i'm all for tearing down propaganda - really, it's what i do here - but the reaction against the russian refugee claims is bordering on illiterate. the response is to show an empty border crossing. did they read the article?

1) the 675000 figure refers to the number of people russia has claimed have crossed the border over the last two months. that's about 11K/day. if we assume ten border crossings and a steady flow, that's about 50 cars at any given border crossing at any time - not an amount that would be conspicuous. further, many people no doubt left via train or plane. if you're looking for a stream of huddled masses marching with knapsacks, you're greatly underestimating the wealth in the area. rather, you want to look for a slow stream of people buying plane tickets.

2) the 143K number refers to the number of people who have requested refugee status. there's no evidence of these people moving because they haven't moved. they've just filled out a form.

i have no way of knowing if the numbers are correct, but can we try and actually read what we're claiming to debunk before we go full retard?

the not reading the article part is probably the problem.

it was bad enough when people just read the headlines at the grocery store. twitter has turned this into a daily habit for millions, and even dignified it as 'efficient'.

full retard is consequently just about the perfect description...

let me state this more concisely:

twitter's grand accomplishment of reducing the content of media to an eye-catching headline is precisely american consciousness reaching it's final state of full retard.

it is the absolute perfect encapsulation of our idiocracy on the point of collapse.

http://rt.com/news/ukrainians-leave-russia-border-452/