Randy Potts looks at an article by Lester Feder about the anti-gay propaganda law in Russia. The article reminds us that Russia and its former satellites are already highly homophobic. Putin is playing to that sentiment. And he's doing it in hopes of
recreating the Soviet empire. Potts puts it this way:
To its neighbors, Russia is suddenly a bastion of morality and also the seat of the glorious Winter Olympics, a brave, proud country that can save Ukrainians and other Slavic nations from the pedophile values of the West.
And later: Putin's neighboring countries (the ones he wants back under his influence)
will be watching as every bit of Western noise against the new anti-gay law is answered with a smile and a pledge that Russia does not violate human rights.
Russia isn't violating human rights, according to their beliefs, because gay actions aren't human.
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