Russian politician says Apple CEO Tim Cook 'should be banned' from country after coming out as gay

[newthinking]

35. Your approach is heavily politicized. I am an intellectual and deal in trying to inject honesty into

these things.

My views, though humanly imperfect, are completely intellectually and liberally supportable.

It is actually you and some of the other people here that express overly simplified views that incidentally end up doing much the same thing (types of hate and lashing out using vitriol) that you are at the same time trying to oppose.

Here is a video of an interview of specialists discussing Dugin (the most predominant) and his fascist movement in Russia. It is not political, it is a FACTUAL discussion. Marlene Laruelle says almost precisely the point I brought up.

Marlene Laruelle: From Paris to Moscow: Rise of New Far Right Movements Across Europe
Carnegie Council Events feature speakers that are prominent people in the world of international affairs, from acclaimed authors, to Nobel laureates, to high-ranking UN officials. Their remarks are followed by a lively and well-informed…

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/54578361

You can try and paint people with more nuanced (and quite frankly often more experienced and traveled) understandings of what is going on in these countries as some kind of evildoers, but you will have to live with your own conscience; because whether you and similar others here understand it or not: You are actually expressing a mindset of that which you claim to revile (and I also revile) in the mindset that we so often see in Republicans and their ilk.

Because there is so much (inaccurate) painting on this subject I am thinking about adding this as an OP along with the transcript. it may be helpful.