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You claimed Taibbi "just said" what Clapper did, that Russians are "genetically driven" to "co-opt, penetrate, gain favor, whatever," which is plainly false. He has made it clear he's referring to the actions of the state, not the genealogy of Russians. Furthermore,Taibbi criticized Clapper for making another similar xenophobic remark. You are factually wrong here.SaintsInDome2006 said:Ren, Russo-eugenicism isn’t a thing, that’s why this claim is ridiculous. He specifically referred to ‘historic practices’.
Secondly, it doesn't take a genius to see how this Time cover is a problem. It looks like it could have been ripped straight from anticommunist propaganda from the 1930s. Any person with functioning blinkers can look at it and draw similarities between the two, you don't have to be an eXiled fan to see it. It's inspired xenophobic depictions of the Russian menace. People have made casual homophobic jokes about Trump/Putin as well. No need to be obtuse about it, just own it.
Last- are you saying that because Russo-eugenicism isn't a thing, that this is ok? You would at least agree Clapper's claims about Slavic DNA are a bad way to frame it right?