Why Do People Apologize For Russia?

[Rory]

I don't

please site the rule I have broken ....you are very familiar with the rules...what is the double standard?


is there a rule about gifs that I do not know about?

and I believe we are able to post links other than RT Sputnik and TASS

Projection

[seemslikeadream]

what happened to all that love?


you guys wouldn't be trying to bury this are you?

I have a feeling you do not like RT being criticized

Caroline O.
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This was the landing page of RT on Saturday, as massive anti-Putin protests took place in cities across Russia.

Seems like something is missing here...





RT did publish one article about the anti-Putin protests. Except they never mentioned that they were anti-Putin protests.

I guess they were too busy making sure you know that the protests were unsanctioned.



https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/992993959696916480

[Rory]

what happened to all that love?


you guys wouldn't be trying to bury this are you?

I have a feeling you do not like RT being criticized

Caroline O.
‏

This was the landing page of RT on Saturday, as massive anti-Putin protests took place in cities across Russia.

Seems like something is missing here...





RT did publish one article about the anti-Putin protests. Except they never mentioned that they were anti-Putin protests.

I guess they were too busy making sure you know that the protests were unsanctioned.



https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/992993959696916480

Reposting this doesn't make it less fakenewzy

[seemslikeadream]

but it does make it true ....so sorry if you do not like it......you and Mac purposely trying to bury it is not going to work...how dare I post something critical of RT.....yes I dare...get used to it


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[MacCruiskeen]

Caroline O.
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This was the landing page of RT on Saturday, as massive anti-Putin protests took place in cities across Russia. [...]

"Massive". Sic. So says "Caroline O," , but why should anyone take her word for it? None of the photos I have seen support her (mere) assertion that any of those protests were "massive". If anyone knows of any such photos, please post them here.‏

While I'm waiting: Here, from the original RT article, is some of the context so carefully omitted by that tremendously trustworthy twitterer "Caroline O.":

...

Moscow authorities had offered the demonstration’s organizers several venues for the rally, but all options were rejected – including Sakharov Avenue in the center of the capital, which had hosted a thousands-strong rally in support of banned internet messenger Telegram less than a week ago.

Navalny instead urged his supporters to descend on Tverskaya Street, claiming a ‘constitutional right’ to gather wherever and whenever they want. The city accordingly warned the protesters that the venue where they were planning to march was unauthorized.

Following a brief detention, Navalny was eventually released from custody shortly after midnight and pending a court hearing. A number of minors and underage teens, who comprise much of the activist-blogger’s support base and some of whom were detained at the rallies, have also been released to their parents or guardians, after "preventive conversations," police announced around 10pm.

Meanwhile, around 2,000 took part in another unsanctioned protest in St. Petersburg, according to local police, where some 200 of the most “active participants” were detained.

Protests have been held in other cities across Russia as well. While some gatherings were sanctioned by the authorities, most were held without the required permits. The protests were largely incident-free, according to police. A number of protesters, however, were detained during unsanctioned rallies in several cities, namely in Krasnoyarsk, Samara, RIA Novosti reported, citing police. In other cities, such as Omsk, Cheboksary, Ufa and other locations, law enforcement did not detain anyone during the unauthorized gatherings, as protesters peacefully dispersed after warnings.

...


https://www.rt.com/politics/425929-oppo ... ny-police/

Is there any serious factual error there? Number of protestors, number of arrests, legality or illegality of the protests, etc., etc., etc.? If so, do please post the evidence that refutes it. Because this is not a place where propaganda gets mindlessly recycled, is it? This is Rigorous Intuition's General Discussion board. Is it not?

[seemslikeadream]

Because this is not a place where propaganda gets mindlessly recycled, is it?

you tell me you are the one always linking to RT

The Cross and the Sickle: How the Evangelical Community befriended the Kremlin and betrayed the United States.
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[Rory]

Because this is not a place where propaganda gets mindlessly recycled, is it?

you tell me you are the one always linking to RT


The Cross and the Sickle: How the Evangelical Community befriended the Kremlin and betrayed the United States.

???

[seemslikeadream]

I fixed it ....forgot the link

The Cross and the Sickle: How the Evangelical Community befriended the Kremlin and betrayed the United States.
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trump is so jealous. He wishes he could have locked up everyone protesting his presidency!

The Latest: More than 1,000 people arrested in a day of nationwide protests against the upcoming inauguration of Russian President Putin for a new six-year term.

https://apnews.com/37f939b5b3e84901a771 ... _medium=AP

Giuliani: Trump is 'committed to' regime change in Iran
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/ ... nge-570744

[seemslikeadream]

Russian opposition leader among nearly 1,600 arrested amid anti-Putin protests


http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-russ ... story.html

Russian police detain opposition leader amid large anti-Putin protests

http://klewtv.com/news/nation-world/rus ... n-protests

Russia protests: Opposition leader Navalny released from police custody


https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/06/euro ... index.html

[MacCruiskeen]

Because this is not a place where propaganda gets mindlessly recycled, is it?

you tell me you are the one always linking to RT

You posted that RT article.

jesus wept

[Burnt Hill]

"Massive". Sic. So says "Caroline O," , but why should anyone take her word for it? None of the photos I have seen support her (mere) assertion that any of those protests were "massive". If anyone knows of any such photos, please post them here.‏

Is it the word massive we are going to quibble about?




There are plenty of photos of a "massive" protest Mac, what are you suggesting here?

[MacCruiskeen]

It's not a quibble. It matters. ^^That photo also does not show a massive protest. It shows a section of a crowd. maybe a couple of thousand people, at a very generous estimate.


MASSIVE crowds greet toppling of Satan statue

[Burnt Hill]

Okay, maybe not massive.
But were they legitimate protests by real people, or choreographed Liberal propaganda?
You are comparing it to a staged event? Not a "grassroots" situation?
That comes with the assumptions most are happy with Putin. Are you seeing it that way?

[MacCruiskeen]

Okay, maybe not massive.
But were they legitimate protests by real people, or choreographed Liberal propaganda?
You are comparing it to a staged event? Not a "grassroots" situation?
That comes with the assumptions most are happy with Putin. Are you seeing it that way?

Please stop putting words in my mouth, Burnt Hill.

[Burnt Hill]

Please stop putting words in my mouth, Burnt Hill.

Didn't think I was, in fact I was asking for clarification of your pov and you provide a response as evasive as those you complain about from AD.

Just trying to clarify where you stand on this issue.
The questions are not unfair, but I can respect and process your decision not to answer them