Who would have ever thought that we would have to look behind a Bible to find out where Putin was hiding? Could there be a more godless man on the face of the Earth? This is a revelation in more ways than one!
So happy you gave us the translation to read, Thom. All this tracks with anything one reads by Masha Gesson, who along with thousa…
Who would have ever thought that we would have to look behind a Bible to find out where Putin was hiding? Could there be a more godless man on the face of the Earth? This is a revelation in more ways than one!
So happy you gave us the translation to read, Thom. All this tracks with anything one reads by Masha Gesson, who along with thousands of other LGBTQ Russians have to live in exile. Actually no one is safe there who speaks against Putin. And the ones that truly love him, love that too; older Russians were pining for the "old days". Well now they have it! They are not welcome in many other places as it once was.
Wouldn't you like to look into Putin's closets or a chance to see what his relationship is with the big, tall, strong men in his bodyguard contingent?
Defying Putin will make him want to hurt you---capitulating and being weak will make him want to hurt you. He is a sadistic, paranoid little bastard. A poisoner. Not exactly Stalin, at least not yet.
Oh, my. Just as long as we don't conflate closeted with sadistic and paranoid! But who didn't think he was a little nervous about his masculine identity way back when the bare torso on horseback photo blanketed media around the world! But the old "Napoleon Complex" meme about a short guy didn't necessarily imply gay. My guess is more of identifying self with country: internalized jingoism? So the greatness of Russia is the greatness of him. (I can't resist going off a bit on symbolism of missing parts of Russia subconsciously feeling like parts of Putin missing. Paging Joseph Campbell Re: seeking that last bit of Osiris....)
Who would have ever thought that we would have to look behind a Bible to find out where Putin was hiding? Could there be a more godless man on the face of the Earth? This is a revelation in more ways than one!
So happy you gave us the translation to read, Thom. All this tracks with anything one reads by Masha Gesson, who along with thousands of other LGBTQ Russians have to live in exile. Actually no one is safe there who speaks against Putin. And the ones that truly love him, love that too; older Russians were pining for the "old days". Well now they have it! They are not welcome in many other places as it once was.
Wouldn't you like to look into Putin's closets or a chance to see what his relationship is with the big, tall, strong men in his bodyguard contingent?
Defying Putin will make him want to hurt you---capitulating and being weak will make him want to hurt you. He is a sadistic, paranoid little bastard. A poisoner. Not exactly Stalin, at least not yet.
Oh, my. Just as long as we don't conflate closeted with sadistic and paranoid! But who didn't think he was a little nervous about his masculine identity way back when the bare torso on horseback photo blanketed media around the world! But the old "Napoleon Complex" meme about a short guy didn't necessarily imply gay. My guess is more of identifying self with country: internalized jingoism? So the greatness of Russia is the greatness of him. (I can't resist going off a bit on symbolism of missing parts of Russia subconsciously feeling like parts of Putin missing. Paging Joseph Campbell Re: seeking that last bit of Osiris....)
Legendary homophobe, maybe. Conflating those things never crossed MY mind.
Combine fear and envy and you have a recipe for persecution.
Curiously, Campbell wrote "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" and Masha wrote "The Man Without a Face".