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You are just stunningly stupid. Not merely ignorant, but stupid. Tom Send a noteboard - 14/03/2017 08:35:00 PM

Every statement that you write reeks of base ignorance, but it is supported with such a sense that you actually know something that there is only one possible conclusion: that you are, in fact, stupid as well.

Russia has, of course, had many elections. There were four free elections for the original State Duma between 1905 and 1917, one set of free elections in 1917 for a Constituent Assembly that the Bolsheviks forcibly disbanded because it was not considered radical enough, and further elections starting in the late 1980s and continuing until the present day. Prior to 2003, those election results have not been questioned.

By contrast, Russia has had fewer anti-democratic events during the same period of time: (1) the February Revolution, which saw the overthrow of the autocratic government of the Tsar, (2) the October Revolution, which was a coup against the democratically elected government because it wasn't seen as "progressive" enough, (3) Stalin's seizure of power, which was simply the result of in-party fighting, (4) the coup to unseat Khrushchev, who was seen as an unstable adventurer who brought the Soviet Union to the brink of World War III,and (5) a failed coup in 1991 that ultimately led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. In none of those cases, other than in 1991, was the action "against leaders foolish enough to try 'imposing liberal democratic principles where they are unwelcome".

The period between 1905 and 1917 also saw assassinations, which were usually carried out by the Social Revolutionaries, led by Boris Savinkov, because the people to be executed were considered conservatives.

As a result, there is not one shred of truth in your first paragraph, but rather, just a stilted and myopic view of Russia that one could get by ingesting mushrooms and then proceeding to watch Red Dawn.

Your second paragraph has nothing to do with Russia, though I find it quite stupid in the extreme as well.

Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

*MySmiley*
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The February Revolution and Kerensky’s Missed Opportunity - 13/03/2017 09:37:00 PM 807 Views
Fascinating stuff - 13/03/2017 10:52:58 PM 430 Views
Who knows? It could have been worse off. - 13/03/2017 11:37:54 PM 521 Views
What's your opinion on Lenin? - 14/03/2017 02:06:59 AM 467 Views
Lenin. A monster. - 14/03/2017 12:55:18 PM 497 Views
Thanks. I'll ask him too. *NM* - 14/03/2017 03:01:36 PM 237 Views
Lenin, Stalin and Trotsky were all bloodthirsty mass murderers. - 14/03/2017 08:59:06 PM 524 Views
That's fascinating. But give me a book recommendation! - 14/03/2017 09:15:57 PM 431 Views
Start with a general history of Russia - 14/03/2017 10:17:22 PM 551 Views
Excellent. Thank you. It's next on the list. - 15/03/2017 02:11:14 AM 495 Views
Russian history is as depressing as they come. - 15/03/2017 12:08:15 PM 493 Views
Read Figes first, I suppose. - 14/03/2017 10:55:23 PM 456 Views
Thanks, Tom. I've been putting off reading good literature because of my unfamiliarity with Russia. *NM* - 15/03/2017 02:12:10 AM 221 Views
Which books have you put off reading? *NM* - 15/03/2017 12:05:32 PM 208 Views
DEMONS and THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV are the big two. - 15/03/2017 02:58:13 PM 446 Views
You don't necessarily need to know the history. - 15/03/2017 03:15:38 PM 485 Views
I'm always afraid I'm missing something critical, though! - 15/03/2017 03:50:59 PM 431 Views
Annotations are amazing. My eBook version of War and Peace was the same. - 15/03/2017 04:03:59 PM 452 Views
My High School English teacher neglected Russian literature. - 16/03/2017 01:46:29 AM 413 Views
Hmmmm. - 16/03/2017 01:18:14 PM 454 Views
Tolstoy was a reprehensible human being - 15/03/2017 04:02:52 PM 429 Views
I had no idea. I was under the impression he was deeply devout. - 16/03/2017 01:47:43 AM 444 Views
Here's one example: - 16/03/2017 02:06:45 AM 449 Views
Good lord. The man sounds deranged. But that's fascinating! Is there a good biography on him? *NM* - 16/03/2017 07:50:10 AM 219 Views
Pavel Basinsky's bio is best - 16/03/2017 02:46:47 PM 620 Views
Getting it now. Thanks. *NM* - 16/03/2017 11:06:25 PM 212 Views
For what it's worth, I read Lenin & Trotsky as genuine idealists, while Stalin as just a thug - 15/03/2017 11:16:36 AM 502 Views
I think that's entirely incorrect. - 15/03/2017 04:00:54 PM 513 Views
I didn't mean stupid or brutish, I meant more like a mafia don than a statesman - 16/03/2017 12:18:34 PM 402 Views
Well if you want to completely redefine the phrase "just a thug", perhaps you're right - 16/03/2017 02:43:38 PM 428 Views
Good point - 16/03/2017 09:52:29 PM 561 Views
I hear what you're saying, but... - 16/03/2017 11:53:19 PM 455 Views
Attempt at clarification - 17/03/2017 12:55:03 AM 527 Views
Hehehe..."Fuck off" - 19/03/2017 05:23:49 PM 468 Views
Seems kind of nonsensical - 14/03/2017 01:33:49 AM 529 Views
Good reply. - 14/03/2017 12:57:47 PM 511 Views
They weren't really wrong - 14/03/2017 01:30:07 PM 546 Views
I do enjoy historical "what if" situations. - 14/03/2017 01:47:27 AM 444 Views
Hi there. - 14/03/2017 01:02:44 PM 413 Views
I still think democracy among those insidiously intrusive Western values Russia resists so fiercely - 14/03/2017 02:37:39 PM 527 Views
Is it your persistant anti-Russia bias that makes you so dogmatic? - 14/03/2017 02:51:23 PM 450 Views
I have no problem with Russia, only its government - 14/03/2017 03:07:14 PM 555 Views
Really? - 14/03/2017 03:15:10 PM 474 Views
You are just stunningly stupid. Not merely ignorant, but stupid. - 14/03/2017 08:35:00 PM 562 Views
What a terrible article - 14/03/2017 08:04:50 PM 420 Views
I thought you would think this way. - 15/03/2017 12:04:57 PM 501 Views
I can't decide what I think about Evans - 15/03/2017 04:10:05 PM 414 Views

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