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Florida Deploys Police To Stare At Crosswalks, Stop Them From Being Painted Rainbow Colors (www.erininthemorning.com)

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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 39 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Russia: Rainbow Flag Illegal

USA: Rainbow Flag Illegal

So what's the difference anymore.

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[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Russia has a capable (if thoroughly evil) leader?

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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 year ago

It’s the same leader

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[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Mmm, I'd say Ukraine makes that not the case. The capable part, not the evil part.

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[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Maybe. I think Putin's main concern with Ukraine was preventing them from selling natural gas from the Donbas region to Western Europe and undercutting his main source of revenue, and he's achieved that even if he didn't successfully overrun the whole country.

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[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

That's almost certainly part of why, but he most definitely wasn't expecting to sink this much money, time, and personnel into the conquest. Continuing to do so is definitely not something a capable leader would do.

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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago

The US also has a very capable leader. As you can see with President Putin's implementation of his controversial policies in the US.

Oh you mentioned some orange old man hanging out in DC? Oh that's just the court jester.

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