What do you think about the terrorist attack in russia?

[Anonymous]

Personally I'm torn. The world experiences overall relief when any Russian dies but even so religious violence is unacceptable. However, the republican-controlled media coverage seems to be trying to push sympathy for the Russians, a hard ask while they are still raping Ukrainian kids on a daily basis with no plans for accountability. I suppose it makes sense given republicans' history with child rape and collusion with Russia, but it's easy enough that people might still have their own opinions on it. So what do you think?

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Oh, yes. Obviously I am @normalice. I went anonymous because for reasons i dont care to explain I am mostly interested in the polling results of (the hilarious number of) far right snowflakes who blocked me, for this one.

[FreyaRed]

I assure you if you would wear a T-shirt with "fuck Putin" in this theater , you would be arrested in less than 30 seconds by at least 20 agents. On every public event in Russia there is lot of police, OMON and FSB officials in undercover. Why not in this theater?
Main police station is less 1000 meters away, police needed 1 hour to arrive. Isn't that fishy?
After other massacre staged by Putin decade ago, metals detectors and security guards on entries in theaters, cinemas are obligatory in Russia. What happened there?
There are so many questions and the fact it's few days after election when Putin wants forcefully conscript hundred thousands of men. Doesn't allow other conclusion that this terror attack is staged to blame Ukraine. FSB has been caught by staging similar false flag terror attacks few years back, while explosions series on train stations before elections.

[Danzigdawson]

Gratuitous terrorist attacks on unarmed civilians are always wrong, useless and painful to see... but at the same time, Russia's doing just that by indiscriminately sending missiles into populated areas, far from the front lines, in Ukraine.

And, we have to remember that not everyone injured or killed in the attack might have been a supporter of Putin and his dumb war.

So, it doesn't shock me as much as the 2015 Paris attack, but it's still wrong... can't rejoice about the useless death of unarmed concert goers.

Had the attack occured inside the FSB headquarters or inside the Kremlin while Putin was there, that would have been another (way more satisfying) story.

[RebelinSteel]

Terrorism is wrong. Let’s not forget what Russia has been doing in Syria for a good few years and in other areas.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/why-did-isis-k-attack-moscow-theater-2024-03-23/

Nothing to do with Ukraine, everything to Russia getting involved in bombing Middle Eastern countries and being linked to Iran.

I think the Russians are going to have to get used to suicide Bombers.

[AviatorTom]

130-plus innocent people died in a terrorist attack. That us sad. by the way, it's not the Ruzsian people that invaded Ukraine, it's a few power-hungry people (one in particular) at the top.

I've been to Russia, the Russian people are good people, not too much different from us.

[Asker]

Theu clearly don't have the capacity to care about their own children like we do if they've allowed this to go on as long as it has.

[AviatorTom]

Asker - That's an unfair statement. Compare the Russian-Ukrainian conflict with other conflicts that lasted longer... that Americans have put up with... US Civil War, World War I, World War II, Vietnam War, Afghanistan.

[Asker]

The only comparable war is Vietnam. We had no business there other than global posturing. And there was massive protests and massive backlash and in the end we are rightly ashamed by it. Russia has no excuse for repeating our mistake when our example already exists.

[Avicenna]

I don't know what alternate universe you're in, but there is no "Republican-controlled media coverage".

Who knows who really planned it, but Putin owes an explanation to the Russian people as to whether he ignored intelligence warnings (yeah, I know that will never happen).

[Asker]

The one post citizens united

[Avicenna]

OK, sure. CNN, the Washington Post, the Guardian, the New York Times, CBS, ABC, and NBC are "Republican-controlled"?

[Asker]

Washington post? Probably not. Never heard of the guardian so probably not. The others have slanted right pretty abruptly after citizens united, yeah.

But none of that compares to the hard right bias of social media.

[Avicenna]

Slanted right pretty abruptly? Hilarious.

Hard right bias of social media? Are you on drugs?

[Asker]

I'd be happy to show you examples if you want to understand. But I don't think you do.

[Avicenna]

Please do show some examples. I'm all ears... just don't deceive yourself into thinking you have a monopoly on the truth.

[Asker]

I've never once claimed to have a monopoly on truth. But you right wingers do seem to be trying your damndest to establish a monopoly on the lies.
And I was looking for evidence that you genuinely wanted to understand. Instead I saw unprompted snark, so nevermind.

[Avicenna]

A reasonable person would that you don't have anything to back up your claims because you're making excuses. But like I said, I am all ears. Not sure why you're anonymous- what's the reason for that?

[Asker]

I explained why I was anonymous in the update.

And I was only interested in taking the time to lay out an example if you were trying to understand. That doesn't seem to be the case, though. You're unpromped "you don't have a monopoly on truth" thing was uncalled for and showed you have your defenses up to fight off any information that could show you how far you are from the walls of your bubble. I don't give many chances to people I've already written off anyway, so its not really a big deal.

[Avicenna]

You're just making excuses. If you wanted to actually back up your claims, you would. I've never blocked you.

I will tell you this- I think you're very much misreading the situation by making it sound like its "Democrats vs Republicans" rather than Establishment vs the People.

[Asker]

I didn't say you blocked me.

[Avicenna]

Just explain why you think the media is mostly "right wing".

I'm totally shocked that a leftist like you has never heard of The Guardian.

[Asker]

I'm shocked you would actually inclide the word "mostly" but still act like you didn't see it.

[Avicenna]

I see you can't be bothered to explain why you think your assertion about the ideology of the media is accurate. Maybe you can start by defining what "right wing" means to you?

[Asker]

I could if you showed that you were asking because you wanted to understand instead of asking because you want to misunderstanding. But you have failed that. If I'm completely misreading it and you do actually want to understand il give you a homework assignment to prove it. Simply find any story that divides or diminishes turnout in general. And then tell me if you consider the bulk of the stations covering them to be "left" or "right".

[Avicenna]

No one needs to prove anything to you, a person who makes assertions he never backs up. It's your assertion, you explain it. That you don't do that and make excuses tells everyone you aren't serious.

Media coverage can't anyhow be boiled down to a single topic. Make your case- don't waste everyone's time (including yours) making excuses as to why you can't make your case.

[Asker]

didn't read it all but sounds like you gave up on pretending you wanted to understand. This is why I call you people out immediately - because I already knew..

[Avicenna]

You're full of shit and can't even explain your own claims. That's your failing, no one else's. Go see a therapist.

[Asker]

If you were trying to convince me that actually yes you are trying to understand, I'm afraid you accomplished the opposite, ragetard.

[TommyMountainFigure]

I really don't get this obsession with the US and Russia always taking separate stances. They really can't see what is going on around them. They are so concerned with hating each other, they can't see that something else is on the horizon that will wipe them both out the second they get the chance.

I predict that within 50 years Russia and the US will be allies against terrorist nations, but by then it will all be too late!

[Anonymous]

Why did you choose to go anon this time, "dude"? I suppose even you knew you were making an ass of yourself this time.

By the way, anyone "torn" about such an atrocity happening to hundreds of innocents is a world class douchebag.

[jshm2]

Probably the USA orchestrated it to distract from how poor their takeover war in Ukraine is going.

Anyone can pay idiots to shoot guns - you don't need a big network to do that. Just like the USA did with Osama bin Laden and the Mujahideen in Afghanistan when he was "one of us".

Ukraine will learn in time that the USA ruins every country it claims to "help" as it doesn't help anyone but it self.

[Asker]

That's probably what they are saying in Russia, yes. I was asking more about the US.

[loveslongnails]

It's sad and sick no matter where it happens, but I don't put it past Putin himself to be behind it somehow.

[jahaims]

America is the global instigator. We make enemies by meddling in everyone's business and destabilizing different regions of the globe. The Russian people as a whole are not the enemy.

[Asker]

America didn't frog march Russia into Ukraine. They went there all on their own because they ran out of their own kids to rape, I guess. They are all, collectively, trash people and we would be better off without them.

[Danzigdawson]

@Asker You're most likely talking to a russian troll here. ☝️

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[Anonymous]

I think it's funny Putin trying to do his George Bush imitation and trying to find a Ukraine connection to it.😆

[OtterMan68]

Putin will blame Ukraine and the west and his press will not entertain any other theories

[laly520]

very painful

I have family in there