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Ineffective writer , , , etc. Focus on Orthodoxy, the far-right, & nationalism in Russia. Я человек больной.

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    31 Aug 2017

    it me at on Russia Conspiracy Twitter, the Russian soul, and how Kennan ruined everything.

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  2. 16 hours ago

    in addition to being an extremely atrocious take, this is very unhelpful to religious folks struggling with depression and suicide who struggle to have conversations about suicidal ideations with pastors/priests/etc. and receive the sort of "one-way ticket to hell" response

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  3. 17 hours ago

    i don’t think the primary issue with the alt-right is they’re too “pro-russian.”

    WARNING: The American alt-Right are an ideological 5th Column for pro-Russian anti-Democratic conservatives. Alexander Dugin is the leading Kremlin anti-West/anti-NATO philosopher & Steve Bannon is his disciple. Breitbart is their Pravda. Their vision for America is terrifying.
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  4. Jun 7

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  5. Retweeted
    Jun 7

    there are 35 official languages and over 100 minority languages in Russia, there are hundreds of ethnicities, and around 10 million Muslims.

    A joy to be in St Petersburg. A place untouched by the myth of multiculturalism and deranged diversity. .
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    Jun 7

    St. Petersburg is literally a testament to cultural adoption inspired by a grand tour through Western Europe.

    A joy to be in St Petersburg. A place untouched by the myth of multiculturalism and deranged diversity. .
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  7. Jun 7

    i’m fecking howling here

    A joy to be in St Petersburg. A place untouched by the myth of multiculturalism and deranged diversity. .
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  8. Retweeted
    Jun 7

    tfw the Gramsci hits

    I will fight hegemony with all my strength. Hegemony is the survival of the fittest. Hegemony is the end of the rule of law.
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    Jun 7
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    papal miaphysitism

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  10. Jun 7

    i regret this

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    Jun 7

    (food cw) ra ra ra's poutine, egypt's greatest fast food chain

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  12. Jun 7

    evidently Lauren Southern and Brittany Pettibone are in Russia for a "massive project" that, if their YouTube trailer of sorts is any indication, appears to be little more than a series of interviews to help the West understand Russia, which is mysterious.

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  13. Jun 7

    hypostatic papal union

    Pope Francis and Pope emeritus Benedict XVI often seem far more profoundly united than anyone may really understand, writes.
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  14. Jun 6

    this is my worst nightmare

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  15. Jun 6

    anyway, i just thought i'd throw that in there since i've seen a few pieces on "the americans" and religion writ large, some of which somehow don't even mention russian orthodoxy, which is... weird.

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  16. Jun 6

    in its own weird way, "the americans" ended up complicating the standard narrative you get about orthodoxy and its relationship to the state and to the people—especially those who were opposed to the church on ideological grounds—during this period, both in the USSR and abroad.

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  17. Jun 6

    this is meant to be happening around the same time as a crucial period of time for the russian orthodox church, both in soviet russia and abroad: the church, the show makes clear, isn't an independent body, but its priests still operate as individuals

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  18. Jun 6

    then, of course, there's father andre's own situation. he never seems particularly forced, and—as the one priest's complaint about fr. andre's “moral weakness”—shows, there's clearly some sense, rightly or wrongly, that he's doing this somewhat willingly.

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  19. Jun 6

    "i know it's not perfect with god and everything," says philip, in jest, in season 5 right before what was probably one of the best scenes in the entire show. all this after elizabeth's obvious discomfort with paige's own faith.

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  20. Jun 6

    that said, i think overall the show did a good job of portraying, in the limited time it spent on this subject, the tension between the obvious cultural import of orthodoxy and the fact that the "official" soviet mentality toward it was often, at best, one of disapproval.

    ok ok, i know there are some weird inaccuracies in “the americans,” but the FBI arguing in the final episode that the russian orthodox church would “go down in flames” if the people knew of priests’ ties to the KGB is objectively absurd.
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  21. Jun 6

    considering going full intellectual masochist and doing ancient greek (which i've done before) and russian next year. is this insane? (tell me this is insane.)

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