A two word answer (and a seemingly dismissive one) is what seemed rude on this side of the screen.

I'm not in this discussion to wound you, but I am surprised that for someone who seems to have an interest in international affairs, your take on the Ukraine and Venezuela was essentially, "this is dumb". It takes a lot for people to hoist themselves out of their everyday routines to challenge their governments and defend what they believe in, especially if they're being shot at. It's not as if the respective leaders simply said, "I want more money even though I'm not entitled to it" and then BOOM country is fucked and people are in the streets.

Sure, maybe I'm jumping to conclusions, but man, the other thing is, in another comment you straight up called for someone to be assassinated. That's fucked. I'm down for free speech, but I think that's a fucked up thing to say. Do I think Russia would be better off if Putin weren't in power? From what I understand, yeah, probably but an assassination could have all kinds of unforeseen repercussions. With what's going on in Ukraine, that could be a whole storm of badness.

If I'm blowing stuff out of proportion because I didn't get the joke, then sure, I'll apologize but I don't think I'm being out of line.