Why is Putin getting a pass from many?

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125. I was very engaged during that period

Not myself or any other whistleblower supporter sang the praises of Putin. I personally harbored great concern for his safety there. I didn't expect Putin to grant asylum.. or if he did, that it would be of any other purpose other than to use Snowden as leverage for some other political gain. And that I think is likely the case, I expect Snowden's knows that too, but is not in the position now to do much about it. They didn't think this through, but it is what it is. Supporting Snowden's efforts and his well being is not support for Putin.

I just checked out the links you provided and I don't see that as a lot of Putin apologists. There are a few posts that could be argued as such, but not a lot. And I am quite sure there not many (if any) Putin apologists during that time period last summer. There were a lot of attacks on Snowden and those of us who supported him, were being smeared with as Puty Lovers. It's sort of the same thing going on now.