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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhere have all the Russia-apologists of DU gone?
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10028950553Journalist critical of Putin beaten to death. Suspects at large.
There used to be so many people here on DU who pleaded that Russia is not as bad as US-propaganda claims.
People who posted articles and links.
Lively, long-winded, interesting and challenging discussions.
Warnings that the US is not as innocent as it proclaims.
We used to discuss videos of what's happening in Crimea.
We used to discuss the evidence whether russian soldiers are fighting alongside the rebels in Ukraine.
We used to discuss whether the white-helmets in Syria are an independent rebel-group or allies of ISIS.
Where are those people now???
Whatever happened to those DU-members?
Well, I know what happened to one of them. I do remember his DU-username, but I will not post it here.
We had many "interesting" discussions and he was always strongly on the side of Russia. And 1 week after the 2016 election he stopped posting on DU...
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Where have all the Russia-apologists of DU gone? (Original Post)
DetlefK
Apr 2017
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Gothmog
(145,176 posts)1. They are all busy on the JPR website
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)8. Jack Pine Russians?
Docreed2003
(16,858 posts)11. Lmao....too true...
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,181 posts)2. Some of them went to NoTrueScotsmanRadicals.com
Others just slinked away.
Almost all of them who hadn't already been tombstoned left around late spring/early summer 2016, for whatever that's worth.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)3. They seem to have infested
a different message board. I know I'm not missing them.
Chevy
(1,063 posts)4. Hanging out at the Intercept and TYT. N/T
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)5. They will return as the Campaign
Season amps up later this year. These bots are still out there.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,181 posts)6. Some have gone west.
Young man.
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)7. Indeed. n/t
Coventina
(27,115 posts)9. They put up their "Mission Accomplished" banner and went home.
kydo
(2,679 posts)10. Probably posting in all those Bernie threads
I finally got sick of it and blocked those wasteful threads. They solve nothing. Just distraction.
Squinch
(50,949 posts)13. My only "trash keyword" words are "Bernie" and "Sanders."
QC
(26,371 posts)12. Maybe they were reassigned to the Bernie is a Meanie!!! Brigade. n/t
LaydeeBug
(10,291 posts)14. kick. nt