Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U replied with this 2 years ago, 40 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#1,234,143
@1,234,140 (Erik !AltRitexT6)
I mean, I don't really have an opinion of him. He's just a political pawn, like any other religious leader. Relatively powerful in Putin's elite. If in keeping with our modern Disney-level analysis of complex events you want me to say he's a baaaaad man, then of course he is.
> He's not allowed to have opinions aside from vague support for the establishment.
Why on earth would I support, vaguely or otherwise, a genocidal regime that seeks to wipe Ukrainians out of existence simply because they are Ukrainians? Putin must be stopped now or else he will not stop at Ukraine, he will continue on through Europe. That's why it's vital the West continues to send money and weapons to Kyiv so that Ukraine will win the war.
Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U replied with this 2 years ago, 6 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#1,234,254
@previous (dw !p9hU6ckyqw)
In Russia you can select where you want your taxes to go and mine are exclusively going to help Ukrainian refugees in Luhansk. I will continue to do this until Putin's plan to kill every Ukrainian has failed and Ukraine is once again a flourishing democracy.
By the way, do you pay taxes to the Dutch government? You must be livid at bring forced to finance multiple Russian state companies such as Norilsk Nikel, Rosatom and Alrosa.
Erik !AltRitexT6 (OP) replied with this 2 years ago, 6 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#1,234,255
@1,234,252 (dw !p9hU6ckyqw) @previous (Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U)
I've always been amazed at how Russia murdered over 200 dutch by shooting down an airliner and the Dutch government did virtually nothing.
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#1,234,262
Remember when Dave was briefly outraged by Russia invading Ukraine? He chewed Russia out for bombing civilians and said that Putin had walked into his own Afghanistan. But now he's gone back to licking Putin's boot and mocking anyone who dares to question mother Russia.
> Why on earth would I support, vaguely or otherwise, a genocidal regime that seeks to wipe Ukrainians out of existence simply because they are Ukrainians? Putin must be stopped now or else he will not stop at Ukraine, he will continue on through Europe. That's why it's vital the West continues to send money and weapons to Kyiv so that Ukraine will win the war.
Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U replied with this 2 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#1,234,272
@previous (C)
I am. Putin started an unprovoked war of choice on global democracy and is committing genocide against the Ukrainian people simply because they are Ukrainian. Are you not upset??
> > Refute that the Netherlands still purchases Russian energy, as stated in your article? > > It says that they have virtually stopped all Russian energy imports!
"Virtually" all TYPES, it says. Still shitloads of LNG. And we're now 16 months in to Putin's genocidal war of choice, so why is the Dutch government still helping to finance his murderous war machine?
> Didnt you specify that my government was purchasing nickel energy and whatever the other one makes??
Remember years ago there was an Anon who replied to every post you made with the single word "idiot"? I was that Anon, and it was posts like "Why do governments purchase energy?" and "Who the hell is Rosatom?" that led to my posting it.
Erik !AltRitexT6 (OP) replied with this 2 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 days after the original post[^][v]#1,234,547
@previous (Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U)
Do you think Russia will ever become a less corrupted oppressive society or will it continue to make the same mistakes?
America First !Sober//iZs joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 4 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^][v]#1,234,550
@1,234,548 (Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U)
Is it true that all gays are executed immediately in Putin's virulently homophobic Orthodox-Nazi-Communist dictatorship?
> Do you think you would feel more oppressed if you were gay?
By the way, if Russia is such an intolerant place then how do you explain the fact that there are literally government-funded groups here in St Petersburg whose task is to relentlessly press trans and other ultra-liberal issues in the UK?
Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U replied with this 2 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 days after the original post[^][v]#1,234,567
"We need to stop doing business with Russia because it represses gay people! From now on, we're buying our oil and gas from Saudi Arabia and Qatar thank you very much!"
Gay marriage isn't recognised by the state here (Russia is a socially conservative country) but I can still go to 'ZAGS' and get a civil union if it mattered to me. I guess you could call that "oppression" if you had the constitution of a toddler.
> "We need to stop doing business with Russia because it represses gay people! From now on, we're buying our oil and gas from Saudi Arabia and Qatar thank you very much!"
America First !Sober//iZs replied with this 2 years ago, 4 hours later, 3 days after the original post[^][v]#1,234,590
@1,234,569 (Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U)
These are Potemkin homos propped up by the regime in an effort to hide the mass graves full of LGBTQs that the KGB or MVD or whatever you call it nowadays has slaughtered.
Anonymous C replied with this 2 years ago, 4 hours later, 3 days after the original post[^][v]#1,234,634
@1,234,546 (Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U) > Yes, certainly. All of Putin's elite would go with him and be replaced by, I guess, Nabiullina's people.
Nabiullina's people wouldn't replace shit. He's a puppet of Germany and that would never fly. Kitill would take over if Putin fell.
Anonymous C replied with this 2 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 days after the original post[^][v]#1,234,643
@previous (Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U)
Sure, that's the "official" story. I guess you're happy accepting the party line on everything. I guess we're done here.
Green !!bO/s3MBcD joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 43 minutes later, 2 weeks after the original post[^][v]#1,236,833
@1,236,826 (Erik !AltRitexT6)
Then it's on. I think you and I, former foes, should put aside our differences and band together on this to confront the bullying menace that is dw.