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[–] Keld@hexbear.net 11 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Okay but Putin has banned being gay in public, he was part of the regime that killed the soviet union and he fucking sucks.

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 6 points 11 hours ago

He's a sick mafioso who wields reaction at his convenience, but what would you guess to be Contra's stance on Navalny was to anyone who didn't bring up Navalny's actual politics? My guess is that she'd to like the other libs and call him a hero who was too brave for this world.

[–] Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 22 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

That's why it's critical support of them in their anti-imperialist struggle and not uncritical support of their domestic policies

However if I see someone being overly critical of an official “enemy” at a crucial time like a coup attempt or imperialist invasion, and talking about nothing else, I see that person as an enemy.

the only countries i uncritically support is DPRK and Cuba. Pretty much every other AES has major flaws or foreign policy problems. Russia has better foreign policy than China does, which is very cringe and pathetic for China.

[–] HumongousChungus@hexbear.net 14 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

I hear that, and looking at how he helped to illegally dissolve the soviet union as a Yeltsin protege, it's super-true. It also means unless the US falls, there's no way to reliably replace him; the West introduced Putin to the world in the first place.

We should recognize that the West wants a further-right figurehead and they only support rebellion to that end; if we don't defend the people of the world from the USA, there will be very few global gay liberation wins.