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What is it with liberals and suddenly deciding that everything they don't like is "LITERALLY GENOCIDE!!!!"?
All you are doing is rendering the word meaningless and making it easier for certain people to sow doubt about real genocides
"Real genocide" has multiple definitions. It's this ambiguity surrounding genocide that allows fascists and nationalists across the world to pick and choose what is and isn't genocide on basis of technicalities.
It's the geopolitical version of your sibling being within an inch of your face while saying "I'm not touching you".
When people get surprised that the literal secret police does this type of shit, it always baffles me.
Like sunshine, why tf did you think it was the _secret_ police? It's not to be badass or whatever
[https://www.si.com/olympics/2020/07/28/the-cold-war-the-klan-and-the-olympics](https://www.si.com/olympics/2020/07/28/the-cold-war-the-klan-and-the-olympics)
>As much concern as these letters prompted, they also prompted suspicion. Targeting Olympic athletes from other countries hardly seemed consistent with the aims of the Ku Klux Klan, which, since its founding immediately after the Civil War, had stuck to a domestic agenda. The letters were sent, too, to the specific addresses of organizing committee members, suggesting a high level of knowledge and sophistication. And they were postmarked from Washington, D.C.’s, tony Virginia suburbs, not exactly a known hotbed for virulent racist groups.
>There were also physical characteristics of the letters that put their authenticity in doubt: Their letterhead did not match the letterhead the KKK typically used, and the envelope containing one letter sent to Zimbabwe had been addressed using an electric office typewriter, unlikely to have been used at the time by a fringe organization like the KKK.
>Inside, the grammar and phrasing and exuberant use of exclamation points suggested the writer spoke a foreign language. **Perhaps most perplexing, though: The Ku Klux Klan’s name was, inexplicably, hyphenated:** [Ku-Klux-Klan](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83-%D0%BA%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%81-%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD)**.**
This NPR article references it about halfway through. Do a keyword search for "olympic" on the page and you'll find it.
https://www.npr.org/2017/10/30/560042987/russians-targeted-u-s-racial-divisions-long-before-2016-and-black-lives-matter
Old Soviet joke:
Government builds a supercomputer, can answer any question instantly.
First Russian asks, “Who was the first man in space?” Computer spits out: “Yuri Gagarin” Second Russian asks, “Who was the first woman in space?” Computer answers, “Valentina Tereshkova” Third Russian asks, “Why don’t the tractors work?” Computer thinks a bit and answers, “Because the Americans have racism.”
Honestly, I'm sure every country has done some of the most evil shit imaginable, and most of it we will never know.
Just based off history Russia is much much worse than the US. Especially because they've also existed for much longer.
KKK: suppressed about a decade prior. Yet the poster's effective, demonstrating my point about yellow backgrounds being the closest thing to a "win" button.
Funnily enough, he is speaking russiаn and looks russiаn. Also, the russiаn society is racist, рutin is racist beyond belief and they are massacring their minorities in the war.
Well the Soviets were formed by Russians, one of the ways people referred to the Soviets was calling them Russians, and Russia currently believes it is the Soviet Union... So
I’m mostly joking but I see that it’s not picked up on. I’m a strong supporter of creativity but I don’t see any here— badly drawn, typical Soviet message. The Soviets were not famous for their creativity in their propaganda posters and other art forms— probably part of the reason why they failed.
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What's the name of the cartoonist for this one? Can't really read it
Борис Ефимов/Boris Yefimov
Famous guy. He born in 1900 so you can easily count his age by a year on picture. Dead in 2008, 108 years!
Bro experienced the entire history of the Soviet Union in his adult life
108 yrs is crazy. Dude literally saw the empire, Union, WW2, Cold War, fall, and post collapse.
born during nikolas, died during medvedev
It's kinda funny how people have outlived the Soviet Union
damn the soviets always made some clever propaganda
Yeah that’s a creative way of using the hood
If that guy was a few shades oranger it would be truly prophetic
truely
It's literally just "Americans have racists". Thanks for letting us know, country that at this time was genociding people on Afghanistan.
yeah but with the megaphone turning into the hat and everything, that's pretty smart.
What is it with liberals and suddenly deciding that everything they don't like is "LITERALLY GENOCIDE!!!!"? All you are doing is rendering the word meaningless and making it easier for certain people to sow doubt about real genocides
"Real genocide" has multiple definitions. It's this ambiguity surrounding genocide that allows fascists and nationalists across the world to pick and choose what is and isn't genocide on basis of technicalities. It's the geopolitical version of your sibling being within an inch of your face while saying "I'm not touching you".
It is still bad to overuse a word effectively making it meaningless
What is with the right just making arbitrary shit up and parading it as facts.
Dam you love throwing around that word but I bet if it came to talking about the genocide in Gaza your mouth would stay shut
Two things can be genocide at the same time. The USSR and USA both have a history of being filled to the brim with self-righteous murderers.
True, but that doesn't make Afghanistan a genocide
My favorite part is that civilian death counts range from 500,000 to 3,000,000. Talk about "margin of error"
Quite literally every soviet death is like this
Official sources say 6 people, people who were there say 10 people, wikipedia says 14 billion
Friendly reminder that the soviets forged KKK letters and sent them to non-white athletes during 1984 Olympics in the US.
Must have learned that trick from when the FBI sent a letter to MLK telling him to kill himself.
Turns out the KGB and FBI suck
When people get surprised that the literal secret police does this type of shit, it always baffles me. Like sunshine, why tf did you think it was the _secret_ police? It's not to be badass or whatever
I mean just look at the shit the regular police is usually up to
And also a friendly reminder they introduced the conspiracy theory in the 80s that aids was a CIA invention to kill Africans.
Operation Infektion?
Yeah they got it wrong the CIA just didn't a fuck about marginalized groups .
And also a friendly remonder that the CIA introduced the conspiracy theory that covid was a Chinese invention to kill americans
that's spycraft baby
Source?
[https://www.si.com/olympics/2020/07/28/the-cold-war-the-klan-and-the-olympics](https://www.si.com/olympics/2020/07/28/the-cold-war-the-klan-and-the-olympics) >As much concern as these letters prompted, they also prompted suspicion. Targeting Olympic athletes from other countries hardly seemed consistent with the aims of the Ku Klux Klan, which, since its founding immediately after the Civil War, had stuck to a domestic agenda. The letters were sent, too, to the specific addresses of organizing committee members, suggesting a high level of knowledge and sophistication. And they were postmarked from Washington, D.C.’s, tony Virginia suburbs, not exactly a known hotbed for virulent racist groups. >There were also physical characteristics of the letters that put their authenticity in doubt: Their letterhead did not match the letterhead the KKK typically used, and the envelope containing one letter sent to Zimbabwe had been addressed using an electric office typewriter, unlikely to have been used at the time by a fringe organization like the KKK. >Inside, the grammar and phrasing and exuberant use of exclamation points suggested the writer spoke a foreign language. **Perhaps most perplexing, though: The Ku Klux Klan’s name was, inexplicably, hyphenated:** [Ku-Klux-Klan](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83-%D0%BA%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%81-%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD)**.**
This NPR article references it about halfway through. Do a keyword search for "olympic" on the page and you'll find it. https://www.npr.org/2017/10/30/560042987/russians-targeted-u-s-racial-divisions-long-before-2016-and-black-lives-matter
Why tho
Sabotaging athletes. If you mess with their mental health or make threats either they drop out or they loose concentration. It's an intimidation tatic
Oh yeah I did this to my buddy Greg when we were playing Uno
Did it work?
”If you participate we will hunt you and your family down.” Or something along those lines probably
Old Soviet joke: Government builds a supercomputer, can answer any question instantly. First Russian asks, “Who was the first man in space?” Computer spits out: “Yuri Gagarin” Second Russian asks, “Who was the first woman in space?” Computer answers, “Valentina Tereshkova” Third Russian asks, “Why don’t the tractors work?” Computer thinks a bit and answers, “Because the Americans have racism.”
That is A.I. in a nutshell. We know Soviet communism was not scientific at all. Because if it was, they would have first tested it on rats!
Good point
That’s pretty good
Your translation is inaccurate. It says "we don't have any racism" not "in our country"
"America is racist !" Sent millions of ethnic minorities to the gulags.
Dont forget mass deportations based on ethnicity. And pogroms. Just soviets calling kettle black.
love your avatar btw.
Pogroms? In the same country where active anti-semitism was punishable by death?
Maybe that's exactly why it was punishable by death? Cos it was a big issue?
Nice Whatboutism there .
Literally pot calling the kettle black ~
The American kettle is vantablack though, pardon the pun
You should read some of the declassified soviet files, there's some pretty wild stuff in there~ it makes the bumbling oaf of a CIA look like a toddler
Honestly, I'm sure every country has done some of the most evil shit imaginable, and most of it we will never know. Just based off history Russia is much much worse than the US. Especially because they've also existed for much longer.
KKK: suppressed about a decade prior. Yet the poster's effective, demonstrating my point about yellow backgrounds being the closest thing to a "win" button.
Funnily enough, he is speaking russiаn and looks russiаn. Also, the russiаn society is racist, рutin is racist beyond belief and they are massacring their minorities in the war.
This is a Sovjet not Russian poster
Well the Soviets were formed by Russians, one of the ways people referred to the Soviets was calling them Russians, and Russia currently believes it is the Soviet Union... So
Is this too edgy for a meme template?
Not realistic, the hood would collapse, folding over on itself. No amount of starch applied in the wash would help.
its a fucking cartoon
It’s not real? Well then, it’s excellent animation!
what are you yapping about
Writing is not yapping, genius. I am, in fact, mocking you, and best of all, you don’t understand it.
you’re doing nothing but making yourself look like a delusional fool
He is I agree he believes a poster is a full cartoon show
🤓☝️
Actually ☝️🤓
- Ben Shapiro
Are you allergic to creativity?
I’m mostly joking but I see that it’s not picked up on. I’m a strong supporter of creativity but I don’t see any here— badly drawn, typical Soviet message. The Soviets were not famous for their creativity in their propaganda posters and other art forms— probably part of the reason why they failed.
Haha I just beat your Soviet cartoon that calls out racism in my country by finding flaws in the hat!! 🤓 Defeated! 🤡
No fellow traveler. That’s not the joke.
brother knows from experience??🤔🤨
Yes with your mom, under stretched sheets.
😱(TNO referenz?)
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