Ukraine. Discuss. nt

[The Magistrate]

1. A Question, Ma'am

Why should a charter for discussion of progressive Socialism bar criticism, even expressions of distaste, for Putin?

He is hardly a man of the left, after all; not a Socialist, not a progressive. He presides over an oligarchic kleptocracy whose nearest approach to virtue is that it is reasonably open and honest about what it is, and as a matter of practical fact, he meets most defining characteristics of a fascist leader in his conduct and attitudes and policies. The fact that someone opposes, and is opposed by, the United States, is hardly warrant for support from the left; that is a lesson that ought to have been learnt long ago.