Posted on 12/17/2013 9:58:01 AM PST by Neoliberalnot
With America clearly in mind, Putin declared, "In many countries today, moral and ethical norms are being reconsidered."
"They're now requiring not only the proper acknowledgment of freedom of conscience, political views and private life, but also the mandatory acknowledgment of the equality of good and evil."
Translation: While privacy and freedom of thought, religion and speech are cherished rights, to equate traditional marriage and same-sex marriage is to equate good with evil.
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I think Putin’s act is a front for his true intentions. That said, I regard his active policies as more freedom-oriented thank Obama’s, but that’s not saying much.
He's right - that IS what liberal elites are doing...
Putin is former KGB under the Soviet Union. No, he is not one of us.
But, he does care about his own country at least, and that causes wonderment on our side of the world these days since our own putative leadership does not.
Talk about damning with faint praise!
That's why so many people respect Putin so much more than we respect Obama. If Putin had been born in the US, he'd love his country and his people, still.
That bar’s set too low for limbo, lol.
Never understood that logic. You could've said the same about Fidel Castro.
Agreed, all politicians are actors. On the other hand, Putin is a man. I can’t say the same for the pathetic piece of blacktrash in the white house.
Putin knows that even 70 years of communism could not destroy the Orthodox church in Russia. I think he is trying to co-opt it, or at least, have it on his side.
“They’re now requiring not only the proper acknowledgment of freedom of conscience, political views and private life, but also the mandatory acknowledgment of the equality of good and evil.”
He’s right - that IS what liberal elites are doing...””
Agreed, much of what Putin says is right on target. Putting out the message, whether he believes it or not, is enlightening to his people.
I wouldn’t say that about Castro. He plunged his country into fifty-plus years of misery, and murdered tens of thousands of his people.
You could’ve said the same about Fidel Castro.””
Perhaps, but if you don’t think Bo hates you, all freepers, and millions of other non-africans, you are in for a serious awakening.
X-KGB and Politician? I know we are hurting for leadership but don’t fall for that one.
There was a young lady of Niger
Who smiled as she rode on a tiger;
They returned from the ride
With the lady inside,
And the smile on the face of the tiger.
The "country" he loves is the Soviet Union, whose dissolution he calls "one of the great tragedies of history."
Sorry, but I can't balance an opportunistic defense of Orthodox Christianity against a heartfelt admiration for a system that destroyed tens of millions of human lives -- and coopted the Orthodox Church as well.
“Is Putin One of Us?”
If by “us” you mean Communist, yes.
I have no idea what Buchanan is.
I believe that Putin is a proud Russian who loves his country. Other than that...who knows how to take Putin? I prefer him to obama, but that’s not saying a lot.
It seems we are caught between two devils (evils).
Putin appears to be preferable for a number of reasons.
He is harsh, but competent, which seems better than the helter-skelter Obama.
Is Putin one of us?
No.
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