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2. Supporting Nalvany is supporting xenophobia

Tue Mar 8, 2022, 05:26 PM

Mar 2022

Navalny’s political fame rests primarily on his success as an anti-corruption activist — but he’s also made waves with his strident xenophobia. In one notorious 2007 video, he equates Muslim militants with “cockroaches” that can only be dealt with by exterminating them. In another from 2011, he depicts himself as an unapologetic nationalist who will deport non-White immigrants from Central Asia and the Caucasus by ruthlessly deporting them. There are other examples.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/01/we-need-have-talk-about-alexei-navalny/

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The only thing he has going for him is he’s not literally Putin. But in every other way …

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Alexey Navalny thread [View all] cilla4progress Mar 2022 OP

I'm not positive this is from Navalny. SleeplessinSoCal Mar 2022 #1

I know.. cilla4progress Mar 2022 #3

As a prisoner, can't imagine him with access to twitter. SleeplessinSoCal Mar 2022 #10

Supporting Nalvany is supporting xenophobia cagefreesoylentgreen Mar 2022 #2

HE WAS RE-DESIGNATED IN MAY 2021 cilla4progress Mar 2022 #5

Fair enough cagefreesoylentgreen Mar 2022 #8

Wow. What a disappointment. I thought he was one of the good guys. Clearly not. nt okaawhatever Mar 2022 #4

Please see my new post - cilla4progress Mar 2022 #6

Thanks cilla. NT okaawhatever Mar 2022 #7

Anything to do with Russia is so full of cilla4progress Mar 2022 #9