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Elessar Zappa

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4. Good to know the US isn't the only country with numbnuts.

Reply to EllieBC (Original post)

Sat Nov 23, 2024, 07:48 PM

Nov 23

Although in Canada, the numbnuts don’t gain power.

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Trudeau calls violence in Montreal 'appalling' as NATO protest continues [View all] EllieBC Nov 23 OP

Putin's fingerprints on this. Irish_Dem Nov 23 #1

That and tankies have always been a thing. EllieBC Nov 23 #2

Putin has used all kinds of groups in various countries to get control. Irish_Dem Nov 23 #3

And this is an easy group to pick. EllieBC Nov 23 #15

Also more apt to act out in violent ways with no thought of consequences. Irish_Dem Nov 24 #20

Precisely. B.See Nov 25 #32

We are now the Not United States of America. Irish_Dem Nov 25 #33

Good to know the US isn't the only country with numbnuts. Elessar Zappa Nov 23 #4

putin is a busy man Takket Nov 23 #5

Uh what's a "tankie"? electric_blue68 Nov 23 #6

A "Tankie"... magicarpet Nov 23 #8

I thought it was Tickle Nov 23 #10

Well,... it does refer to heavily armored military ground tanks. magicarpet Nov 24 #22

A tankie is a baby tank. Jack Valentino Nov 24 #25

People who support authoritarian communists. EllieBC Nov 23 #9

It originated as a term used to describe those who supported or defended the use of Soviet tanks Crunchy Frog Nov 24 #17

Soviet/China/North Korean loving leftist (or rightist now). Self Esteem Nov 24 #28

Awful Meowmee Nov 23 #7

*tens of thousands. WarGamer Nov 23 #11

This was not riot against Isreal or Antisemitism Jackson jr Nov 23 #12

Right so the pieces of shit EllieBC Nov 23 #16

No, it's not "both sides." Fake news is a specialty of the right wing. nt SunSeeker Nov 24 #18

Your post is fake news, bud John Shaft Nov 24 #21

For someone mercuryblues Nov 24 #23

Fake news with a capital F. 58Sunliner Nov 24 #26

No, your "fake news on sides" is Not true. And, this is Cha Nov 24 #30

Ah, TY magicarpet & EllieBC. I had No idea of it's current use... electric_blue68 Nov 23 #13

russia owns ameriKa so now their sight is set on Canada. nt yaesu Nov 23 #14

Canada recently led a large NATO exercise in Latvia. C0RI0LANUS Nov 24 #19

Oh, sure, there is suddenly a massively organized anti-NATO movement in Canada. DFW Nov 24 #24

This is clearly an op Blue_Tires Nov 24 #27

One of the morons part of it EllieBC Nov 24 #29

"Tankies gonna tank. Higher education doesn't actually mean you have a working brain." Cha Nov 24 #31