Hard to say which is more pathetic and vile, Putin talking about cancel culture from the police state he created or saying the West declined to “cooperate” with Russia, an invader. Putinspeak is worse than Orwell’s newspeak.
Putin openly appeals to the far-right forces in the free world, an attempt to create an alliance of those who grasp for power at all costs while pretending it’s for religious, family, or conservative values. Fascism is not conservative.
Putin’s speech so far sounds like a racist, homophobic cranky old uncle babbling about values while everyone rolls their eyes. But do not forget this man is a war criminal who is directing an onslaught of terror in Ukraine right now.
Ukrainian soldiers in the trenches singing the Ukrainian version of the WWII anti-fascist Italian resistance anthem Bella Ciao x.com/CharaCamgirl/status/15…
Iranian women — no Hijab — sing the Farsi version of Bella Ciao, the anti-fascist anthem of the Italian resistance during WW II x.com/daniellebraunOL/status…
From the archives | But if President Lincoln were to free the slaves—a preposterous idea—how would that be fair to slaves who risked life and limb to escape or who actually bought their emancipation the old-fashioned way: through hard work?
The Editorial Board, 1863
Prop I is a foolhardy attempt to turn back the clock at immense cost. Reasonable people may disagree about JFK/GHW — this isn’t a reasonable measure. We shouldn’t build a wall on our waterfront or pretend climate change isn’t real. We should reject Prop I.
sfstandard.com/politics/grea…