Seems people’s first instinct to this kind of criticism is to say “but what about the US?” Ineffective because many people who say this already know the US is bad. So instead I’ll say; I have queer friends in Russia. Queerphobia is horrendous, backwards, and not to be brushed off. Thus I deeply resent the US for forcing me to side with reactionaries against it. The US is that much of a threat to the planet.
Granted “side with” is doing heavy lifting. I can do the “critical” but I’m not sure how to do the “support” beyond simply voicing my opinions.
Whatever the case, though queerphobia is a tendency rightfully associated with fascists, that alone is not sufficient for fascism.
Queerphobia is horrendous, backwards, and not to be brushed off. Thus I deeply resent the US for forcing me to side with reactionaries against it. The US is that much of a threat to the planet.
Also, it is important to highlight that Russia; along with China, the Palestinian resistance and Iran; were victims of the dialectical baiting made by the US. I wrote a post about it going into detail what is the dialectical bait:
In this other comment, I added two emails of Epstein and his russian collaborator where they stated that they wanted to use this State Duma legislator that has support with the LGTB community.
Seems people’s first instinct to this kind of criticism is to say “but what about the US?” Ineffective because many people who say this already know the US is bad. So instead I’ll say; I have queer friends in Russia. Queerphobia is horrendous, backwards, and not to be brushed off. Thus I deeply resent the US for forcing me to side with reactionaries against it. The US is that much of a threat to the planet.
Granted “side with” is doing heavy lifting. I can do the “critical” but I’m not sure how to do the “support” beyond simply voicing my opinions.
Whatever the case, though queerphobia is a tendency rightfully associated with fascists, that alone is not sufficient for fascism.
Also, it is important to highlight that Russia; along with China, the Palestinian resistance and Iran; were victims of the dialectical baiting made by the US. I wrote a post about it going into detail what is the dialectical bait:
In this other comment, I added two emails of Epstein and his russian collaborator where they stated that they wanted to use this State Duma legislator that has support with the LGTB community.