tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post215398571041540160..comments2024-02-01T20:22:59.199-05:00Comments on Random Brain Droppings: American TraitorsCommander Zaiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-84852819462420888372018-07-30T02:27:50.781-04:002018-07-30T02:27:50.781-04:00Harry: I see your point about "the enemy of m...Harry: I see your point about "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" but here in the glorious South, a lot of Putin love is based him being perceived as Christian and, like I wrote, being white. Pixel makes an excellent comment about how right-wingers believe Putin somehow loves his country more than Obama did the United States. I guess this in part came from Obama's willingness to point out the flaws in American society and government. All the while Putin casually murders anyone who points out Russia has significant problems or that the government is overwhelmingly corrupt.<br /><br />You want to talk nightmare scenarios? While I do not believe trump will ever totally turn the FBI or the courts into his personal enforcers. There are more than a few of his cultist that I believe might form Latin America-like death squads and go after anyone not loyal to the Leader. <br /><br />As far as irrational evangelical Christian love of Israel, that has a lot to do with Biblical End Times and Rapture fantasies. Not sure how religious your upbringing was, but I was exposed to numerous preachers and rank-in-file followers that looked forward to the world ending. <br /><br />Pixel: Yeah! Some comments I've read from Putin lovers have to with their belief that he's pro-life and loved babies or a "real Christian" as compared to their insane belief Obama was secretly a Muslim.<br /><br />The Bug: Yeah, the world's gone tribal and Putin's persona appeals to fearful whites who are scared of all those scary brown and black skin people. Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-78035105616568559962018-07-29T19:07:13.211-04:002018-07-29T19:07:13.211-04:00It's just the most bizarre phenomenon - what h...It's just the most bizarre phenomenon - what happened to the cold war mentality? I just do not understand the Putin love. Except I guess I do - the world is filled with racists & now they have a poster child. The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-34663137079436609412018-07-29T17:07:21.716-04:002018-07-29T17:07:21.716-04:00I remember a comment about Putin (from someone in ...I remember a comment about Putin (from someone in South Carolina) on Facebook during the Obama years: "But at least he loves his country." I think that was the first time I unfriended someone.Pixel Peeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553862902461169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-40771605037052004162018-07-29T10:37:44.656-04:002018-07-29T10:37:44.656-04:00As a former long-time Green Party guy, I've se...As a former long-time Green Party guy, I've seen my share of people on the left who are the equivalent of Jane Fonda. What I assume happened back then is that some people with a predilection gave the Soviets too much benefit of the doubt.<br /><br />It amounted (and amounts) to "the enemy of my enemy is my friend." If hippies were railing against the government all of the time and the government hated the Soviets, then hey...<br /><br />I suspect that because I see people now on the far left (including friends) who really do take the opposite side of everything the government does. <br /><br />Now that is sort of twisted around on the right. "The friend of my friend is my friend." If Trump likes the Russians and the left hates the Russians, then I am going to go whole-hog in favor of the Russians."<br /><br />I'm going to leave it at that and NOT make the extra assumption that they just like tyrants. Even though they also seem really fond of some of Israel's policies and also want to reverse some constitutional protections here (like the part of the 14th that guarantees citizenship to people born here). Harry Hamidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13176265571549991218noreply@blogger.com