[BroJoeK]

delta7: "As much of the world has recoiled from the Western agenda,

1. gay marriage,
2. Trans in every sector of government,
3. boys in girls restrooms,
   
4. men in woman’s sports,
   
5. XYZ’s controlling the narratives,
   
6. destruction of the family, etc.…..

I really don’t think their country will be worse off with Russian governance."

This is 100% insane Russian nonsense:

Seriously?? Do you not grasp how utterly insane your words are?
You're going to claim "moral equivalence" between a brutal, murderous foreign dictatorship over Ukraine with western democratic tolerance for gay marriage??
The rest of your list is just pure nonsense, both here and certainly in Ukraine.
For one thing: you're counting media headlines and click-bait as if they represent reality, they don't.
For another: the worst of it ends the day conservatives are elected to majorities in the US government, hopefully in November.

But Vlad the Invader's military conquests would enslave Ukrainians forever, just as they were under the Old Soviet and Tsarist Russian Empires.

Seriously, did you ever consider why Ukrainians love the West so much?
It's because, however bad we might be (and nobody claims we're perfect), in comparison, Russians are 100% pure evil.
No sane person wants to be ruled by Russians, it's a fate worse than death, and good people would chose death first.

1930s Holodomor -- this is what Russians do
whenever they have power over Ukrainians:

delta7: "In fact, the Ukies present course of adopting Western “ways”, is destroying them…..and many Ukie citizens ( and Slav’s) realize this."

For crying out loud, that is purely 100% insane nonsense because, for starters: one serious election reverses everything people claim to dislike about "western culture".

But once they've been conquered militarily by Vlad the Invader, Ukrainians will be Russia's slaves forever, no escape, abandon all hope ye who enter the hell of "Russkiy Mir" oppressions.

Nor will the rest of the West ever find relief from Russia's relentless empire-building expansions.
That only ends when Russians are firmly defeated and held in check.

This is what it's all about:

[bert]

Although your arguments are sound, you can never really argue with an ignorant man. Free Republic is besotted with narrow minded Russophiles.

[JonPreston]

The atmosphere among European leaders regarding Putin has escalated to absolute hysteria.

The vast majority of European citizens have no idea why.

The cause is the collapsing Ukrainian front.....#Ukraine️ #Russia #Putin #UkraineRussianWar#UkraineRussiaWar#UkraineWar pic.twitter.com/Bc7Lboo3dv— Richard (@ricwe123) February 25, 2024

[desertsolitaire]

Is there anything positive about the current Ujraine invasion that suggests anything but eventual defeat for the Ukes by mismatch of demographics, a determined Russua and anemic Western aid effort (anemic in effectiveness, not cost)?

[gleeaikin]

Why is it that Russia/Putin people are so fixated on gender identity and sexuality issues as characterized by their term, Globohomo. For some, their fixation is even so distorted as to consider homosexual rape as a MANLY punishment. I wonder if Putin, as small man, was punished this way in his youth. It would explain his need to be all powerful, rich, and ruling. Also his display of naked chest to show off his masculinity. Relax, folks, so long as nobody is making you do these things against your will as an adult, not as a minor, stop worrying. Certainly offenses against minors and the vulnerable are rotten.