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The hypocrisy of Russia

posted 2 years ago by whoanelly (1559)
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Detaining an athlete for “banned substances.” *cough*

Not exactly a valid comparison, but ok.

abit of weed vs breaking sports rules and helping your athletes juice to the gills.

a bit of weed is a HUGE deal over there. is Russia supposed to look the other way for all American drug smugglers or just give the famous ones a break?! she did the crime, now she needs to shutup and do the time

[–] Leodicaprio (6426) 2 years ago

you just conflated what reports say were "traces of hash oil" and "drug smugglers". you are an idiot as usual Jesus boy.

[–] DMT (3919) 2 years ago

i thought she brang a whole bunch of vape carts

[–] snepts (11123) 2 years ago

You would love to see the US turn into a russian style dictatorship, and if YOU managed to not make any mistakes, then YOU could be the judge and executioner and then YOU could break all the laws YOU want.
Alt-cons have no conception of what it means to be American and certainly not Christian.

[–] strntz (10998) 2 years ago

They'll let her go eventually (keeping prisoners cost money to feed). Meanwhile, she should be glad she wasn't caught in Singapore. Up to 20 years plus fines and possible caning for weed. Major dealers get snuffed.

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[–] strntz (10998) 2 years ago

I also visited Singapore for work back in the late 80s, and my company told our group in no uncertain words that if we got caught with drugs, we could pretty much kiss our families goodbye for a very long time. In addition, there are signs at the airport which pretty much say the same thing.

No one with drugs in Singapore is unaware of the consequences of being caught with them.

Regarding Griner, it wouldn't bother me a bit if was a guest of the Russians for a wee bit longer.

EDIT: Remember that little punk who got caught in Singapore spray painting cars, stealing traffic signs and got caned for the effort? He begged Bill Clinton to intervene. Singapore didn't listen and caned his ass anyway.

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[–] strntz (10998) 2 years ago

LOL

[–] JosephQCat (706) 2 years ago

Given the political climate between the US and Russia I would bet she will be there for a while. She would not be in this mess right now if she simply followed the rules as stated. She no doubt felt entitled to do as she pleased given her status as an athlete.

[–] strntz (10998) 2 years ago

Agree that Griner was stupid and careless and, if nothing else, handed Russia a defensible excuse to grab an American athlete in order to piss off the U.S.

What we don't know is if the Russians would have found another reason to grab another athlete if Griner didn't help them out.

[–] ccr1633 (1439) 2 years ago

"What we don't know is if the Russians would have found another reason to grab another athlete if Griner didn't help them out."

These are the consequences of the USA orchestrating a coup in a country bordering Russia and for being the head NATO cheerleader suggesting that Ukraine might join. Too bad most Americans are too stupid to see through this propaganda. Not that Russia is the good guys, but the USA most certainly isn't and it seems to me that we purposefully goaded Russia into the current war. Given what the USA has done to inflame tensions, not to mention going back on its word not to expand NATO close to Russia's border after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, it's hard to whip up much moral outrage over their imprisonment of an American moron who assumed her privileged status would allow her to break their laws. No doubt she assumed that the USA, a country she effectively spits on, would ride in to the rescue despite her being a spoiled ingrate.

[–] strntz (10998) 2 years ago

Interesting perspective.

But NATO has never been a threat to Russia, at least not to a Russian leader who's not drowning in paranoia which seems to be what's affecting Putin.

Russia has accomplished several things with the attack on Ukraine. They've demonstrated to the world that Russia perhaps did not change after glasnost, and that they might be just as untrustworthy as the "propagandists" have said they were. Propaganda is one thing, actions are hard to deny.

Another thing Russia has accomplished with this attack on Ukraine is to show Sweden and Finland that they would be safer from Russia by joining NATO. This does not seem to be a well thought out plan if "containing" NATO was the plan.

The last thing this invasion accomplished was to set Russia back by decades, maybe 50 years. No one will ever trust them again after being back stabbed a second time. What NATO country would ever rely on Russia for a energy or food source again?

[–] ccr1633 (1439) 2 years ago

What NATO country would ever rely on Russia for a energy or food source again?

They shouldn't. But it remains a fact that the USA orchestrated the 2014 coup and Russia was justifiably concerned that this indicated that the USA, and NATO, were poised to expand its influence into territory where they had promised not to. In any case, all this one-way criticism of Russia is absurd and uninformed. Biden even attempts to blame Russia for skyrocketing gas prices, despite the fact prices had already nearly doubled prior to Russia's invasion. That dumb argument fizzled out and now he's blaming gas station owners. It's one transparent lie after another, speaking of the issue of distrust...

[–] Towelie_Towel (1723) 2 years ago

Ukrainian people marched on the streets for days and died on the streets in 2014 to stop being Russia's puppet state, like Belarus.
If USA helped one way or the other, is irrelevant when compared to the will of the people.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

Yeah. Calling that a coup by Americans doesn't make much sense. Ukraine is now literally fighting to avoid becoming a Russian territory or puppet state. It's very clearly what most of the people want.

[–] snepts (11123) 2 years ago

Good Americans effectively spit on you, you creep.
You criticize America's involvement in Ukraine then say Griner is the one who spits?!?
Unless you aren't an American, then it's YOUR country and support it like all the other alt-cons pushing for Nationalism.
And if you aren't American, then stfu the way all the alt-cons say when they don't want people being dissidents in the Land of the Free.
Or let regular people have their say about their feelings toward this country we would love to love but has big problems that adults would like to work on. Not nitwits with their stupid spit on opinions.

[–] ccr1633 (1439) 2 years ago

Only a fool believes the propaganda belched out by the white house and political pundits regarding why the USA should be as involved as it is in the Russia-Ukraine war. Let me guess. You think the USA should pour hundreds of billions of dollars into Ukraine to support democracy, right? It wouldn't take but a moment for any attentive person to shred that argument and reveal that, whatever the main reasons, "defending democracy" is hardly high on the list. The Ukraine president that the US booted out in 2014 was elected, after all. It's hardly different than our undermining of Chile's democracy in 1973. Despite the shameful international bullying the USA engages in, which I'll always oppose, I'll still stand for the anthem and refrain from spitting on the flag. Why? Because I'm not an infant, a mental defective, or a phony political grifter who reduces the entire identity of a country to the things about it I most vehemently disagree with. But you, well, I guess you support those Ukrainian nazis who the USA currently gives billions and billions of dollars to do...something with (the funding never comes with oversight conditions, amazingly enough; I guess you like being a bilked taxpayer as well).