Originally Posted by
Nicholas Laureys
And on the Putin evildoer-porn, I just want help from you all, since I'm probably quite biased: what has the man done that makes him so hated by your average Western citizen? Is it the intolerance to LGBTism? The convenient disappearance of some journalists? (How great would it have been for 2020, election- and covidiot-wise, if certain of OUR journalists had gotten "disappeared"?). The stinginess with approving protest permits? (Who cares1845485 about losing the right to riot downtown, if in exchange you could have an actual border and, bonus, get transgenderism banned from being taught in schools?). So, help me out, in a world where the perfect politician doesn't exist, I'm trying to figure out where Putin's strengths and weaknesses stack up so poorly against the ones of OUR leaders.