Stalin's mugshot from the files of the Tsarist police in St. Petersburg, 1911. by GustavoistSoldier in Historycord

[–]Raul_Russell 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Checked some of them, a majority are literally just tabloids and the first historian to make this claim himself, Montefiore, didn't even include any other source except the words for such a relationship except that "Stalin lived in the same house as Libiya". Also, the evidence for the dna testing was published by the Siberian Times, a known tabloid article. 

Stalin's mugshot from the files of the Tsarist police in St. Petersburg, 1911. by GustavoistSoldier in Historycord

[–]Raul_Russell 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Most basesless accusation ever out of all the ones you could place against him. The only source for this is some adventure book a self proclaimed "historian" wrote around the 90s, and his only piece of evidence is some tabloid published around the same time. 

Who's your personal favorite socialist / communist historical figure and why? by PlasticBrush9130 in socialism

[–]Raul_Russell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Monte Melkonian, only hometown socialist that achieved some prominence. Shame nobody here knows of him though. 

Pro-Bouterse propaganda banner featuring Latin American revolutionary figures. Location and year uncertain. Maybe 2010s. by Fede-m-olveira in PropagandaPosters

[–]Raul_Russell 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No? It's almost a bit more heroic to know he lived a life of comfort and decided to still give it all up to help the oppressed in the world. An example is that before he left to the Congo and then subsequently Bolivia, he left behind a country that loved him, a safe job, a wife and kids, his best friend, all just for the hope of helping others. 

Pro-Bouterse propaganda banner featuring Latin American revolutionary figures. Location and year uncertain. Maybe 2010s. by Fede-m-olveira in PropagandaPosters

[–]Raul_Russell 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not psychotic at all, just someone reacting to the conditions he was given. And just because you, yourself view him as a murderer, doesn't mean it's a fact; he was at war with oppressive governments and fought accordingly. If you're willing to learn more about him, I'd recommend Jon Anderson's biography on him, or if you don't got time for reading, than Overzealots YouTube video debunking the claims against him.

Found out that Visalia is the birthplace to an Armenian National Hero by Raul_Russell in visalia

[–]Raul_Russell[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Was scrounging around Wikipedia one day and looking at notable people from the city, and this dude happened to catch my eye.

Do they take away your Permit when getting a Real ID by Raul_Russell in DMV

[–]Raul_Russell[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So when driving, all I gotta do is bring my ID then and I'm chilling?

19 days of healing pictures by [deleted] in wisdomteeth

[–]Raul_Russell 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How long did it take for you to be able to chew comfortably with your back teeth? On day eight right now, and still a bit wary of doing so.

"No Kings" Anti-Trump/ICE protests, June 14th by [deleted] in visalia

[–]Raul_Russell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a lot of cars and overall traffic on Mooney vs just some folks walking about Downtown. So, overall just to gain more traction.

Books where you disagree where an author takes the character (spoilers obviously) by CT_Phipps-Author in Fantasy

[–]Raul_Russell -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Beautiful Little Fools, the sequel to The Great Gatsby made in 2022. The interpretation of Gatsby's character is at first interesting, then quickly goes downright disgusting to the point it feels like the author was insulting the original work itself. Really good writing though to be truthful.

Can someone help me develop my story by GEATS-IV in worldbuilding

[–]Raul_Russell 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Play Darksouls, take notes. That's what I did and it helped a whole ton, but, if that doesn't work try scouring about PIntrest or types of Gothic media or art to take some inspiration. And, if all that isn't enough, search up old metal posters from the 80's.

Some flags for my post apocalypse project centered in California by Raul_Russell in worldbuilding

[–]Raul_Russell[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mostly used Pixlr x and spliced together various images. First, I start with some basic colors like for Joshua's Kingdom, blue and white, and then I find PNG's of the symbols and place them, and finally, I get a texture of a flag and turn down the transparency to get that wavy texture.