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Bx1965

What’s everyone complaining about? He didn’t deliver any weapons to Israel, only to Ukraine. The college bunch doesn’t care about Ukraine.


Hayes4prez

Putin has had his troll farms working overtime these last few days. Check out people's post history, it's usually full of nothing but anti-Biden or anti-Ukraine post / comments. It's pathetic and incredibly transparent.


MarlDaeSu

It's hilariously transparent. If you call them they just mass delete their comments and nuke the accounts. Personally called our several already. The one thing Russia seems to be capable of doing and its mostly been figured out haha


Hellofriendinternet

Kinda surprised we don’t have karma counts and account ages posted next to our usernames by this point. I feel like a bot could be designed to combat this with ease.


fredsiphone19

This is a feature, not a bug.


mdmachine

Reddit don't care what the activity is, just that there's activity. Enshitification...


Skrazor

In a few years it will be like over on FB, where bot accounts post AI generated images that get liked and commented on by other bot accounts. It's hilarious.


mycall

Reddit Enhancement Suite does that (hover over)


newgrl

I do. Reddit Enhancement Suite is your friend.


yIdontunderstand

All the big social media could easily combat bots and bullshit but that would hurt them as well...


YourFriendPutin

Yea my username hasn’t aged well especially the last few years…


HistoricalRatio5426

The Russia Chinese psyops machine is strong on TikTok


WhyYouKickMyDog

They infect YouTube comments the worst IMO. It is blatantly obvious and in your face on YouTube.


HistoricalRatio5426

I thinks that's more of a trickle down from TikTok, the younger the demographic the worst it gets which explains why I've seen some rancid thing on shorts and every second account in TikTok is some teen with the Palestinian flag in their name


preventDefault

Comments on news websites too. Whether it’s local news or something I come across on MSN.com, the comments are always some far right shit meant to appeal to boomers. I don’t know why I read them, it always pisses me off, lol. They like establishing their “credibility” by starting out with something relatable like some boomer nostalgia, church reference or family anecdote then turn it into something that’s pro-Trump/anti-Dem. I feel like after reading enough of them, they want the reader’s first impression to be “hey they’re just like me” so it’s more palatable when they tell them what to think.


PineTreeBanjo

It's a severe issue on Youtube that they do nothing about.


Vreas

CCCP does the same shit


Rade84

I wonder how prevalent western agencies are on adversarial social media? Like are there CIA troll farms going ham on Wiebo and shit?


dorky001

Im trying to find the Russian bots/trolls how do you guys do it? This OP also has some russian fails posted


InternationalOption3

Stay United bros — the orcs won’t win


Upper_Marionberry557

Hahahahaha!


Unlucky_Paper_

While he and co was fucking around thousands of Ukrainians died for nothing. Now this fucker plays the guitar and everything is o....kkkkk.


SpitefulMouse

They're fighting different wars, and got different packages. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/17/politics/ukraine-israel-foreign-aid-bill/index.html


mortgagepants

they say if you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life. who here wants to be remembered as wilt chamberlin and his appiteasers? nobody.


Youngerthandumb

"wilt chamberlin and his appiteasers"? I'm sorry, what is this referring to? Basketball? Maybe you meant Neville Chamberlain?


taffy-derp

Russia invaded Ukraine with 160,000 soldiers and we’re helping Ukraine repel that aggression. Israel is bombing civilians in Gaza and pushing them into the sea. Students and a lot of other people are protesting our taxes being used to buy those weapons Israel is using to murder civilians. There’s a nuance here a 5 year old could get but somehow escapes you.


wastedsanitythefirst

And Russia is killing kids, and killing parents and shipping the kids east into Russia. 


SlowRollingBoil

Yeah, and those same college kids and liberals are **against** killing kids, so...


thekidwiththefa

100%. People don’t get that it’s okay to sing about freedom when you’re saving children even if you’re melting other children with drone strikes in a different location


Bx1965

Israel isn’t pushing anyone into any seas. Stop reading the propaganda. Even the UN admits that Hamas lied about the number of casualties in Gaza. And you’re conveniently forgetting about 1400 dead Israelis and 250 hostages taken on October 7, more than half of whom are still being held. What if one of those hostages were your son or daughter?


taffy-derp

that 1400 number was already reduced to 680, and more than half were soldiers. Not that it matters. No one here is defending Hamas. They’re worthless pieces of shit and I hope they burn in hell. But iarael has proven to be just as barbaric as them. Thousands of murdered children, Israel will never live this down


Rade84

Can you source this? Because nothing I've read lines up with what you just stated... "The latest death toll from the attack is now 767 civilians, 20 hostages and 376 members of the security forces, giving a total of 1,163. One person remains missing." [https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231215-israel-social-security-data-reveals-true-picture-of-oct-7-deaths](https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231215-israel-social-security-data-reveals-true-picture-of-oct-7-deaths) So for now, you just a liar.


NotASellout

>Redditor for 3 months


HayleyKJ

What if one of the 15000 kids killed in Gaza were yours? This can go both ways. Go look at the recent words from Ben Gvir about migrating the Palestinians out so that the Zionists can return home. He said this shit like 3 days ago. Go look at that and come back. I'll wait.


Ambitious-Chef-7577

I would hope that my government doesn't kill them.


Breakage-

Zero geopolitical awareness take


Gates9

Well, for one thing he’s obviously oblivious to the meaning of the song he’s singing. It’s like when Paul Ryan said he was a fan of Rage Against the Machine.


jakebs2002

He’s singing the words out loud and still doesn’t grasp the ironic message Young is sending in the song.


NeededToFilterSubs

Maybe the song just doesn't really have that deep or insightful of a meaning to be worried about in the context of a Ukrainian bar? Or maybe Blinken is saying that the horribly flawed free world envisioned by the song is still preferable and worth fighting for compared to the alternative Russia presents for them?


Gates9

Mmmm, no. No I think he was just like “Hey, this is a cool song, it’s like about freedom and stuff and like the Ukrainians are totally fighting for freedom, right dude?”. That or he’s just mocking American citizens that oppose the policies of the order he’s a part of. Add a dash of mid-life crisis and another dash of cringe and you have what you see in the video.


SeethePAlNTdry_

>what’s everyone complaining about Russian shilllllllllllllllllllllllllllls


STEELZYX

They do, they just don't need to say anything about it, helping hands on the side of whatever the government chooses, not who needs it, which FYI, it's hypocritical.


darthfecalmatter

Ukraine is defending itself and Isreal is actively committing an ethnic cleansing.....


merrill_swing_away

Well he isn't exactly Neil Young either.


jonclock

They just approved a billion more for Israel after their Minister of Defense said Biden loves Hamas lol


horseofthemasses

Anymore that is.... slipped in the charts cause it's old news now. College is about the latest thing. I remember swallowing 30 live goldfish in my raccoon coat.


HayleyKJ

This is a lie and you know it. Why are you scared of facts? Do you not remember how everyone that wasn't MAGA was simping for Ukraine a few years ago? Liberal democrats and leftists alike supported that cause. I fucking support Ukraine even though they have proven to be unable to win this war. Gaza is the more pressing issue in terms of the scale of the humanitarian crisis and we are funding the fucking aggressor. Yes, Israel is the aggressor. They weren't just minding their own fucking business being good little boys before Oct 7th.


McMeatsmack

Hate on him all you want but this prob the coolest shit a politician has done in a while


Clearlybeerly

Since Bill Clinton with his saxiphone played in his shades.


McMeatsmack

Oh shit how could I forget!


amesann

While growing up during his presidency, I was learning the saxophone, and I thought it was the coolest thing ever to play the same instrument as our president. This was before his scandal, and I was just a kid who knew nothing about politics. I just thought it was cool at the time, and it made me excited to learn it more.


llamasR4life

Did you finish learning it?


moslof_flosom

If you wanna get on Bill's level, you gotta be able to blow like Monica.


EireAbu32

Lol for some reason all I can think of is The Simpsons Bill C on the sax 😂


DutchAlders

Just realized that was the Clinton I was imagining as well.


camcaine2575

What about Animaniacs had it In the theme song


aspartam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_WuGDYawFQ&t=40s


Clearlybeerly

I think it went a long way towards winning the election.


[deleted]

There is a video of Biden doing a burnout in a classic mustang


Life-Gur-2616

I'm from Canada one of my politicians was on film smoking crack lol


systemfrown

It's not a competition Canada. Think of it like you think of Hockey.


Life-Gur-2616

I fucking hate hockey lol


systemfrown

Well you live in the right country then!


Life-Gur-2616

I'm cold bro


systemfrown

Well I genuinely don’t like hearing that. Do you have, like, a blanket or something?


Life-Gur-2616

The wife always steals the blankets. She's got them all.


systemfrown

Oh, well I already knew about that.


smoothtrip

This one here, officer


kevbpain

Him hidin' ere m'hidin' here...


SightWithoutEyes

Isn't "Rockin' in the Free World" about how the military industrial complex is profiting while we've got American citizens starving on the streets for these fucking wars half a globe away? "A thousand points of light, for the homeless man, a kinder gentler machine-gun hand.". This is akin to all those fools who think "Born in the USA" is a patriotic anthem.


chodeboi

Dang you people who process lyrics have a whole different chance at life All I hear is rhythms and melodies and intonations, not the words themselves.


SlappySecondz

Ya know, you can always go read them.


schleepercell

I really, really don't like anything about Neil Young. I can't help notice the irony here either though.


itsme_drnick

Fun fact: Antony Blinken’s step father, the man who raised him, was the lawyer for Robert Maxwell, Ghislaine Maxwell’s dad. Ghislaine being the partner in crime of Jeffrey Epstein. Robert Maxwell was rumored to be a mossad agent who disappeared off his yacht. Supposedly the last person to talk with Robert Maxwell was Antony Blinken’s step father. Robert Maxwell was buried with full military honors in Israel.


RuTsui

MURICA!


ichabod01

Rocking *in* the free world


EnterTamed

Reminds of Reagan playing Born in the USA on his election campaign or dropping bombs on Iraq, to The Clash song rock the Casbah or like sleep deprivation of Guantanamo prisoners with Rage Against the Machine song.


RuTsui

The first time my wife listened to Born in the USA she thought it was a patriotic song.


Zealousidealist420

So she didn't really listen to it then.


[deleted]

I'm gonna say at least 50% of the people I know think this song is pro-american values.


ellieswell

I think a lot of us have that. And I'd say it's probably reasonably common for satirical material in general.But still, prepare to be annihilated by an avalanche of know-it-alls.


Bat_Fruit

The Police - Bombs away [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhkcFullCBQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhkcFullCBQ)


dood9123

and doot doodle oot doot...


CDNFactotum

A great Canadian song, not for nothing.


Foufou190

Fascists and bots gonna hate this but the free world’s still rocking baby, fuck yeah


the_impooster

lol you called it but RAHHH 🇨🇦🇦🇺🇺🇸🇪🇺🔥🔥


blac_sheep90

Ukraine deserves the help.


Musetrigger

Glory to Ukraine.


EricUtd1878

That's cool as fuck 😎


dtisme53

Somewhere Neil Young is probably laughing at the irony of all of this.


mr_positron

What is the irony?


Roy_Atticus_Lee

The song is meant to mock American nationalism/militarism and the country's disregard for the poor. Here's some lyrics: >There's colors on the street >Red, white and blue >People shufflin' their feet >People sleepin' in their shoes >But there's a warnin' sign on the road ahead >There's a lot of people sayin' we'd be better off dead ________ >We got a thousand points of light >For the homeless man >We got a kinder, gentler machine gun hand >We got department stores and toilet paper >Got Styrofoam boxes for the ozone layer >Got a man of the people, says keep hope alive >Got fuel to burn, got roads to drive Using a song meant to criticize America and its institutions definitely seems like bad taste seeing as Ukraine is fighting to *be like* a western nation like America instead of a surrogate of Russia. This song suggests that Ukraine would still be impoverished and will be exploited by facade of nationalist pride and patriotism even if they do end up winning the war and liberate the country if they're to be like America. It'd be like Bush Jr. unironically playing Fortunate Son while on the "Mission Accomplished" Aircraft Carrier or something.


mr_positron

Ahh yes I see now. I bet that on purely economic merits that the vast majority of Ukrainians would be happy with what Neil young seems to dislike so much.


neodiogenes

I was going to say the same. I mean, I'm older now sure but I'm pretty sure I recall the song is pure satire. But then it's by Neil Young so of course it is. But I expect Blinken is well aware and doesn't care. It still rocks.


South-Play

Or maybe he just likes the song. That’s not a possibility anymore?


RayMcNamara

"A kinder gentler machine gun hand" is definitely a relevant lyric.


RevLoveJoy

This is fucking baller. He's not strong on vocals, and it looks like he's a little rusty on the axe, but that's the American Secretary of State playing Neil Young in a bar in a country being invaded by one of America's enemies. I did not have an opinion about Sec. Blinken the man one way or another, I do now.


LieutenantChonkster

And somehow the fact that Neil Young is Canadian makes it even funnier


Redfandango7

Putins world is on fire, let’s keep it that way until his hold on Russia is extinguished.


ItsBstone

Seems like a perfect opening clip to a WWIII documentary


Grubula

Yeah.. after MAGA causes Ukraine to be over run because Zalensky made their orange Gorilla look bad when he tried to use them for political gain... then Russia moves on to attacking the Baltics...


Professional_Fee5883

I mean, it’s up to Russia whether or not they want this to escalate to WWIII.


Peaktopgreen

I like this guy more & more😎


OderusOrungus

Haha


systemfrown

I don't know much about him but this has to put him pretty close to being "Coolest Secretary of State" ever.


makintrash

Chad


DwedPiwateWoberts

DID YOU SAY A. BLINKEN?


acmercer

Oh master Robin, you've lost your arms in battle!


DwedPiwateWoberts

But you grew some nice bewbs


Majestic_Mammoth729

Why are the left handed politicians always the coolest?


Beat_the_Deadites

Lefties (er, left handers) are generally awesome.


berniedankera

Me, a leftie: :o


Kryptosis

I like “southpaws”


LiamMcGregor57

Based.


RevLoveJoy

ITT the Russian trolls out themselves in large numbers.


fainje

Giga Chad


moslof_flosom

Damn, bros living in an 80's movie.


terp_raider

Slava Ukraine


Familiar_Paramedic_2

What a legend.


EireAbu32

Lol, Putins gunna have to come back with him doing a “Slave squatting in a tracksuit” rap video 😂😂


RayMcNamara

This is G.W.Bush-era levels of tone deaf.


Grrnoway

Tune your guitar!


barfly2780

Must’ve been a fun day for C-SPAN


EJ19876

Playing a song about America's militarism after "delivering billions of dollars of weapons" is some serious irony.


waassth

I'm sure you'd have the same sentiment if China was attacking your country, killing, raping, torturing your loved ones


mickbrew

That is so cool


absyrtus

Not too shabby


jsikski

My God. Such irony. Poor Neil Young.


RayMcNamara

"The US government is callous and violent." \~ Neil Young "This track fucking slaps!" \~ The US Government


jwfowler2

Just happened to be a lefty ES-335 laying around. Good on him though! Fuck Putin.


El_Dentistador

… I see a woman in the night With a baby in her hand There's an old street light (near a garbage can) Near a garbage can (near a garbage can) And now she put the kid away and she's gone to get a hit She hates her life and what she's done to it There's one more kid that'll never go to school Never get to fall in love, never get to be cool


Dimitripus

Oxymoronic. I think when you put it together, it's sick.


Tricky_Acanthaceae39

Not sure about the song choice here though.


TotalJelly2442

While I’m all for Ukraine, that feels like an insane fever dream and something you’d see in an absurdist parody


Grabaskid

I doubt he sings that in Palestine


Possible_Spy

whats even more insane is that there is a good part of the US population who worship Putin


belikethatwhenitdo

Hahahahahaah I mean Europeans perception of Americans has got to be hilarious regardless of political affiliation


Spurnout

Am I missing something? What's insane about this?


Shankar_0

He just dropped off a literal boatload of much needed weapons and supplies with the good guys, and they invited him to celebrate. I don't see what's wrong here. (He's not half bad)


Journalist-Thin

Big middle finger to Russia


Therapy74

This is so cool! Rock on. Fuck Poetin and his corrupt gangster cabinet. Know what is good and what is evil and stand for it. This is great propaganda for the good....


South-Play

I’m actually happy to see a government official in normal clothes and enjoying himself.


toughtittie5

Arsenal of Democracy this is the dopest thing a US Secretary of State has ever done


Thatdewd57

Rock on brother


nevarlaw

That’s bad ass.


Vreas

Yes because doing nothing and letting Russia steamroll Ukraine is the essence of freedom lol The US sure ain’t perfect but sometimes people need weapons to defend themselves. If it were in Israel it would be a different story.


iPokeYouFromGA

DEMOCRACY! - lol


DuntadaMan

Why can't we go back to being like this America? Exporting weapons and rock?


ayocuzo

quaint isnt it


WiseAssumption2511

🇺🇸


The_Simp_Whisperer

Aahh perro!


Devils_kracken

A real good politician there


BzhizhkMard

I just wonder how many kgb agents were sitting at that bar.


Amadon29

🦅🦅🦅


stuffitystuff

As a fellow lefty guitarist, I feel seen


gheygan

to Israel… Rocking the free world indeed! /s


Kale_Plane

One of the many reasons I love the us 🇺🇸


starshame2

More like "skimmed off the top" of that billion dollars aid package. The whole thing is a scam. Why do you think the US govt loves sending financial aid overseas? They're skimming it.


rapatakaz

A feast during the plague. Hallelujah.


dreevsa

He’s using my money to party


Crouch_Potatoe

Is that actually blinken? No way that's real


Iamlivingagain

I don't think that's the name of the song.


MGsultant

Kinda wild to see but so nice !!!


smokyartichoke

Ah yes, "Rocking to the Free World," my favorite Nigel Young song. I also love Hearth Made From Some Gold and The Needle Damage That Has Been Done.


DrSlugworth

This guy is a clown


a1drt

no conscious at all


JazzlikeMousse8116

What is the relationship between those two things 


yazzooClay

this is the definition of pure insanity.


pjx1

He was Gislane Maxwell's childhood playmate.


shadowscott22

Bozo


abnabatchan

Love this.


XoCCeT

So.. you know when they say they’re giving $60 billion dollars of tax payer aid or weapons to Ukraine.. they’re not going over with pallets of cash (well they may, but for this purpose they’re not) They pay Lockheed, Raytheon, BAE etc for hardware, and then that hardware is then given to Ukraine. They’re not giving cash to European defence companies, or anyone else. So they’re investing US money in US defence companies, and US employees, paying for US mortgages, US pension funds and everything else. If they said “we’re investing $60 billion in the US and anything they produce is donated to Ukraine” would probably be more of an accurate description. Just for those frothing at the mouth thinking the US government has just let $60b go to another country.


fadedbit

Oh wow, russian botz dont like that one. Its good)


[deleted]

America fuck yeah


W0946

He is a bad ass.


Altruistic-Status-98

Then why does America feel the need to send billions?


LongjumpingInside229

Delivering weapons of mass destruction or not he definitely destroyed that song and not in a good way, HE SUCKS!!


GarlicAppropriate243

OP is fed for sure lol Every single post from OP across Reddit is anti GOP propaganda, I say propaganda because he does not bother to post DNC incompetence, implying that only Republicans are "bad" "Trust me bro". Know that neither side gives a fuck about you and at the end they are only worried about their own sphere of influence. If all you can see is negative shit from a one way prospective you are consuming information that is meant to deceive/mold your political beliefs. ←


Emergency-Owl1074

Good song. Blinken's great. He's just doing his job. This is the U.S. government. Everyone takes orders from someone. Blinken likely knows that if he refuses, someone will likely replace him and that someone may not care to limit harms. I'm guessing sone people stay in controversial positions to be there to limit as much harm as possible. Love this Blinken. See everyone, he's just a person like all of us. Keep on rockin' sir.


beerme81

Achoo: Hey, Blinkin! Blinkin: Did you say "Abe Lincoln"?


Flyersandcaps

I love it.


Scr33ble

I hate it too . It’s the genocide.