote this bit instead. you fucking tool
― calzino, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:40 (two years ago) link
Anyways, like many of us, I fear that Putin's normally sociable and agreeable nature has been adversely affected by covid-related isolation.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:43 (two years ago) link
Cool, another thread devolving into sniping and point-scoring. No wonder the activity levels seem to have fallen over a cliff in recent weeks.
I read that as, "these both suck, but I think I kinda prefer our shitty press to that other shitty press" and I don't get at all why that would be a controversial statement.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:43 (two years ago) link
shut the fuck up
― calzino, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:45 (two years ago) link
you wouldn't get it because it's a condition called American
― calzino, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:51 (two years ago) link
It just comes across as horribly naïve in a post Iraq war world when the press obviously showed that they were not capable of uncovering the truth.
― Johnny Mathis der Maler (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:55 (two years ago) link
I don't get the aggressive tone. I never said I praised or trusted the American press, I just don't think it's quite as dire as the Russian press, yet.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:58 (two years ago) link
anyone who still thinks a the western/US media being fed dubious bollox by the WH for weeks now, is still something more trustworthy than Solovyov or whatever, needs to think again imo.
― calzino, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:02 (two years ago) link
xp
and shut the fuck up again dickhead!
― calzino, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:03 (two years ago) link
Russian dash cam footage beats the New York Times for reportage, every time.
― Johnny Mathis der Maler (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:04 (two years ago) link
Why are we all pretending that we read the Russian press now?
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:04 (two years ago) link
Always a healthy sign of a thriving forum when the responses to a slightly differing take is "shut the fuck up" and "shut the fuck up again dickhead".
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:06 (two years ago) link
I'm sure it's bad and all but to give this order of preference like anyone here except maybe ShariVari has the slighest grasp of what the Russian media landscape is like feels pretty off to me.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:09 (two years ago) link
That's a fair point. I still don't think anything itt warrants that level of aggression. But people seem to like that kind of discourse around here, or at least don't mind it so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:13 (two years ago) link
It isn’t trusting one press over the other it’s just//again I must say “naive” to say that the western press is more trustworthy re:Ukraine than the other.
― Johnny Mathis der Maler (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:17 (two years ago) link
I mean I’ll take the us press over the Russian press any day cause they have the funnies I like. But trusting themOn the Ukraine situation? Get real.
― Johnny Mathis der Maler (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:18 (two years ago) link
Well, yeah.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:23 (two years ago) link
Mary Worth has been insane lately.
Would read Russian Mary Worth for sure tho ftr.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:23 (two years ago) link
i don’t particular give a fuck but as somebody who actually reads russian press on a daily basis - yes,i will take the us press over the russian press any fucking day
― scanner darkly, Thursday, 17 February 2022 01:41 (two years ago) link
fuck the American Press. fuck the Russian Press. look to the Turkish Get-Up for the best full body workout.
― Bixby in a Samsung I know it's Siri-esque (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 17 February 2022 01:43 (two years ago) link
i heard french press is pretty good
― scanner darkly, Thursday, 17 February 2022 01:46 (two years ago) link
The reportage can be a bit gritty.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 17 February 2022 01:51 (two years ago) link
Mary Worth has been insane lately.Would read Russian Mary Worth for sure tho ftr.
― Johnny Mathis der Maler (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 17 February 2022 01:52 (two years ago) link
Russian Calvin & Hobbes, Hobbes is a real tiger
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 17 February 2022 01:57 (two years ago) link
The US strategy of providing information about coup plots, invasion dates and false flag attacks to the domestic press and not the Ukrainian government is, at least, very odd.
A relative who worked for the OSCE in Ukraine was telling me about the increasingly frantic messages from the State Department warning everyone to evacuate their families and then themselves. Completely different messaging from previous run ups where the rule was to not worry unless you see Russian tanks in the Maidan.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 17 February 2022 02:30 (two years ago) link
what is the consensus view here about what is actually happening? Is it that this is a defensive move by Russia in response to overly aggressive NATO expansionism?
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 17 February 2022 02:39 (two years ago) link
maybe i don't understand the big deal with them joining nato (aside from simply proximity to russia)
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 17 February 2022 02:49 (two years ago) link
It’s pretty clear that Ukraine is never joining NATO—but Putin wants that in writing, and Biden is unwilling to do that because it looks “weak.’
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Thursday, 17 February 2022 02:55 (two years ago) link
sowing discord between the US and France/Germany/Europe in general is a benefit to Putin
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 17 February 2022 02:57 (two years ago) link
I know this is coming from the US press which are running dogs for the imperialist war machine, but it's hard to read this article without coming to the conclusion that Russia has some understandable grievances with the increasing US military presence in Eastern Europe, and reasons to be unhappy with the way the US unilaterally withdrew from the anti-ballistic missile treaty which was a cornerstone of nuclear detente:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/16/world/europe/poland-missile-base-russia-ukraine.html
― o. nate, Thursday, 17 February 2022 03:25 (two years ago) link
The best comparison I heard was that Ukraine joining NATO is the equivalent to the Russians of Russia putting missiles in Cuba.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 February 2022 06:21 (two years ago) link
is this not obvious
would this not be an obvious thing to consider within one second
― Ár an broc a mhic (darraghmac), Thursday, 17 February 2022 08:01 (two years ago) link
which was like the US putting missiles in Turkey which was like
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 17 February 2022 08:03 (two years ago) link
JCOS working on a plan as we speak, though
https://www.denofgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dr-strangelove-3.jpg
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 17 February 2022 08:04 (two years ago) link
It's OK 'cos we're the good guys.
― since dozzell was a fixture (Tom D.), Thursday, 17 February 2022 09:17 (two years ago) link
yep I've just read an Anne Applebum piece in the Atlantic and can confirm that
― calzino, Thursday, 17 February 2022 09:55 (two years ago) link
Hmm is it safe to assess western media coverage as anything less than pure garbage without getting carpeted with F-bombs?
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Thursday, 17 February 2022 10:43 (two years ago) link
For anyone still asking “what’s it all about?” — that Time article posted up thread had a lot of pertinent info that I hadn’t seen in other coverage. (I didn’t make it past the paywall on o. Nate’s NYT piece but the point about the treaty also stands out.)
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Thursday, 17 February 2022 10:46 (two years ago) link
As a citizen of a Russia-bordering country, from a Russian-speaking household, having travelled in Ukraine, Moldova, Russia and Georgia, it is pretty fucking offensive reading people describing Russian positions as «sabre rattling», but perhaps I shouldn’t be surprised
― Mule, Thursday, 17 February 2022 10:50 (two years ago) link
Care to elaborate?
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Thursday, 17 February 2022 10:57 (two years ago) link
Just people upthread being totally dismissive of the experience of having Russian aggression as a constant presence, because NATO or whatever.
― Mule, Thursday, 17 February 2022 11:13 (two years ago) link
It’s good to know there’s someone else with a passport, not great when poster Mule pops up to aggressively condescend as they occasionally do (recall them tone policing calzino in the unhappiness of ilx) ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I’m not going to apologise for describing obvious dick waving as such; that doesn’t mean it’s not unnerving or upsetting for people in the area though!
― mardheamac (gyac), Thursday, 17 February 2022 11:19 (two years ago) link
xpostOh cheers. Feel free to f-bomb me cause I assumed based on the Russian-speaking that it might be the opposite. Full disclosure I did just read a Guardian article and a Russia Today article side by side and the RT article wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Heavy use of scare quotes tho. (Also remarkably hard to find on Google at all now.)
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Thursday, 17 February 2022 11:20 (two years ago) link
And gyac your perspective is appreciated too, I didn’t recognize the name. I do also have a passport for what’s it worth. Ask me about China (my mom is a Tibetan Buddhist and my ex was Tibetan so I may be less than 100% unbiased.)
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Thursday, 17 February 2022 11:22 (two years ago) link
The unfortunate nature of china’s role in the world means they’re never going to get held to account ito what they’ve been doing in Tibet/Xinjiang, Russia to a lesser extent has a position of power because of its role shipping gas to Europe and its location. It takes a lot for a war to kick off because of these realities I guess, so Putin et al can really act as they like with impunity because what’s going to happen to them? And does Western Europe even care beyond keeping the gas on? And if there’s no danger of military pushback then Russia doesn’t have to do anything besides move some troops around and make some verbal threats, so yeah, that’s really my thinking on “sabre rattling”, that and the only people really going hard for war are the only people who always are, ie Atlantic Council shitheads and dopes like AA.
― mardheamac (gyac), Thursday, 17 February 2022 11:30 (two years ago) link
Jus «obvious dick waving», right. But whatever, gyac. We’ll never see eye to eye.
To be clear: had no issue with what you wrote, viborg
― Mule, Thursday, 17 February 2022 11:32 (two years ago) link
All this ^ has been covered thread and in more detail by others previously, if you’d like to talk more about your opinion then I’d be interested to read it.
― mardheamac (gyac), Thursday, 17 February 2022 11:34 (two years ago) link