(VIDEO) Latvia brings down Soviet-era obelisk in capital

Associated Press ^ | August 25, 2022 | Associated Press

[MercyFlush]

Zelensky is defending his country from the zasranec Russian scumbags.

By the way, the kholodets at Restaurant Chekov are pretty tasty. You should go there for lunch today.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Zelensky is an evil, deranged psychotic who desires a nuclear war and will sacrifice every last Ukrainian to keep his power. That you worship him shows you’re just as deranged as he is.

[higgmeister]

On April 19 in the southern city of Kherson, troops from a Rosgvardia police unit hoisted the red "banner of victory" up the main flagpole in the city's "Alley of Glory," a park dedicated to the memory of locals who fought in the Red Army during the Second World War.

You might be interested to know that we have a Confederate Cemetery here in the city that I live in, where the Confederate Stars and Bars is flying on a flag pole continuously.   There is another Confederate Cemetery in the tiny town of Kingston, GA and as a matter of fact there are a very large number of Confederate Cemeteries where the Confederate flag in flown. The Russian Border guards were clearly replacing the historical flag over a memorial park in just the same way we do it.

The National Guard (Rosgvardiya) is separate from the Russian Armed Forces.[2] A law signed by President Vladimir Putin established the federal executive body in 2016. The National Guard has the stated mission of securing Russia's borders, taking charge of gun control, combating terrorism and organized crime, protecting public order and guarding important state facilities.

Notice it was not the Russian Military.

I'll not bother looking at your other Ukrainian Propaganda for now.

[higgmeister]

A red star is a red star. Just like a swastika is a swastika.

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A red star is ubiquitous and is not a communist symbol since the dawn of time.

This one speaks for itself.

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Here is a French Purple Heart.

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This one is a Japanese Patriotic Women's Association merit badge.

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US-Assistant Secretary Of The Navy Aeronautics flag

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Flag of an U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense

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Red Star Football Club, also known simply as Red Star, a French association football club founded in Paris in 1897, and is the fourth oldest French football club...

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The Magen David Adom is Israel's national emergency medical, disaster, ambulance and blood bank service.

Red Star Yeast Company, LLC is a joint-venture of Lesaffre, and Archer Daniels Midland Company.

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Since 1853, Lesaffre and Red Star have used their passion and expertise to bring superior yeast & ingredients to the commercial baking industry.

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The Chicago Red Stars are a professional women's soccer club based in Bridgeview, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.

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Red Star Göteborg Sports Club

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For honorable mention, the Red Star Line Founded 1871 and Defunct 1935.

I would venture to say that Betelgeuse is, if not the biggest Red Star in the universe, it is at least the most well known and not a Communist symbol.

I'll say again Soviet does not mean Communist even in Cyrillic.   It means council.

[NorthMountain]

On FR we used to frequently mention the 10s of millions of people murdered by the Russian empire

Back then, the truth mattered. For many people, now, only political correctness and groupthink matter.

[apocalypto]

Doesn’t Macy’s also have a red star?

[ansel12]

This might not fit into ya'lls conversation but it does give me an excuse to post this photo of Jackie Onassis.

[higgmeister]

Doesn’t Macy’s also have a red star?

How could I miss that?

[MercyFlush]

“A red star is ubiquitous and is not a communist symbol since the dawn of time.”

I never said it was. Not sure who you’re arguing with but I’ve never said Putin was trying to drag Russia back into communism. He just wants a return to Soviet authoritarianism and Soviet imperialism.

“I’ll not bother looking at your other Ukrainian Propaganda for now.”

Sticking your head in the sand does not disprove the fact that the Russian Duma voted to restore the Soviet anthem.

https://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/europe/12/08/russia.anthem/

It does nothing to disprove the fact that Putin restored the Soviet Red Star as the symbol of the army.

https://www.rferl.org/a/1101518.html

Sorry chum, but I call it “Soviet Russia” because that’s what it is. It may not be communist but it is decidedly Soviet in form.

[higgmeister]

Sorry chum, but I call it “Soviet Russia” because that’s what it is. It may not be communist but it is decidedly Soviet in form.

No Supreme Soviet, No presidium, and No Politburo, but President Putin who embraced Capitalist reforms and brought back the Duma after it was dissolved in the Russian Revolution wants to reinstate Soviet Russia.   Incredible!

"What a piece of work is man!"

"I'm outta here Percy."

[higgmeister]

She was cute but the symbol was backwards, or the negative was flipped.   That looks like a little Pinto filly.

[ansel12]

Close enough for mocking the left though, I don't think they like the picture.

You might already know but this was the symbol of the 45th Infantry Division, until, well, you can guess the 'until' (the 1930s).

[higgmeister]

Wow!   My Mother was born in Hartshorne, Oklahoma.

[kearnyirish2]

Yes, it sucks when you remember what we used to be - and it becomes clear how urgent the leftist propaganda must be countered.

[MercyFlush]

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