[Gaffer]

And yet, your description of Putin, with the exception of any ‘manly’ connotation, could be changed with the replacement of the word ‘Putin’ by ‘Obama’ and a change from 14 to almost 7, and it would apply here, too.

[elhombrelibre]

Yes, and they both have fingers and toes, too.

My point would be that they're both threats to liberty but in different ways.