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highplainsdem

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5. King wouldn't be able to write fiction as well as he does if he didn't automatically wonder what

Reply to Eyeball_Kid (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 18, 2022, 12:22 AM

Mar 2022

motivates Putin. That's simply trying to understand him, which is important to understanding interactions between people or between a person and his environment.

King isn't trying to make Putin more sympathetic here. The opposite, if anything.

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Stephen King: Putin can't bear to let Zelensky win. The Z-man is everything Putin is not. [View all] highplainsdem Mar 2022 OP

I sense there is some truth in this. Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #1

Some writers want to play with the idea of humanizing Putin's behavior. Eyeball_Kid Mar 2022 #3

King wouldn't be able to write fiction as well as he does if he didn't automatically wonder what highplainsdem Mar 2022 #5

"He (Putin) should be tried, convicted, and executed." pazzyanne Mar 2022 #7

Profilers examine motives and causes. wnylib Mar 2022 #12

Very good points. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #15

Seems to me it's all about domination with Putin. calimary Mar 2022 #18

My thoughts exactly! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #2

The Statesman vs The Dictator Deuxcents Mar 2022 #4

The Great Dictator L. Coyote Mar 2022 #8

Also because Zelensky isn't the stereotypical tough guy JI7 Mar 2022 #6

Putin is a soulless ghoul, while Zelenskyy exudes strength, warmth, and humanity. ShazzieB Mar 2022 #11

I believe putin thought President Zelenskyy would be weak like trump because he was a tv star on a mucifer Mar 2022 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author YoshidaYui Mar 2022 #9

Stu Redman outlived Randall Flagg. dchill Mar 2022 #10

IIRC, PCIntern Mar 2022 #16

I love this cartoon LiberalLovinLug Mar 2022 #13

I look at that and conclude: "somebody's over-compensating." calimary Mar 2022 #19

...and don't ever forget that PCIntern Mar 2022 #17