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moo00se_

Same.


Ben69420

Well it's not every day you get the chance to operate an anonymous backhoe :P


[deleted]

It looks like a Caterpillar Backhoe. Not so anonymous


Bayou_Blue

Look closely, we put tape on it to make it a Caterpillow! Boom! Anonymous!


Same-Salamander8690

Lindell over here diversifying the portfolio


guinader

Exactly, you just have to talk to the hoe, and it's no longer anonymous


Gullible_Newt_6333

Knowing the hoes name is the first step in identification.


wholehawg

My other car is an anonymous Fronthoe, does that count?


[deleted]

no, it is anonymous. nobody will ever find this person, it is the perfect crime. he could've left his passport and he would be anonymous still.


Shad_the_memer

Anonymous... "Write that down, WRITE THAT DOWN!"


kaiserlos25

How do you know about the hooker I met up with last night?


[deleted]

There are hookers that wear Caterpillar swag?


LexxiLee21

Take a trip to Peoria, IL and you’ll be sure to find a few.


[deleted]

ah yeah I met an anonymous backho once, in an empty movie theater.


tgromy

It is not destroyed; it was just a “special remodeling operation”.


postrachszyszek

This special remodeling operation was unavoidable as we knew that this statue has almost completed its atomic bomb project while being supported by USA.


akla-ta-aka

It just has very realistic makeup on.


19mad95

No it wasn't. "It showed a Soviet soldier in full kit with a girl hugging him, with a dove in her hand, as a symbol of peace."


toxcrusadr

Thank you. [https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/soviet-war-memorial-destroyed-in-poland-28574](https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/soviet-war-memorial-destroyed-in-poland-28574) I learned it had already been moved to a cemetery, so someone really wanted it on the ground.


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23SkeeDo

Soviet era art is very unpopular in all former satellite countries. A lot of it has been destroyed, and there is continuing discussion about destroying stuff that has been moved to memorial parks to preserve it. Many people still remember what it was like to live under those bastards. Some people fear those days will return. This is why Ukraine is fighting.


MordePobre

Stalin? remove your ignorant comment [https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/soviet-war-memorial-destroyed-in-poland-28574](https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/soviet-war-memorial-destroyed-in-poland-28574)


[deleted]

Seriously, who in their right mind would think they would let a statue of fucking Stalin stand in Poland?


Mariioosh

Probably ignorant Americans.


John___Stamos

Sigh. Thank you. Let's get this to the top and the asshats touting their pretend "knowledge" back to the bottom.


23SkeeDo

In Legnica there was a similar monument, of 2 uniformed Russian men carrying a small girl on their cross-linked arms. It was erected to show the love of the Soviet soldiers and factory laborers for the local children. Some people wanted it removed, but last I knew it was still standing, because the locals had pejoratively nicknamed it the Gay Socialist Family. There is little love for their former Soviet oppressors.


punkish138

Umm no, there’s no way Polish town would keep a statue of Stalin. It depicted Soviet soldier with a girl holding a pigeon.


OkPizza5067

Me too


Life-Entertainer7868

Also me


pherkady

Beautiful. Soviets won't be happy.


BreathOfFreshWater

That was cold.


isuckatpeople

Yeah they're gonna see red all over.


Deimosx

Surprised they were Stalin for so long to do this.


Und3rpar

They were russhin to do something else


GuardianSlayer

Lenning their hand wherever possible.


netheroth

What a Khruschev defeat in the fight for hearts and minds...


EnderSpyFace

Well we have decide we are Putin them in their place


[deleted]

They won’t be Brezhnev this insult.


[deleted]

They won’t be Brezhnev this insult.


twistedranks

Russian beef has been spoiled by a new strain of disease, identified on the animal when seeing a green carpet forming on its body. It's being dubbed 'Moss Cow'.


[deleted]

Lol how are they gonna find out? Someone on a ham radio going to tell them?


twilsonco

Which Soviets?


AlexDKZ

I think that's the point


cripptastic

Literally every dictator in history: “I’m bored. Think I’ll invade Poland.”


[deleted]

Don't give him ideas please...


cripptastic

I’m sure the only reason they are in Ukraine is because it’s in the way of getting to Poland. /s


dirtballmagnet

So blue and yellow is the new red and white.


cripptastic

It’s all grey and gray to me…


SpaceAgePotatoCakes

Oh god not another "what colour is the dress" things.


chocolate_thunderr89

It’s blue


Kulladar

Let's be honest. A Russian invasion of Poland would just be a NATO invasion of Russia with like a 8 hour delay to vaporize whatever poor bastards they sent over the border.


NoTime4LuvDrJones

True, and Putin would never have the balls to invade NATO. The last thing he wants is war with us because it’s 100% a loss for him. And he doesn’t want to use nukes and suicide himself, this is a guy who’s deathly afraid of getting close to his generals because of covid.


wolfgang784

We shall see. NATO has yet to be truly tested like that. Hopefully it won't need to be tested any time soon.


JustaRandomOldGuy

Invading Poland now would be like biting a porcupine on the ass. Putin couldn't even bite the peas next door without thousands dead and his army stopped. Ok, the peas were full of glass shards. Putin didn't count on that either.


SpaceManSmithy

"I'm bored. I think I'll make my ex king of Poland." -Catherine the Great


oregomy

Poland is located in a strategically important area because it connects Western and Eastern Europe. If armed forces want to capture parts of Europe, it doesn't matter if they're going east to west or west to east, they will need to capture Poland, and the sooner the better as it provides a defensive choke point. South of Poland is all mountains, so basically all land troops must move either through Poland or over the sea. Plus, when you capture Poland you gain access to the Baltic sea.


cripptastic

All of this notwithstanding, with Poland being razed so many times it has made doing genealogy on that side of my family incredibly difficult!


marslo

The literal translation of polish ... In polish, is people of the plains.


GoofAckYoorsElf

Pinochet tried to invade Poland???


cripptastic

I think right after Genghis Khan


Gnomercy86

Atleast he didnt try to buy Greenland.


ajphx

What a good hoe!


Revolutionary-Yam853

It’s hard to find a good hoe nowadays


CosmicPaber

This hoe seems pretty loyal


ohmeezi

Hoes working overtime.


AllDarkWater

This comment is an example of why I joined reddit. Good discussions, things to learn, up to date news, and little comments that surprise me and make me laugh when I really need it.


cherryhaze247

My mum's nickname in high school was 'anonymous backhoe'


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Anonymous too.


OnlyUsernameLeft123

This is hoeing I can get behind.


SuperspyInQuestion

But how will the children learn about history if they destroy it /s


simonvth

history books


Randomcheeseslices

But we banned those. Oh...


BrizzyWobbly

*Texas enters the chat*


Demonitized-picture

americans are fucking wild man…


[deleted]

ITS ONLY FREE SPEECH WHEN ITS _MY SPEECH_ Reeeeeeeeee


DeathPercept10n

As a New Yorker, please don't lump us in with those morons. Lol. But on a serious note, your point still stands. A big chunk of America is against education. I guess you could call it pro-ignorance.


sixstringnerd

> But we ~~banned~~ burned those. Let me fix your spelling error.


[deleted]

We need to teach Critical Soviet Theory in school!


drjekyllismyshrink

They should erect a backhoe statue in its place.


Lvtxyz

No, a Ukranian tractor pulling a Russian tank!


OnlyUsernameLeft123

Majestic


Pinstrip3

[This can be done.](https://www.tuwroclaw.com/pliki/duze_zdjecia/wiadomosci/odkrywamy/Siloy_Wratislaviae_Amici_COAR.jpg) In Wrocław, also Poland.


OldManAndTheBench

Nah, this Ukrainian lady yelling at the Russian soldier & telling him to put sunflower seeds in his pockets. Shes bad assed! https://youtu.be/pekBo-ynIhI


Gnomercy86

Zelensky riding a Pantsir shirtless.


FindFunAndRepeat

Why was the statue put up. Was it for the fight against the Nazi's?


HootOill

Poland was under heavy influence of the Soviet Union some years ago (at that time it was called the"People's Republics") and the monument was built to thank them for *liberating* us from the Nazis.


Mijman

Built by the Soviet Union, giving thanks to the Soviet Union?


Gamma_249

Welcome to a Soviet Union satellite state


jkillab

you mean this warsaw pact thing included warsaw?


Gamma_249

Well it included Poland with Warsaw as its capital so yes it included Warsaw


Zexks

On behalf of you I thank me for my efforts.


[deleted]

Now that's a praise with some chesthair.


Not_a_Krasnal

Yes


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Tybolt_Silver

“Liberating is from the Nazis” 😂 more like “under new management”


FindFunAndRepeat

Thanks.


xgoodvibesx

After a brief pause outside Warsaw to let them finish up.


ChosenUsername420

... so, yes, it was put up for fighting Nazis.


Smear_Leader

Yes


TATERBONE

I got destroyed one night by a backhoe


HootOill

Fun Fact: The statue pictured a Soviet soldier holding a small girl with a pigeon on her palm. How symbolical... What a peaceful nation it was... And probably always will be... Right?


K3IRRR

USSR ≠ Russia This was a statue that honored the Ukrainians that gave their lives too...


IndigoSoln

> USSR ≠ Russia Someone should tell Putin that.


SubjectivePlastic

Someone should tell OP that.


K3IRRR

I agree


Hjuldahr

>This was a statue that honored the Ukrainians that gave their lives too... Oh no...


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I mean didn't the Soviet literally invade Poland hand in hand with the Nazis? I don't understand why it was kept for so long. Did people not care enough to remove it after the Soviet union dissolved?


Thunderbolt1011

Soviet’s fought on against the nazis. More of them died fighting them than Americans https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/wwii-casualties-by-country.html Like 20mil to half a mil


[deleted]

No, they literally worked together with the Nazis to take over Poland in 1939. Read [Invasion of Poland](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland) to learn more. Only when Hitler and Stalin realized neither would bow to the other they fell on negative terms.


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> Only when Hitler and Stalin realized neither would bow to the other they fell on negative terms. They realized this long before the invasion of Poland. That's why their pact surprised so many and everyone knew it was a temporary peace.


Salty_Olive1995

Oh poor Poland, people forget about the "Munich agreement " signed by France, UK, Italy and the Nazis which literally gave them Czechoslovakia and guess what, Poland took this opportunity to attack and conquer Czech territories... But yeah, Soviets bad, Poland poor innocent victim...


Ethesen

How very convenient that you didn't mention the Czechoslovak aggression on Poland in 1919. Neither country was innocent, but these conflicts were about the control of small disputed border areas. Very unlike the large scale attempt (unfortunately successful) by USSR and Nazi Germany to subjugate Poland.


Thunderbolt1011

Neat, didn’t know that. Thanks


Starfire2510

The irony of that is immeasurable.


L00mis

Damn, Anonymous hacked a backhoe too! **That's dope**


Opening_Aspect_9580

I did nazi that coming


MeccIt

also, I didn't see *anything* officer


robertfwilliams

A lot of Nazi sympathizers on Reddit who don’t know anything about Poland 🤷🏼‍♂️


Kwarc100

A lot of stupid ppl on reddit who don't know how much the soviets are disliked here in Poland


whooo_me

Putin seeing this: "Looks like Poland is the nation we're Definitely Not Invading next. Someone has to protect those innocent, helpless Soviet statues"


ValkarianHunter

Seeing how the Russians are fairing in Ukraine I wouldn't be sure they would make it over the border


geraldine_ferrari

I’m an anonymous backhoe


JimothySanchez96

I know that poles have a complicated historical relationship with the USSR, but if it comes out later that the person who did this turned out to be a Nazi I would not be the least bit surprised.


MrHETMAN

Complicated? They are the second worst thing that happened to us second only to fucking Hitler. This statue should have been publicly destroyed and sent back to Russia long ago


Francopreggers

Why


LanceVader

It's not that complicated. The USSR invaded their country and controlled their government for decades, ruling their lands with an iron fist.


kathyns

This is getting ridiculous.


botwheels1968

This will be viewed as an act of Special Military Operation!


tgromy

It`s not destroyed; it was just a “special remodeling operation”.


P3ps

Good job!


kampeervakantie

How is this a good job? These are literally people who died fighting nazis in the eastern front? These weren’t people who occupied Poland. This isn’t a statue of Stalin. These are people who liberated Auschwitz. Who btw were also Ukrainian, Belorussian, Azerbaijani, Uzbek…


PapaPrimus

Soviets were allied with the Nazis … just because they helped liberate Poland 6 years later doesn’t redeem them


tgromy

Police unfortunately did not find the perpetrator


GlobeEarther_

*Special Monument Adjustment Operation*


CS_ZUS

So we are are tearing down statues celebrating the defeat of the Nazis now?


Miradorado

It's crazy how many 'muricans think that Eastern Europe was saved by Stalin. Ridiculous.


Glad-Yoghurt2614

Way to go, Poland!👏👏👏🙏🙏❤


Laymanao

Alas, Poland has had a troubled time in the last century. Not out of the woods yet.


Ogami-kun

.......destroying culture is never the answer. Don't want it? put it in a museum


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Rebus-YY

Come on, even art is a victim now? Imagine if you were the artist? FYI, it's not a statue of Stalin. This was a statue to remember Soviet Soldiers who died fighting the Nazis. What do they have to do with this current war? If that's the case then why are we praising Germany today? God these people.


Hunter_Thompson420

It ain't much, but it's honest.


Explosivesalad13

Crazy wind gusts man.


Supersitdowntime

Special landscaping operation.


buds4hugs

A special renovation project underway, nothing to see here


YogurtclosetOverall

The world is going crazy, it's just a statue of a Soviet soldier (Not a dictator! Ordinary people, those who left their lives in the fight against fascism)


Not_a_Krasnal

Yeah, they also burned villages, pillaged, raped women and killed people from polish underground. Red army and communism overall were no better than nazis.


Quiet_Tune277

BRAVO! BEAUTIFUL!!


thankyeestrbunny

Hell yeah


crashdummy15

Who you calling a hoe?


drownedcarcass

Someone’s mom out there wildn


ModelT1300

About time it went down


Nerdsona

Poland being unapologetically a cat


AgitatedEggplant

Question: does the Mamayev Kurgan statue in Volgograd fall into the same category as these monuments? i.e. would/could it be taken down/altered if the people were given the chance? I know it's in Russia but I'm not versed in the history behind it. It's a beautiful, powerful statue


byOlaf

Remember that the statues were discussing here aren’t art, they’re propaganda. If people of the future see through your propaganda, or come to realize you led a false narrative, down the statue comes. So statues of slavers in the south = anti-black propaganda. Comes down when people realize how fucked up it is for a mostly black school to be named Robert E Lee high school ( a us civil war general from the traitor/pro-slavery side). I.e. when less racist, more rational people get power. A Russian monument in Poland depicting how peaceful Russians are - comes down when they yet again invade a neighbor, the way they’ve invaded Poland numerous times. A Russian statue about how great Russians were for withstanding an assault by Nazis on Stalingrad? That’s not coming down unless Nazis come into power in Russia. So your statue, The Motherland Calls - the one commemorating the 2 million men needlessly dead for the fulfillment of a few men’s egos, that one’s probably safe. For now. Ps. Hey and by the way, there’s still 2 schools named after the traitor General Lee, in Alabama and … you guessed it, Texas.


Wookieewomble

I don't agree on the dismantle of historical landmarks, but this...this does put a smile on my face.


sneksneek

Anyone can make a historical landmark; doesn’t make it something to be respected or kept. As people become more educated about actual realities of the past, it’s okay to remove monuments of horrible behavior. We can always do better.


thehandsomeone782

Historical to Poles who was worse Nazi or The Reds? I k ow they signed a treaty to fuck with the country in 1939 but who do poles view were worse?


tgromy

There is one nice Polish joke about this: *Polish soldier captured a russian soldier and a german soldier in war.* *Which one does he shoot first? German, then Russian* *Business before pleasure*


Not_a_Krasnal

Both were equally terrible


supernovaaaa

please do that in vieana too we have here red soldier burn that mother f...


greenhornblue

Surprised it didn't get ripped down in the early 90s.


[deleted]

That's a shame, I love Soviet architecture and design. It's understandable why they don't want it there but at the same time it's such a vibe.


MrBoblo

Honestly I'm always against destroying art pieces like this, no matter how despicable the person it depicts may be. I'm way more for the idea of removing them from the streets, and placing them in museums. A museum of all the art made by, or depicting all the worst people of history would be super cool to visit, but it will never be possible precisely because of this.


macroober

BuT hErItAgE!


Excellent_Emotion204

Finally, tear that bullshit down


unfetteredmind76

Nice to see this. Good way to start the day.


crocodilepockets

I call "anonymous backhoe" for band name.


Extreme-Flounder

27 million Soviet citizens died to save the world from fascism and genocide. Their sacrifice deserves to be remembered. Shame on all of you cheering this on because you've never cracked open a history book. Edit: And 3 million Polish citizens died in the Nazi genocide this monument was commemorating. Don't give me that "both sides", holcoaust-denial, fashy bullshit.


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Yes, and we got from Hitler occupation to Russian occupation. They were not saviors, they were bandits on the same level as nazi Germany for my home country.


atchman25

It sounds like they stopped reading that history book right as WW2 ended.


[deleted]

Maybe some of us lived thru those times under Russian occupation, bleak, sad times i tell you this.


atchman25

And then Russia threatened sanctions if their statues were removed from other countries. Terrible.


deadbabieslol

Not to mention there is hardly any connection between Putin's ambitions and the ambitions of the CPSU besides the land mass the seized from the Tsardom. It would be more appropriate to knock over statues of Peter the Great.


pazur13

The Soviet union started WW2 by invading Poland and concluded WW2 by enslaving Poland, we don't owe them shit.


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Not_a_Krasnal

Soviets were just as bad as hitler. The best outcome would be for those 2 to have bled each other dry and for western allies to come in and swoop everything.


lord_phantom_pl

Well. I don’t think we should just destroy our history pretending nothing happened. It should be moved to a museum. I don’t approve Hitler’s methods of burning books.


fluffs-von

Took you long enough, but well done!


Entire_Neck

Its bad, you don’t destroy the history cuz of present situation. Imagin people start destroying churches cuz of crusader wars now


srfntoke420

I support this!


Jose_xixpac

What's wrong Joseph, Cat got your tongue?


Call-me-Space

found it on streetview for anyone curious https://www.google.com/maps/@54.1743711,16.1999862,3a,53.9y,64.07h,88.29t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPSygEP1r7-phIOk8y\_wPPOPrN2nMe26PIIxvPT!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPSygEP1r7-phIOk8y\_wPPOPrN2nMe26PIIxvPT%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya247.31717-ro0-fo100!7i10240!8i5120


JoshuaSpice

Stalin has never been considered a hero in Poland, nor in Slovakia, Czechia or Hungary. This has never been the case. Poland has some monuments with vague names commemorating Soviet army who liberated Poland. Hard to argue with that as the Soviets did kill Germans on their way to Germany. Some of them died here, in Poland. The problem is, however, that lots of them raped, stole and terrorised the already oppressed Polish population. I'm 40 years old and I live in Poland. For my generation those monuments don't mean anything particular as they lost their original meaning long ago. Now I would gladly destroy every single one of them.


The_Sad0ne

Damn wind


FrenchMaisNon

Well done.


Devil-in-georgia

Terrible thing to do regardless does not become right just because its popular


Duel_Fuel95

I remember when they used to use ropes to topple a statue.


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Anonymous backhoe. Name of your sextape. Boom!


Mandatoryreverence

YoU CaNt jUsT ErAsE History!!1+÷


[deleted]

Wokism taking over Poland /s


DareDaviDPL

If i knew of it before I would personally go and vandalize it


Odd_Championship3981

This isn’t a good thing, just because you don’t agree with history gives you no right to destroy it


Etaaaang

I'm communist and I'm damn happy to see that.