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I updated my original comment above yours. I hope my comments/instructions are understandable, please let me know if I wasn’t clear on anything!

This was a fantastic read. Hugely entertaining!

Stop giving the chodelet muskrat attention.

I don’t know what is real anymore. Surely this can’t be real?

Despite probably being labeled a NATO sympathizer, I’m confused about your stance towards NATO and I wanted to ask a question:

Do you agree that Ukraine was invaded by russia, and that Ukraine has a right to defend itself? Are russia the bad guys in your general worldview?

NATO is a big part of the support for Ukraine, so I’d like to understand the people here and why NATO is disliked/hated.

Sorry if this comes across as trolling, I’ve found a lot of threads from CTH that I’ve enjoyed but I don’t want to jump in without understanding things first.

This is true. I don’t apologize for it (yet?), but I don’t intend to deny their humanity and I’m kind of shaken that it’s interpreted that way. Which is entirely on me, and I wanted to thank you for the shock because it’s a blind spot I don’t like to have. I obviously have some thinking to do.

Not capitalizing certain names is my personal choice to show that by their actions they no longer have my respect. For instance I do the same for the billionaires that are constantly in the news, and the ex president who has tried to steal the election.

My reasoning/feeling for applying it to russia is that their state TV shows constantly dehumanize Ukraine. Regardless of history and how the point was reached, russia invaded Ukraine and have stated clearly that they consider the state of Ukraine to simply not exist. Ukrainians have been tortured, raped, and systematically genocided by russia.

Respectfully, I understand that you or many here may not agree with those statements, but I’m not sure how to progress from there

Thank you for recognizing that. I don’t think I fit in here, the positions held by people don’t seem to be reconcilable with what I’ve experienced, seen, and read. I don’t want to create further bad feelings or friction in your community.

I don’t have a lot of respect for the democratic party really. Which is outright adoration compared to what I think of the republicans!

Not a libertarian either. I dunno, I don’t really fit in. Which isn’t some dumb “I’m not like the other girls voters” crap, I just don’t agree with much…

Lol I can’t stay away today it seems. Oh well, I’m a sucker for punishment I guess.

• I think that nobody needs to own more than a few million dollars.
• I wish guns were strictly controlled with stringent testing requirements, but seeing Ukraine stand against russia makes me wonder about that. And people need to be able to defend themselves against fascists in their neighbourhood, the police, and government. No idea how to solve that gordian knot.
• Any large group of people needs tough oversight to prevent the banal corporate evil of “somebody else’s problem” and passing the buck.
• Everyone has a right to shelter, food, education, healthcare.
• Women are the only ones who should make decisions about their bodies.
• Religion should be taxed and audited by people to make sure kids aren’t being abused, people aren’t being grifted, etc.
• Police must be professional public servants not paramilitary groups.
• Elected officials must conduct their affairs under a microscope of public scrutiny, including all bank accounts, travel, contacts, etc. Shit slap an ankle monitor on them and a bodycam.
• We should be a 2 planet species.
• But we should have to keep the planet pristine for the next 7 generations.
• Everyone should have the same rights.
• Justice must not be pay to win.
• Freedom of expression is great but social media should be adult-only and regulated. Skinner-box social media like tiktok should be illegal. We should protect our information space against foreign manipulation.
• Laws should be kept updated as new exploits are discovered. Laws should follow the country as it grows, not wallow in inequality.

Of course I’m forgetting a bunch of stuff.

Maybe I should just be Monster Raving Loony party instead?

I’m not trying to convince you nor anyone. I presented what I feel and think, based on my experience.

I don’t feel like I’m being frivolous. I see the reports that russian people are taking Ukrainian children. I see the state TV in russia stating that Ukrainians are animals to be exterminated. I’ve spoken with Ukrainians who told me what russians did to their village and their friends.

Based on what I’ve seen, I think that russia is trying to commit genocide against Ukraine.

I’m not trying to convince people here of that. They’ve told me that they don’t accept that stuff is happening, that they stand with russia against western aggression. Our sources of information state fundamentally opposite accounts of events.