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Putin's aggression leaves his right-wing fan club squirming
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Feb. 27, 2022 | Jason Horowitz

Posted on 02/27/2022 12:29:38 PM PST by artichokegrower

For years, a global choir of right-wing politicians has sung the praises of Vladimir Putin. They looked up to the Russian strongman as a defender of closed borders, Christian conservatism and bare-chested machismo in an era of liberal identity politics and Western globalization. Fawning over him was a core part of the populist playbook.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: neoconagitprop; neoconslovewar; propaganda
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To: no-to-illegals

What a whopper of a LIE. Only leftist have supported and continue supporting putin

Sadly there are some Freepers who openly defended Putin as recently as a few weeks ago and said that he wouldn't really invade the Ukraine. They may be keeping a low profile right now out of embarrassment, but they are out there.
Russia Invades the U.S.

41 posted on 02/27/2022 12:55:33 PM PST by FormerFRLurker
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To: thegagline

2016-2020 Full Energy independence plus exports - Trump/Pence


42 posted on 02/27/2022 12:56:17 PM PST by srmanuel (`)
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To: artichokegrower

Putin’s fans fall in the camp of moral relativists regardless of their ideology.


43 posted on 02/27/2022 12:58:18 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: artichokegrower
It's so much fun listening to Leftist explain how we think.
They don't get our premises, motivation or reasoning, on the rare cases they do, they misrepresent it maliciously anyway.

44 posted on 02/27/2022 12:58:37 PM PST by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: Steve_Seattle

I will bet you understand nothing about the Orthodox Church and its history.


45 posted on 02/27/2022 1:01:08 PM PST by Hostage (Article V)
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To: no-to-illegals

“Only leftist have supported and continue supporting putin”

Oh there is a contingent here on FR. Not sure if they are still doing it that past two weeks, but they have made many posts.


46 posted on 02/27/2022 1:02:41 PM PST by HereInTheHeartland (remorse)
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To: artichokegrower

I don’t care what happens between Russia and Ukraine. I just know I despise our leftists more than I can describe.


47 posted on 02/27/2022 1:06:07 PM PST by jospehm20
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To: artichokegrower

Listen brainless leftists: when conservatives complain that the Democrats are doing far more more to trash the USA than Putin ever did, they are not making Putin a “fan.”


48 posted on 02/27/2022 1:06:50 PM PST by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: jospehm20
I just know I despise our leftists more than I can describe.

On that we can all agree upon.

49 posted on 02/27/2022 1:07:55 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: Republican Wildcat

Correct. “Tell Vlad we can do the hot tub together after the election” was one of theirs, not ours.


50 posted on 02/27/2022 1:09:02 PM PST by BiglyCommentary
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To: artichokegrower

The left ALWAYS accuses you of what they are doing.


51 posted on 02/27/2022 1:09:05 PM PST by McGavin999 (To shut down the border tell the administration the cartel is smuggling Ivermectin )
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To: artichokegrower

The Democrats hate Putin.
We hate the Democrats.
The enemy of my enemy must be my friend.

It was faulty logic. Now we know better


52 posted on 02/27/2022 1:09:37 PM PST by nbenyo
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To: artichokegrower

Maybe this guy would get a clue that they were the cause.....the woke cancel culture drives a search for the opposite


53 posted on 02/27/2022 1:11:10 PM PST by dila813
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To: Hostage
"I will bet you understand nothing about the Orthodox Church and its history."

I've read a lot about Orthodoxy. I have books by Kallistos Ware, Berdyaev, Florensky, Seraphim Rose, Kontzevitch, Lossky, three translations of The Way of a Pilgrim, five volumes of The Philokalia - about two or three bookshelves of books on Orthodoxy, including lives of saints, dogma, liturgy, icons, and history. As to recent events, I have a book called Holy Rus, which focuses on recent developments since the fall of the Soviet Union, including the Putin era.
54 posted on 02/27/2022 1:12:36 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: artichokegrower

Putin is not our friend, he is a thug and always has been, but he is by no means our biggest threat. That would be China.


55 posted on 02/27/2022 1:15:13 PM PST by McGavin999 (To shut down the border tell the administration the cartel is smuggling Ivermectin )
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Hell yes….I prefer Putin over bammy and biden…however I don’t agree or support his invasion of Ukraine…


56 posted on 02/27/2022 1:15:58 PM PST by TnTnTn
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To: artichokegrower

I am against conflating A) Putin’s stupid and destructive actions with B) the Russian people.

There are millions of good Russian people and there is a lot of good in Russian culture.

Russia isn’t a collection of feral savages.

Russia is a country with very rich potential that is being taken in the wrong direction by a very poor leader.


57 posted on 02/27/2022 1:18:13 PM PST by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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To: artichokegrower

“I’m leaving here in 6 hrs. If the [Ukranian] prosecutors not fired you’re not getting the money.’” ~ Brandon

“10% goes to the big guy.”

Where is the written evidence (provided by the EU and IMF) the prosecutor was corrupt?

Where is the written evidence (in testimony provided under oath before Congress) the prosecutor was corrupt?

When has Schiff provided this evidence?


58 posted on 02/27/2022 1:19:28 PM PST by Its All Over Except ...
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To: artichokegrower

Sorry but I have no moral champion in this fight, just sitting on the sidelines hoping the Libtard’s don’t blow up the world.


59 posted on 02/27/2022 1:21:56 PM PST by MagillaX (My)
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To: Steve_Seattle

Good points!


60 posted on 02/27/2022 1:23:55 PM PST by rrrod (6)
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