• GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    Well, if you have a more accurate source, please share.

    I remember a number of news outlets in various western countries quoting Putin talking about rebuilding the Russian empire, but I didn’t bother to save links because I didn’t think people would glibly deny his stated intentions a couple years later.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
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      8 months ago

      Go to the official Russian transcript that’s published maybe? I love how you keep acting like the only source that exists is out of context quotes in western media.

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          8 months ago

          You’re the one who brought this up, so why don’t you go look up the whole quote. It’ll be a good experience for you to learn how to actually read information from primary sources. You don’t even have to run it through a translator because Russia publishes official transcripts in english.

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            8 months ago

            Cause even then you’ll probably just whine and complain their translator isnt accurate enough or something.

            They’ve already provided a lot more info than you just saying ‘ackshully’ which carries a credibility of 0, even if their sources were shit (not saying they are or aren’t)

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            8 months ago

            I made my points and defended them with sources that can be verified or dismissed. You make your points, and lay the onus on others to prove you right or wrong, while dismissing any and all support they may provide. To quote Hitcheson’s Razor, “what can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.” Or to put it in a more modern way, “put up or shut up.”