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Ukrainians were able to tour the Russian trenches in Chernobyl. MREs and other scattered remains of a camp, tank scrapes and trenches, and a large amount of burnt material. pic.twitter.com/rbYPygke63

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) April 7, 2022

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They left the dogs? That they brought in?

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Politico: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz delays tank delivery to Ukraine.

According to people familiar with the deliberations, Scholz is delaying a final decision over whether to give Ukraine around 100 tanks to fight Russia, despite pressure from several other top officials.

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) April 7, 2022

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counting for your security on the Germans

has not ended well over the last 200 years

Russians treat animals like insects.

Thought this would be worth posting for comparison to present events. This was when Russia went into Georgia and nobody took much note and there would have been no reason to stage it for the world (as Russia alleges with regard to present events) Eerily similar.

Russia got away with the 2008 massacre in Georgia. As a result, we got Ukraine in 2014 and 2022. pic.twitter.com/yMFdjNE3hG

— Nodar Rukhadze (@xonoda) April 5, 2022

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Russians treat animals like insects.

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And Ukrainians do not. They are more Western than Putin could endure. They love their animals.

How do you tell which conglomeration of peoples are humane? How they treat civilians, hospitals, POWs and animals. Occasionally how they treat architectural and sites of invaluable and irreplaceable museums.

One of the reasons that German scientists raced for Allied forces instead of USSR forces when Berlin was falling.

A one time beautiful country (cultural, scientific, etc) destroyed by communism. They haven't contributed culturally to the world in a century.

There is a moral to this story.

You can always know how a person really feels about other humans in general and will treat other humans when nobody is looking by how they treat animals; how they'll treat humans when they don't think they'll be caught or held accountable. It's a very accurate gauge for true human empathy.

Edit: I was wrong on a statement. Only 15-20% of violent offenders begin with violence towards animals. I assumed it was higher.

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You can always know how a person really feels about other humans in general and will treat other humans when nobody is looking by how they treat animals; how they'll treat humans when they don't think they'll be caught or held accountable. It's a very accurate gauge for true human empathy.

It's why so many violent criminals are found to have started out abusing, neglecting, and torturing animals.

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I wasn't aware of that correlation but makes sense.

Yep. I've done some work with violent offenders and it checks out. When the ability to feel empathy isn't present or is stunted it tends to impact a persons views and interactions with all living things.

Since family violence, poverty, alcoholism, intense bullying, sexual abuse, etc. are such an endemic aspect of Russian society a lot of people are messed up as kids and then go on to mess up their kids, etc. It's a viscous cycle. And because a greater portion of the society behave in this way it's tolerated by others who wouldn't otherwise behave that way and sometimes even emulated (particularly among kids and in the military) to stay on the good side of the violent "in" group.

I think this is probably a contributing reason to why the Russian Mob runs the business of much of country. So many aspects of Russia are predicated on rewarding violence and theft. It's all very effed up.

*Edited because ******* is blocked by content filter and this meme circumvents it. Was confused because ass is permitted.

We need special ops to take out Pukin. Surely we can accomplish that with plausible deniability.

92Ag95 said:

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We need special ops to take out Pukin. Surely we can accomplish that with plausible deniability.

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No.

92Ag95 said:

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We need special ops to take out Pukin. Surely we can accomplish that with plausible deniability.

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We couldn't do it in the age before Twitter verse now you're asking for it to happen in an age of instant news/comms ect?

No we can not do this without plausible deniability

Rossticus said:

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You can always know how a person really feels about other humans in general and will treat other humans when nobody is looking by how they treat animals; how they'll treat humans when they don't think they'll be caught or held accountable. It's a very accurate gauge for true human empathy.

It's why so many violent criminals are found to have started out abusing, neglecting, and torturing animals.

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You say so many but that is not true.

When it comes to serial killers, a high proportion of them tortured, killed, etc animals as kids.

However there are many violent criminals for whom animals are off limits because animals are creatures without ulterior motives- they don't contain the "guilt" that human beings and society carries for being a member of the human race.

Alot of people who become violent due to an abused background resent humanity on the whole because humanity and society created and environment where their abuse was permitted to continue. Animals are not included in this group.

Alot of people who were abused as kids who become violent later in life actually hate people who abuse animals and other kids. kids and/or animals are considered innocent.

This is why child molesters are often killed in prison if the inmates can get to them.

Sure, there are people without empathy but usually lack of empathy is due to neglect, not abuse. People who were abhsed are usually overly empathic. Which is developed as a defense mechanism so they can monitor the emotions of their abuser and defend rhemseles or retreat when their abuser's emotions take a turn for the worse.

Lack of empathy is usually caused by hyper neglect through the age of 6.

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We need special ops to take out Pukin. Surely we can accomplish that with plausible deniability.

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Would love to in theory if this were James Bond, or James Wick, or wtfe. In reality? No way in hell. Wholly unrealistic and would lead to nothing but very bad things in 99.5% of all likely scenarios.

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Rossticus said:

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You can always know how a person really feels about other humans in general and will treat other humans when nobody is looking by how they treat animals; how they'll treat humans when they don't think they'll be caught or held accountable. It's a very accurate gauge for true human empathy.

It's why so many violent criminals are found to have started out abusing, neglecting, and torturing animals.

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You say so many but that is not true.

When it comes to serial killers, a high proportion of them tortured, killed, etc animals as kids.

However there are many violent criminals for whom animals are off limits because animals are creatures without ulterior motives- they don't contain the "guilt" that human beings and society carries for being a member of the human race.

Alot of people who become violent due to an abused background resent humanity on the whole because humanity and society created and environment where their abuse was permitted to continue. Animals are not included in this group.

Alot of people who were abused as kids who become violent later in life actually hate people who abuse animals and other kids. kids and/or animals are considered innocent.

This is why child molesters are often killed in prison if the inmates can get to them.

Sure, there are people without empathy but usually lack of empathy is due to neglect, not abuse. People who were abhsed are usually overly empathic. Which is developed as a defense mechanism so they can monitor the emotions of their abuser and defend rhemseles or retreat when their abuser's emotions take a turn for the worse.

Lack of empathy is usually caused by hyper neglect through the age of 6.

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Perhaps I overgeneralized because of the specific subset of individuals I worked with. I thought that the percentage was higher but you're dead on. Thanks!

From FBI website:

"One study found that 16% of offenders started abusing animals and graduated to violent crimes against humans. However, in many circumstances, offenders start by hurting other humans and then progress to harming animals. Companion animals can be a source of comfort to victims of domestic abuse."

https://leb.fbi.gov/articles/featured-articles/the-link-between-animal-cruelty-and-human-violence

So would you say that in conflict these incidents are simply magnified due to the opportunities that avail themselves to the percentage of individuals who have those tendencies or is it more a matter of eventual habituation to violence by the fighting force as a whole?

It also appears, based on US studies, that at least 30% of those unfortunate enough to experience abuse at a younger age tend to succumb to similar behavior. I wonder if other complicating factors would increase the incidence or if it would remain unchanged?

With the threshold for deficits in empathy being around 6, the massive number of orphaned Russian children would appear to speak to a potential higher incidence than you might see in some other countries. I'm not familiar with the condition of Russian orphanages but I wouldn't necessarily expect them to have a better track record of providing early childhood care than any other orphanage.

To sum it up, I've lost half a leg on one side and a foot on the other. One hand is being put together, one eye is no longer working, and my hearing is pretty blown… but all in all I feel pretty damn lucky to be here - and it is the people who got me here who are amazing! pic.twitter.com/HNjO6PbdGf

— Benjamin Hall (@BenjaminHallFNC) April 8, 2022

Anyway great afternoon to remember how 2x arrested/imprisoned pedophile & attempted child rapist, @realscottritter, who is paid to write for Russia Today, has had predictions that have been laughably and demonstrably wrong at every step of the way. pic.twitter.com/pIwIwmaRA8

— Ukraine Memes for NATO Teens (@MENAConflicted) April 5, 2022

Putin stunned by CIA's continuing ability to plant hundreds of dead civilians everywhere the Russian army has been to pic.twitter.com/8vgrbUlznW

— Sputnik (@Sputnik_Not) April 4, 2022

Pro-Kremlin media outlet Izvestia is trying to shame Ukrainian troops by exposing a supposed stash of marijuana recovered at a captured SBU outpost. Nerd alert. pic.twitter.com/NzHbanZQOm

— Kevin Rothrock (@KevinRothrock) April 7, 2022

This is a pretty good read.

If you have had enough of Putinist garbage to the effect that Ukraine is not a nation, behold the counterpart thesis - that Russia is not a nation. https://t.co/28w3BMLvAG

— Sergey Radchenko (@DrRadchenko) April 8, 2022

That is what German Nazis did in Poland: they abducted Polish kids in order to “Germanize” them. pic.twitter.com/dESfEjhcfp

— Sergej Sumlenny (@sumlenny) April 8, 2022

Rossticus said:

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Pro-Kremlin media outlet Izvestia is trying to shame Ukrainian troops by exposing a supposed stash of marijuana recovered at a captured SBU outpost. Nerd alert. pic.twitter.com/NzHbanZQOm

— Kevin Rothrock (@KevinRothrock) April 7, 2022

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Someone should kick grapesoda while he's passed out on the floor again. He would love this.

We deny stealing the doghouse. Its previous owner simply had no need for it after we ate the dog pic.twitter.com/7SO4e4YBDJ

— Russia Denies (@RussiaDenies) April 8, 2022

Rossticus said:

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You can always know how a person really feels about other humans in general and will treat other humans when nobody is looking by how they treat animals; how they'll treat humans when they don't think they'll be caught or held accountable. It's a very accurate gauge for true human empathy.

Edit: I was wrong on a statement. Only 15-20% of violent offenders begin with violence towards animals. I assumed it was higher.

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Islamic zealots also hate dogs and cats, much less pigs

How about:
Biased, not objective
Wrong, not correct
You win award for worst "journalist" in world.
Exhibit A pic.twitter.com/R6NU8Sin6N

— Clayton Jones (@Clayton11241106) April 8, 2022

UPDATE

Before I close my eyes for a quick powernap, also known as controlled passing out, a thought has occurred to me:

What will the May 9th Victory Day parade in Moscow look like this year? Who's left to march in unison looking all dapper? All #Russian top tier troops are dead 🤔

— Canadian Ukrainian Volunteer 🇺🇦🇨🇦✊🏻 (@CanadianUkrain1) April 8, 2022

Kyiv coming back to life.

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And people like Mr. Rybytva who also works for the Free Belarus Center, a group dedicated to helping people flee the brutal Lukashenko government in Belarus are returning to their homes.

"The feelings are strange," he wrote in a series of text messages. "It's hard to explain. It's not just a house. It is a symbol. And of course, I really wanted to hug my family and friends."

In Kyiv this week, instead of seeking shelter in the subway, people are now riding it; it is running on all lines, though not all of the stops are open. About 150 buses and 30 trams are working again. The City Council reported that more than 500 businesses had reopened within the last week. The Kyiv school district has started online instruction for students, including those in western Ukraine and locations elsewhere in Europe.

There are still checkpoints and barricades on some streets, and sandbags are part of the city's architecture. But there are also large lines of cars now forming on highways into the city, a reversal from the first days of the war when tens of thousands fled and traffic jams clogged the roads out.

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Link

My preferred way to brush up on Russian history...

REALLY good video that deals with a lot of the misinformation and false claims by both sides. Their claimed successes, "the feint", denazification, and more. Highly recommend watching it.