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Which state should we throw in to help make this totally reasonable deal happen? Texas? Florida? Should we ask Russia which they prefer?
This isn‘t surprising. Lots of right wing “alternative” media types, plus some mainstream ones, have been pushing Russian propaganda talking points since Putin invaded, 
Repetition, in and of itself, is a form of propaganda. Especially if a person is too intellectually lazy to seek out contrary opinions. If people hear night after night from their favorite talking head the Ukrainian war effort can never succeed, many people will start to to believe it simply because of the level of input. And most right-wing media conditions their audience to only turn to them as source. >


Lots of right wing “alternative” media types, plus some mainstream ones, have been pushing Russian propaganda talking points since ~~Putin invaded,~~ 15 years, at least >

That would be around when Obama took office. 
Which would incidentally affirm my suspicions that they hated the idea of a black man being president so much that they're not only becoming anti-democratic, but they also are willing to to ally with or hand the keys to any dictator with clout or money. >

You are absolutely wrong.
They were anti-democratic fascists under Bush too.
rimshot >

And Bush Senior and Reagan and Nixon.....hmm I'm beginning to to think they've always been fascists and the only real difference now is that they're much worse a playing politics and hiding their true intentions. >

They can't give away something they don't control. The GOP needs to be done in this world. >

And the next. >

Republicans claim to be christian and I get we don't agree with republican positions but I'm okay with people wanting to believe in an afterlife as long as they don't want to do bigoted shit to people while they're alive. >

Spoiler alert Rulare, the vast majority eagerly want to do bigoted shit to people while they're alive. And I won't even entertain their beliefs by bringing up the tenets of their faith that they fail to follow, because I don't give a shit. I don't care about their stupid religions. I don't believe their deities exist. They don't like living in a country that bans the establishment of religion and rejects their bigotry, they can hop on the first flight to Russia and they can see what it's like to live in a country that actually reflects their terrible, terrible values. >

Maybe, but the bigoted shit is what I take issue with, not the concept of an afterlife.  
I don't really believe in one, but lines in the sand should be drawn in the right place, if we're going to be drawing them >

No, the goal of humanity should be the total end of religious belief. I'm tired of being surrounded by people that believe in monotheist nonsense and pantheons of ridiculousness. None of that shit exists.
Pretending like mass bigotry isn't intricately linked to communities of faith, particularly Protestant communities in America (and especially overtly racist orgs like the Southern Baptist Conference) helps no one. Drawing an imaginary line to protect the "good" ones is counterproductive to creating a world that doesn't have these fucking hellish delusions guiding people's entire lives and fucking everything up for the living. >

Look at it as a matter of prudence.  If there are people who would otherwise agree, who are alienated by that kind of rhetoric, then it's not expedient to alienate them.
If you're loudly telling people to their face they shouldn't exist, there's no chance they will ever work with you.  Even I won't want to work with you and I'm not religious and I don't believe in mysticism.
If you wanted to play dirty like the republicans, that would still be the correct play. >


If you're loudly telling people to their face they shouldn't exist, there's no chance they will ever work with you. Even I won't want to work with you and I'm not religious and I don't believe in mysticism.

The fuck are you talking about? I'm not saying they shouldn't exist, I'm saying we should normalize telling them to their faces that their religion doesn't matter when it comes to discussing public policy and that the non-religious are done with them commanding the conversation as if their imaginary bullshit matters. It doesn't when we're discussing Federal law. They don't get to establish their religion, end of story. There's no discussion.
That's a very far cry from whatever nonsense you've concocted. >


The fuck are you talking about?

I'm talking about, 

No, the goal of humanity should be the total end of religious belief.

That sounds the same, to a person with religious beliefs.  
Not normalizing bending to their whims is a very different thing, and I agree with that, but that's not what you said at first. >

Considering how generous that GOP base seems to be, perhaps they wouldn't mind sharing a few of their towns with Russia, as well
*Edit.  Not just share them with Russia, but with any other despotically run country that the MAGA crew ~~sucks up to~~ 'admires' >

I’d rather give Texas to Mexico >

Are we sure Mexico wants a third world petro-state with a barely functioning power grid? >

What if we also threw in the entire american south? >

Like as bribery or punishment?? >

Hard to say.. >

The GOP would have wanted to stay neutral in WW2 >

The GOP is made up of the same kind of people who tried to overthrow FDR in 1929. >

Here’s what HP Lovecraft wrote about the Republicans in 1936. They haven’t changed a bit:

As for the Republicans – how can one regard seriously a frightened, greedy, nostalgic huddle of tradesmen and lucky idlers who shut their eyes to history and science, steel their emotions against decent human sympathy, cling to sordid and provincial ideals exalting sheer acquisitiveness and condoning artificial hardship for the non-materially-shrewd, dwell smugly and sentimentally in a distorted dream-cosmos of outmoded phrases and principles and attitudes based on the bygone agricultural-handicraft world, and revel in (consciously or unconsciously) mendacious assumptions (such as the notion that real liberty is synonymous with the single detail of unrestricted economic license or that a rational planning of resource-distribution would contravene some vague and mystical ‘American heritage’…) utterly contrary to fact and without the slightest foundation in human experience? Intellectually, the Republican idea deserves the tolerance and respect one gives to the dead.

(It should be noted Lovecraft was a racist asshole and misogynist bigot, but even he saw the GOP for what they were.) >


(It should be noted Lovecraft was a racist asshole and misogynist bigot, but even he saw the GOP for what they were.)

It's worth noting that he was bigoted when he was young, and chilled out as he got older. Like a lot of people do. >

The GOP are traitors >

The Republican Party is now cheering on Russian expansionism.
Weren't the Republicans going to "keep us all safe from the Russkies?"
Today's Republican Party IS the Russkies. >

Soviet Russia became Corrupt Capitalist Russia.  It's still the same failed state just now with different paint >


But then there’s the question of why. It’s not just about the financial cost, and it’s not really a matter of Republicans siding with Russia over Ukraine, as Fox News host Tucker Carlson once said he did. It’s mostly about their having less faith in Ukraine’s war effort and growing skepticism that Russia’s invasion poses a threat to the United States.

None of the polling pointed to in this story negates the possibility that the GOP is made up of a bunch of Russophiles who want Putin to be able to save some face after this disaster. >

Of course cons are warm to "giving Russia some of Ukraine’s territory". They are traitors. >

Maybe this will give Israel a reason not to donate to their campaigns? >

Not a chance. If you notice Israel has not given aid to Ukraine because of their trade and defense alliances with Russia. Israel is still having normal relations with Putin. >

How many days until we learn most of the GOP are on Russia's payroll? I mean, look at what they vote for and against over the past few decades... >

I remember. >

Hell they’re cool with the state seizing land from private companies this week, nothing’s beyond them. >

What is this now? >

Probably the Disney thing in Florida? >

Honestly, what? Russia invades a sovereign country and the gun-brandishing, flag humping, Support our Troops GOP is like, "Yeah, no, take some of that, it's whatever" - am I getting that right? I mean, setting aside the fact that only Ukraine really gets to decide what concessions they make, and setting aside the fact that it's absolutely bonkers to give an inch of territory to the modern-day Hitler, even then this would remain an insane idea. >

The GOP sees an ideological ally in Putin.  It's that simple. >

Treasonous party. >

Followed by blaming Biden for Russia gaining territory. >

Ever since Putin helped Trump during the election it seems they‘ have decided to give Putin anything and everything he wants. >

He’s already got a cock in their mouth, might as well fondle the balls a bit too. >

I mean they already gave away Florida to Russia, why wouldn’t they care about Ukraine >

Damn I am glad I’m not the only one who has said this 
I could not believe how many Russians own everything in Florida
We even had a Russian pool boy that’s how many Russians are there >

The GOP do love dictators. Funny how often they lose the majority vote but somehow still win elections..... >

GOP would think about giving up another Country’s land. They’re all about screwing everyone else. >

Fuck the GOP base.  They know nothing. >

Same as when they made up the Know Nothing Party. >

Warms? The GOP base was more or less for giving all of Ukraine to Russia. If Trump were still in charge he’d have pulled out of NATO by now. >

We would've almost certainly pulled out in 2021 but Trump losing messed that up and likely forced Putin to act more haphazardly to invade Ukraine when he had less of a thought out plan. >

Republicans are unable to infer, deduce, or comprehend a syllogism. Therefore, Tucker Carlson makes sense to them. >

That’s cool but the GOP base doesn’t have the authority to give something that belongs to Ukraine. >

No but they could block aid. >

The Biden admin's stance and actions on Ukraine have largely been received by most Americans positively, therefore the GOP is against it. >

I didn't have the GQP pulling a Neville Chamberlain 2.0 on my bingo for this year so I guess I'm outta luck on this one... >

Democratic base warms to giving Mexico some of Texas's territory. >

Just some? >

Giving it all to Mexico would be unfair to Mexico. So much unstable infrastructure and other crises to deal with in Texas. >

If they think they have a gun problem now... >

But don't dare call it Russian Collusion
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They were guilty all along. >

I'm good with them moving to Russia since they like it so damn much. >

Warms? That was the plan the whole time. If tRump was still in charge we would be backing Russia in this conflict. >

Of course they do. They are fascist. >

Every Republican in America that believes this is a fucking cowardly lickspittle to Russia and Putin's verminous evil. >

This is from the part of the GOP that’s not even Conservative, they self-identify as Conservative, but believe in fascism, dictators, and anti-intellectualism.  Alex Jones and Tucker Carlson have a steady drumbeat of Russian talking points now. >

Paywall. Yeah yeah, then link that. 
GQP are bought and paid for Kremlin idiots. Kevin McCarthy himself was the one who said Putin pays Trump and Rohrabacher.  Then Paul Ryan swore them to “keep secrets in the family”.
They can get fucked, we’re not talking about any appeasement bullshit. Fucking russian tools. >

GOP warms Putin's cockerel.
The GOP is open to not providing aid and letting Putin take whatever territory he would like simply to stick to a "non-interventionist/America First" talking point. >

Grand Ole Putin >

Not America’s to give. >

Not the GOPs territory to give. Fuck em 🤷 >

They're welcome to go to Ukraine and explain their reasoning to the locals on the front line in person. >

I pledge to donate for each one pocket full of raw sunflower seeds. >

How bout sending the GOP to Russia? >

There was never “warming up” to this, it has been their position all along.   The GOP is owned and paid for by Russia >

Funny, I didn't know the Republican party of the US controlled the sovereign nation of Ukraine. >

Paywall >

Thank you. >

Warm? This was their stance from day 1. >

'We'll be the ones tough on crime, the first to defend the nation, stongest in war. Oh just give the invading oldest enemy of our nation what they want to make that conflict go away'
They just thrive on hypocrisy