Nelson Mandela has died, aged 95

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Far-right? This is the liberal anti-Putinist opposition! She is part of the 2008 Committee with Nemtsov and Kasparov!

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Yep, you're talking about the Russian liberals there. Make no mistake guys, most so-called Russian liberals are in fact Pinochet-worshipping fascists. Some are just more open about it than others.
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That just proves that all your politicians are right-wing loonies, and the only sane people in the country are the commienists, but Stas probably already agreed with that.
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Truth be told, the establishment commies are not any better - they rapidly devolved towards a reactionary joke.
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Saw this on the local news this morning.
Apparently, the sign language interpreter was taking the piss and signing with nonsense gestures.

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Two things that bothered me about that interpreter:

1) My experience with deaf interpreters is that people with light skin where a dark shirt and people with dark skin wear a light shirt, especially in crowd situations. This makes the interpreter's gestures more visible thanks to contrast. Note how this guy is dressed.

2) His face was so blank! In sign languages facial expressions are part of the whole, without them it's like speaking in a monotone.
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His explanation for his fake sign language is right here.
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ASL fluent, married to a CODA, parents-in-law all Deaf. While I know ASL, not South African sign, what was shown there is not American sign language, and doesn't have many of the key features of all sign languages in general. It could be SA sign, but I really really doubt it. The South African Deaf Federation agrees, and they'd certainly know SA sign.
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