Putin mocks U.S. embassy for flying rainbow flag

[AProudLefty]

You don't care about LBGTQ?

I don't care about what Putin thinks. Do you?

[ExpressLane]

I don't care about what Putin thinks. Do you?

I care about anyone who is LBGTQ being treated badly regardless of their nationality.

[Cypress]

Putin does care about the Russian people,in the same way Trump or Biden care about the USA..
I completely agree with the rest of your post -Russia (not just Putin) has long called the west "decedent"

I am sure virtually all world leaders have justified in their minds that they have the citizens interests at heart.

Difficult to mind-read Putin, but he is clearly no Stalin or even Brezhnev. But I find it hard to believe an ex-leader of the KGB suddenly became a devout Orthodox Christian. It seems more likely to me that Putin is cynically creating the impression and trappings of a theocratic State because it serves the interests of the Kremlin at this time.

[dukkha]

I am sure virtually all world leaders have justified in their minds that they have the citizens interests at heart.

Difficult to mind-read Putin, but he is clearly no Stalin or even Brezhnev. But I find it hard to believe an ex-leader of the KGB suddenly became a devout Orthodox Christian. It seems more likely to me that Putin is cynically creating the impression and trappings of a theocratic State because it serves the interests of the Kremlin at this time.

anything is possible.
But he's a nationalist in a country with a large adherence to the Russian Orthodox church

[dukkha]

You don't care about LBGTQ?

I dont care how Russia rolls - but again this law is targeted to children. I'm sure gays haven't the unfettered right s they do here -but it's their country

http://www.globalequality.org/compon...ghts-in-russia
The federal anti-LGBT propaganda law, as signed by President Putin on June 29, entered into force in Russia on June 30 of this year. (The official version in Russian is published here.) In the federal law, propaganda is defined as: “distribution of information that is aimed at the formation among minors of nontraditional sexual attitudes, attractiveness of non- traditional sexual relations, misperceptions of the social equivalence of traditional and non-traditional sexual relations, or enforcing information about non-traditional sexual relations that evokes interest to such relations . .

[Phantasmal]

I am sure virtually all world leaders have justified in their minds that they have the citizens interests at heart.

Difficult to mind-read Putin, but he is clearly no Stalin or even Brezhnev. But I find it hard to believe an ex-leader of the KGB suddenly became a devout Orthodox Christian. It seems more likely to me that Putin is cynically creating the impression and trappings of a theocratic State because it serves the interests of the Kremlin at this time.

Putin is one of the richest men in the world that is what he cares about. Russia is just a means to an end. He benefits the people, if it benefits him. It’s why Trump admires him. Putin is a very crafty man.

[Cypress]

Putin is one of the richest men in the world that is what he cares about. Russia is just a means to an end. He benefits the people, if it benefits him. It’s why Trump admires him. Putin is a very crafty man.

I heard a theory that Putin has acquired so much wealth through corruption that one reason he wants to stay in office forever is to make himself immune to the risk of potential prosecution for financial crimes.

[Phantasmal]

I heard a theory that Putin has acquired so much wealth through corruption that one reason he wants to stay in office forever is to make himself immune to the risk of potential prosecution for financial crimes.

That makes a lot of sense.

[Irish]

Why the hell are we flying it? Are we now a fairly country and not the US?

The whole world is laughing at how weak the left has made us.

[katzgar]

I care about anyone who is LBGTQ being treated badly regardless of their nationality.

so you dislike the asg and his homophobia?

[dukkha]

Putin is one of the richest men in the world that is what he cares about. Russia is just a means to an end. He benefits the people, if it benefits him. It’s why Trump admires him. Putin is a very crafty man.

such Russiaphobic crap. It's the same thing you say about Trump.

Putin has a long history of service to the USSR and now Russia- it makes sense he would want to stick around.
He has unfinished business trying to resuscitate the Russian economy from our mindless sanctions.
He's sticking around for Russia

[PostmodernProphet]

Quote Originally Posted by AProudLefty View Post
You said we can express anything and we have a history of it. So if we display any flag besides our flag and Putin has a problem with it, he can go fuck himself.

Russia needs to go away.

if you and the ambassador want to take a dick up your ass and fly a rainbow flag to celebrate it I have no objection.......just don't do it at the US embassy........

[countryboy]

It's no big deal though. We have spoken about this many times, and our position is clear," said Putin, who has sought to distance Russia from liberal Western values and aligned himself with the Russian Orthodox Church.

"Yes, we passed a law banning the propaganda of homosexuality among minors. So what? Let people grow up, become adults and then decide their own destinies."

The legislation has been used to stop gay pride marches and detain gay rights activists.

Putin said during the campaign to change the constitution that he would not let the traditional notion of a mother and father be subverted by what he called "parent number 1" and "parent number 2".
https://www.yahoo.com/news/putin-moc...180741217.html

Why the fuck is the embassy flying an LGBTQRSTUVWXYZ flag in the first place? If heterosexuals, come up with a flag of their own, will the embassy fly that too? Of course not, because it's idiotic. What kind of moron is "proud" of their sexual proclivities. News flash, NOBODY GIVES A FUCK.

Whoever is responsible for hoisting that flag should be immediately relieved of duty, and summarily shit canned.