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Russian President Vladimir Putin may be open to a cease-fire in his war with Ukraine, so long as the country could still declare victory, a new report by the New York Times found.

Putin, still confident in his forces, said that Russia’s goals have not changed. In his annual year-end press conference last week, Putin warned that there would be no peace solution in Ukraine until Russia achieves its overarching goals, the “denazification” and demilitarization of Ukraine.

Putin’s message might be different now, as he has reportedly signaled he is ready to make a deal. Since September, Putin has signaled that he is open to a pause in fighting along the current lines, which is much shorter than his intention to dominate Ukraine, according to the Times who cited two former senior Russian officials.

According to the United Nations, more than 10,000 civilians have been killed and 18,500 have been injured since the start of the war nearly two years ago.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I see, so you punch down and say rude things to your intellectual inferiors for the benefit of everyone. And what do you think that achieves?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Reminds me of my Reddit days, where I used to counter poorly written garbage. Idiots who wrote irrational comments moved on to insults, and so, mods removed all their stupid comments altogether.

I don't think my comments were of the best quality either, but at the end of the day, mods would change the man babies' diaper.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No, I make substantial criticisms and add some insults because I find it funny.

What it achieves is informing people and entertaining me.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I see. And you think people will feel informed by the person who insults mentally handicapped people because he thinks it's funny?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So you are admitting to being mentally handicapped?

Why do you try to drum up your stupidity for sympathy?

You're clearly not mentally handicapped, you're just a lazy mediocre person who sources their opinions from memes.

But next time I run into you you bet I'm going to be asking why a self-aware "mentally handicapped" person, is still repeating tropes that they know are wrong.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You said:

Remember when you admitted to me that you were a total moron?

So apparently I am mentally handicapped.

Now please answer my question: Do you think people will feel informed by the person who insults mentally handicapped people because he thinks it’s funny?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I know what game you're trying to play, but you're messing it up and it just looks like your reinforcing your own admissions.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You can be mean to mentally handicapped people and still be correct.

Now you're not actually mentally handicapped and it's obvious, you just have moronic opinions and argumentation. So people would not be perceiving someone being mean to a mentally handicapped person.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Now you’re not actually mentally handicapped and it’s obvious

I thought I was a total moron?

Total morons are mentally handicapped.

So either I'm mentally handicapped or not a total moron.

As for this:

You can be mean to mentally handicapped people and still be correct.

You can also be a racist and be correct. But, ableist or racist, people are less likely to listen to you if you talk about how you mock a minority group for a laugh. I'm sure you realize that, what with being so much smarter than me.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So your argument goes like this

  1. A total moron is a mentally handicapped person
  2. I am correct in calling you a total moron
  3. If 1 AND 2 is true, then I am insulting a mentally handicapped person

Conclusions

  1. People will not take me seriously making me irrational
  2. If premise 2 is not true, then I made a false statement

Here's where it fails, and I already warned you about this, calling someone "a total moron" is not a claim of mental handicap and hasn't been for 60+ years it is a long deprecated medical term that is exclusively used as an insult towards the mentally competent.

So premise one is actually false, everyone recognizes that premise 1 is false therefore premise 3 is also false. And neither of the conclusions you are trying to assert are correct.

"with being so much smarter than me"

Clearly.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, I'm too much of a total moron to understand any of that. But I'm sure if you tell another "joke" at my expense, people will find what you say illuminating.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And I'm sure you have evidence to back that up. Because you wouldn't expect a total moron like me to just accept whatever you say as true, would you?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'll just write it in an image macro format, it's already been established that that is your primary source of information and you have yet to refute it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

You're right. I have yet to refute that I am a total moron. Why should I stop an ableist from being ableist?