also lol at the lack of standards allowing rt news
this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2025
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They're explicitly against free speech over on .ml. And that's for a reason. The auth-left and the auth-right are uncomfortably alike.
The sooner we can cut ties with the Tankies, the better.
It seems like they've got louder recently
They are being emboldened by the succes of their fascist friends on the worldstage.
But then who might be a good influence on them?
You could just ignore them
Ignoring a problem doesn't make it go away. It continues to cause harm while left unopposed.
Ahh yes, russophobia, just like antisemitism when talk about the shit done by the government.
It's not a "phobia", if I'm pissed at you for what you do, not where you're from. I'm not even mad at Russians, I'm mad at Putin.
I have a russian friend, he's a furry, great guy, his fursona's a bee. I honestly hope he gets to leave Russia because the police can and would have him killed for being bisexual.
AHH! I HAVE AN IRRATIONAL FEAR OF AN ARMY THAT RAPED AND BRUTALISED A EUROPEAN COUNTRY!
are bees furry?
They're fuzzy
and buzzy
I'd put them in a similar category as scalies, where they're technically not furry, but close enough that the distinction hardly matters. In the end they're all personas based on anthropomorphic animals. Insect-sonas are decently common, I've seen lots of bee and moth sonas.
We should mark that day by being even more russophobic