[Mount Athos]

Your actual quote was,
“and he hates the gay agenda enough to make it his dominant concern”

You clearly weren’t referring to his supporters when you wrote that.

You were claiming that Putin’s dominant concern was being anti-gay.

Meaning all the power he was gathering was ultimately for the primary purpose of attacking gays.

Which directly contradicts your claim that he is simply using the gay issue in a populist way to gain power without having any real interest in it.

[elhombrelibre]

The only way you get to what you're claiming - that I was not talking about Putin's supporters - in what I wrote is to take out the first clause. Why do you insist on doing that? Yes, by quoting only the second clause in a different context your point makes sense. However, it's transparent that that's not what was written or implied.

Leaving the whole sentence alone makes the point I have repeated to you several times. If you wish to misconstrue what I wrote by changing it, or if you wish to misconstrue it after I've explained it to you several times, then I cannot say that you're real concerned with what I wrote.

Defend Putin if you must. He's still a fraud no matter what you say.