In some cases, it's actually pro-Putinism. It's possible that a pro-Putin bias might sometimes begin with "Liberals say that Putin is bad; therefore, he must be doing something right." But years ago, tradcons were writing things like "Putin gets it; why don't we?" Some believe that his strategic alliance with the Orthodox Church reflects…
In some cases, it's actually pro-Putinism. It's possible that a pro-Putin bias might sometimes begin with "Liberals say that Putin is bad; therefore, he must be doing something right." But years ago, tradcons were writing things like "Putin gets it; why don't we?"
Some believe that his strategic alliance with the Orthodox Church reflects a sincere commitment to Christian values -- and that liberals are misguided in being so critical of little things like the assassination of critics and rivals. Some no doubt believe that anti-LGBTQ policies justify all that.
The savagery of the attack on Ukraine does present a bit of a challenge to the "Christian values" and "national sovereignty" defense of Russia, so the radical natcons are digging deep in the effort to find a greater evil in Ukraine -- biolabs! Nazis! -- that might justify bombing Ukrainian apartment blocks, abducting Ukrainian children, and even threatening other parts of the world with starvation by destroying Ukrainian croplands and grain exports.
In some cases, it's actually pro-Putinism. It's possible that a pro-Putin bias might sometimes begin with "Liberals say that Putin is bad; therefore, he must be doing something right." But years ago, tradcons were writing things like "Putin gets it; why don't we?"
Some believe that his strategic alliance with the Orthodox Church reflects a sincere commitment to Christian values -- and that liberals are misguided in being so critical of little things like the assassination of critics and rivals. Some no doubt believe that anti-LGBTQ policies justify all that.
The savagery of the attack on Ukraine does present a bit of a challenge to the "Christian values" and "national sovereignty" defense of Russia, so the radical natcons are digging deep in the effort to find a greater evil in Ukraine -- biolabs! Nazis! -- that might justify bombing Ukrainian apartment blocks, abducting Ukrainian children, and even threatening other parts of the world with starvation by destroying Ukrainian croplands and grain exports.