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[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 437 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Fuck Forbes. They prop up conservatives and conservative talking points. They also post screens of tweets from conservatives, like the dickbag (from this article) who referred to the Ukraine army as "Ukronazis".

The news of this attack is great to hear, but we should not be supporting Forbes with clicks. They are the enemy.

[-] tabarnaski@sh.itjust.works 66 points 1 year ago

I tend to agree with you, but I also think it's important to know how the "enemy" thinks and interpret the news. I don't think we should lock ourselves up in echo bubbles only reading stuff we agree with.

[-] Pisodeuorrior@kbin.social 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In theory I'd agree with you. I don't mind reading of nuances or different opinions than mine.

In general however, conservative media are worthless piece of shit embarrassments that I don't want to waste time on.

There's a difference between discussing with sometime with a different opinion, and stopping in the middle of the road responding to every deranged, mentally challenged ignorant mean crack addict who yells their vision of the world from the top of a soap box.

[-] figaro@lemdro.id 21 points 1 year ago

Agreed. They don't argue in good faith. Their goal is not honesty and truth. What's the point in engaging with someone like that?

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[-] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

We don't need to post their blatant propaganda as if it were a reliable source in order to do that though.

[-] SHITPOSTING_ACCOUNT@feddit.de 48 points 1 year ago

Forbes is just a blogging platform where "contributors" can post their clickbait. Forbes adds their reputation and the ads and then splits the profit with the "contributor"...

[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

That explains the extremely low quality content from them. Thank you.

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[-] athos77@kbin.social 39 points 1 year ago

we should not be supporting Forbes with clicks.

DeVito gif May I offer you an archive link in these trying times?

[-] fne8w2ah@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

Nevertheless, Slava Ukraini!

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[-] waterbogan@lemmy.world 141 points 1 year ago

I do like to see uplifting good news stories like this

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 65 points 1 year ago

Yeah. The gradual triumph of Ukraine makes me hopeful for the future of democracies in general

[-] waterbogan@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago

Yes, I hope it has been making China have second thoughts about invading Taiwan

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 1 year ago

Taiwan will be a powder keg in China's face

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[-] lingh0e@lemmy.film 130 points 1 year ago

I appreciate the distinct lack of hexgoons on this thread.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 71 points 1 year ago

I had to reread that twice to realize you weren't upset at hexagons, and was wondering where you had found graphics of the Ukrainian war superimposed on turn based battle hex maps

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Out of the loop, what happened?

[-] lingh0e@lemmy.film 104 points 1 year ago

lemmy.world defederated from a instance full of pro-russia shitheel trolls who would ruin any discussions regarding Ukraine. It's very nice not having to scroll through their propaganda.

Ohh I totally forgot about the defederation. Now it all makes sense.
Thanks

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[-] 0x2d@lemmy.ml 45 points 1 year ago

hexbear is an instance full of communist trolls

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 91 points 1 year ago

Being pro Russia because you're pro communist is so fucking weird to me. The Russian federation is an imperialist capitalist oligarchical fascist state.

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[-] Leviathan@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

Tankies are not Communists.

[-] lingh0e@lemmy.film 14 points 1 year ago

No. They are not.

Half of them are the obnoxious trust fund goons who lived on your floor in the dorms and had posters of Che on their walls. They generally came from wealth and this anti-capitalist rhetoric is just them rebelling against their parents. Their dad is probably a non-practicing jew who drives a VW Phaeton . They don't know their birth mothers too well but their step moms are probably women who graduated from high school two classes ahead of themselves. The obnoxious goons who base their entire personality on these kinds of interactions, they pride themselves on being "disliked for speaking truth to power".

The other half are shitheel trolls who are too wrapped up in their own attempts at edgy bullshit to understand the difference between "it's just a joke, bro" and "just drink the fucking kool-aid, bro".

Neither of those groups have any sense of self awareness.

So nah, they aren't communists.

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[-] PottedPlant@lemmy.world 105 points 1 year ago

The messaging coming from Budenov, the Ukrainian head of intelligence:

“We have the ability to hit any part of the temporarily occupied Crimea as of now. Absolutely at any point we can get the enemy. Those who have done stupid things, it’s better for them to leave,”

“And those who are waiting must prepare and do everything to help, first of all, the intelligence agencies, and then further, when the troops go into the open.”

Psyops for sure, but part of me wants it to happen. Now with this battery gone it definitely sets the stage.

[-] andrei_chiffa@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

I don't think it's only a psyops.

One think is getting hit by drones and missiles. It's a whole different level to not spot a landing squad crossing almost 100km of sea, land and blow up your critical military installation.

They likely already did it last year, when they blew up planes on a Russian base in Crimea, but it is nice to see that they still very much can do it.

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[-] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 47 points 1 year ago

this happened yesterday. S400 and Bastion

[-] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 41 points 1 year ago

today there was amphibious raid in general area of that site, with air support, presumably allowed by previous activities

[-] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 1 year ago

GUR has released video of S400 site being destroyed, but only from the frame when explosion happened, as in, not showing what did it

[-] ATQ@lemm.ee 30 points 1 year ago
[-] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.de 23 points 1 year ago

Get absolutely fucked orc scum!

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

ayyyy^lmao^

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