I keep thinking things will be different. But after so many wars, truly nothing has changed. They’ll only begin to regret pushing for WW3 once they’re drafted, and even then I doubt it’ll really do much to sway their opinion. They probably won’t change until they see their buddies blown to bits in front of their eyes.
It’s just so hard to empathize with such a narrow point of view. These people are too old to lack such critical awareness that other human beings roam this earth with full lives and dreams. I just don’t get it. I don’t think I will ever understand redditors…
They do realize if WW3 does happen they will be drafted, right? Like, they’re frothing at the mouth for it but I don’t think they know they themselves will be fed into the war machine.
So far she’s standing by what she did/said (it wasn’t even bad but people here freak out over everything) and doesn’t seem to be deterred. The university also has made comments about not firing her so that’s good. Another professor in another university came at her pretty aggressively but we’ll have to see if he tries anything. I hope nothing bad happens, it’d be an honour to study under Dr. Desai one day.
Genuine question: will Carlson be sanctioned or face legal repercussions for this interview? I remember reading about how a Canadian professor, Radhika Desai, was at Sochi and asked Putin about the Nazi parliament situation and people went fucking insane on her. I guess because of her being there she herself could face legal consequences due to Russia being sanctioned by Canada. If you buy certain things or interact with Russia in a certain way you could get in big trouble!
Dr. Desai doesn't seem to be facing dismissal over this yet, but I do worry about if they will try to get her with anything…
I think it’s a “big deal” due to this interview being available for western English speaking audiences without a paywall or any kind of barrier. It’s by a “famous guy” and is made accessible. When interviews with Putin are covered by western news sources its only in bits and pieces, sure you can probably find the full talk online but most people aren’t going to look for it or when they do they might not stick around due to the language barrier (even with translators). You probably already know this so I apologize for repeating information. I do agree with you though, I feel conflicted about this whole thing. I’m glad it happened in terms of getting more people to watch, but the fact that it was Tucker Carlson really sucks… He came to Canada recently to spread his bullshit so I can’t say I’m super thrilled with his involvement. I really do wish it was someone else…
Edit: Yeah, the YouTube comments of the interview have an uncomfortable air (some are just explicitly bad), Carlson’s audience will follow him wherever he goes so seeing hero worship is inevitable…
Okay, so everything about this is bad. But him having a physical folder of these images just makes this weirder for me. I guess I cannot wrap my head around porn folders still being a thing.
Edit: I forgot to say that this comment is quite inspiring really. Knowing that you’ve accomplished so much even with a few slip ups, it does make me feel less alone and at ease. So thank you for that.
This is sort of the mindset I’m trying to have. I only really need a C- to get the credits (I’d rather get higher so my GPA doesn’t suffer) but I know failing these first exams isn’t the end of the world, I have other exams/quizzes/assignments to make up for it. Thankfully after this term I will be done with psychology and I can focus on History and PoliSci.
Where do you even get a hold of communist pins? I’ve debated getting some myself (subtle as I don’t want to be attacked) but I don’t know where would be good to get them.
Maybe but even if I did horrible I’m not to stressed about it, those three classes have a second midterm (my online course has four) to make up for it plus quizzes and assignments (that make up a huge chunk of the overall grade) and the final of course. Maybe I did surprisingly well but considering I had to guess a lot I’m thinking not lol (I’m not stupid I just didn’t study as well as I could’ve since they came too fast). Thanks for the vote of confidence!
He loves her and she tolerates him (she secretly loves him too):