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Russian President Vladimir Putin has seemingly invited conservatives chafing under "neoliberal ideals" in their home countries to move to Russia, where he claimed "traditional values reign supreme," and Alex Jones suggested he might take him up on the offer.

The Russian president signed a decree offering assistance to foreigners seeking temporary residence in his country and expanding the quota approved by the nation's government and setting aside a requirement for knowing the Russian language, history and basic laws, and Jones urged his followers to consider sanctuary there.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Let these douchebags go. Chances are they'll be bitching about their situation in no time and looking to come back.

Don't give them asylum.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm for all weird right-wingers moving to Russia.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Once they get their Russian citizenship any of the Americans that do this should remember to find a US embassy/consulate and renounce their citizenship so they don't get taxed by Uncle Sam.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh man I would feel so owned if conservatives moved to Russia. Oh no, please don’t. Please.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I might even enter a triggered state.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

They want a criminally immune haven for their hate speech, of course they are.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

... setting aside a requirement for knowing the Russian language, history and basic laws, and Jones urged his followers to consider sanctuary there.

Makes sense. After all you won't need to know any of that stuff out on the front lines in Ukraine.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And if they try to come back here later we can tell them our borders are closed!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Or throw Alex Jones into a deep, dark hole for skipping out on paying the sandy hook families what he owes them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I say we send him to Russia, revoke his citizenship, use tax dollars to pay the victims, and call it breaking even.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Man, that would really own the libs wouldn't it?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I, for one, would feel incredibly owned. More owned than any liberal has felt before.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

[–] [email protected] 63 points 2 months ago

Is there a GoFuckThem that I can contribute to?

[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I am also intrigued by Putin’s plan to take all our country’s conservatives.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Just going to hand them rifles and send them to Ukraine....

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

The only problem is that they are most likely the assholes that have no problems ripping everyone else off, and doing so might mean taking the wealth they've misappropriated with things like their hate content away from us and any legal accountability. Meaning that a priority should be to make sure their accounts are frozen when they attempt to go over there.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

Welcome Comrade! Advance behind this man. When he is shot, pick up his rifle and continue!

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago

They can go then.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 67 points 2 months ago

"This new decree blows the lid off the establishment's agenda, letting freedom-loving folks bypass the usual bureaucratic nonsense like language tests or history exams," Jones

Alex Jones, pro-immigration and a strong advocate of removing any process to naturalize citizens in a new country.

😄🤣

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

I hear Grigory Potemkin already has a village built for them in the Crimea.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

We got a few crazy people in other countries as well, come on Putin. You can take’em all.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wasn't there an ad a few months back, put out by the Russians, claiming the same thing - a sanctuary for westerners who want to keep traditional values? I remember it because it had some supposedly well-known Russian porn actress in it, acting as a pure smiling maiden or something like that...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Are you thinking of the Bill O’Reilly infomercial?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I really don't know, it's just something that I scrolled past on social media, perhaps it was just a joke/troll post. I'm kind of sorry I even brought it up here.

EDIT: I think I'm remembering this https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/russian-conservative-village/, and the porn actress thing must have been some joke someone on the internet came up with to mock it.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Was about to comment, you remember that Canadian YouTuber that moved his family to Russia, couldn't get a permanent visa because they don't know Russian, and presumably moved back?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

They have not left, and are indeed building a house there and posting endless pro Russia videos.

Nevermind the initial articles and the poor wife's tearful video that was deleted after they were "requested" to do so. Which of course they then denied and said of course they edited it themselves.

https://www.youtube.com/@countrysideacreshomestead2008/videos

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

That's integrity for ya

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