Your definition of "imperialism" as it relates to Russia is so vague it would also apply to the Statesian north annexing the confederacy, or Burkina Faso kicking France out. All you really mean is that Russia is an active player on the global stage, but that isn't inherently a bad thing. Imperialism as a system is a well-understood stage in capitalist development, that itself is bad, and is the biggest obstacle to socialism and human progression. Not Russia, which is actively working against said imperialist system.

Again, Russia is not exploiting the global south, and is actively working in the interests of the global south in contesting imperialism as a global system.

No, I'm a human being, and I have no reason to block you. You keep stating that I've lied, yet you haven't explained how.

What "disproven, false stories" have I spewed? Are you denying Platner serving in the US military, and having Nazi tattoos?

Considering you are actively advocating for an imperialist boot with Nazi tattoos, and literally said "vote blue no matter who folks, Platner kicks ass," it makes sense that you believe what you say.

Better to organize in working class parties than continue to prop up bourgeois parties.

I'm a Marxist-Leninist, I'm absolutely on the left. You quite literally stated "vote blue no matter who" in the very beginning, then proceeded to keep mentioning the article despite me never bringing it up. This is a literal line from you:

Vote blue no matter who folks, Platner kicks ass.

I was not using it, I was responding to your point.

I'm well aware that the military preys on the vulnerable. I'm also well aware that Planter openly admitted to volunteering not out of desparation, but pleasure. I will not back off when it comes to anti-imperialism, you're throwing the question of US imperialism and settler-colonialism under the rug because the conclusions are damning for your argument. The US Empire must be dismantled.

Further, I am not OP. You are not talking to OP. I raised the points of Platner's participation in US imperialism and war crimes, his Nazi tattoos, and the fact that supporting bourgeois parties will never bring about worker emancipation. Stop bringing up the article like it has anything to do with what I am saying, I was responding to your "vote blue no matter who" claim.

I do not support the US imperial military, as it's an extremely brutal means by which the US Empire cements its neocolonial and imperialist extraction around the world. No good has come from the US military outside of its participation in World War II in the last century. The problem isn't simply the leaders, it's the entire imperialist system the US Empire rests on, along with its ongoing settler-colonial project. Platner's participation in that system is well-documented.

What lies? Are you confusing me with OP? I gave you my 3 claims. Are you denying that Platner is a former imperialist boot? Are you denying his Nazi tattoos? Or are you of the belief that supporting bourgeois parties is a viable path to worker emancipation? Your article is addressing OP, not me, so you're clearly not actually addressing me.

Platner is a former imperialist boot, and does have Nazi tattoos, and continuing to support the democrats over any worker-forward parties will not advance the interests of the working classes. These are my claims, I am not OP, and throwing petty schoolyard insults at me rather than responding to my actual claims isn't going to help anything.

No idea what you're insinuating with the caviar bit.

Do you think you're convincing anyone with petty insults?

Continuing to support bourgeois parties will never result in proletarian emancipation. Supporting a violent war criminal with Nazi tattoos is what voting blue no matter who has led to.