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   Phil Yagoda to All   
   Re: Why Do Putin And Republicans Sound S   
   11 Apr 22 18:38:00   
   
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   From: gayrightistsx@yahoomail.com   
      
   >   
   >   
   >Why do Putin, Trump, Tucker Carlson   
   >and the Republican party sound so   
   >alike?   
   >   
   >29 Mar 2022   
   >   
   >In a speech delivered last Friday   
   >from his office in the Kremlin,   
   >Putin criticized the west's "cancel   
   >culture", which, he charged, is   
   >"canceling" Russia - "an entire   
   >thousand-year-old country, our   
   >people". It was the third time in   
   >recent months Putin has blasted   
   >the so-called "cancel culture".   
   >   
   >Which is exactly what Trump, Tucker   
   >Carlson, and the Republican party   
   >have blasted for several years.   
   >   
   >"The goal of cancel culture is to   
   >make decent Americans live in fear   
   >of being fired, expelled, shamed,   
   >humiliated and driven from society   
   >as we know it," Trump said as he   
   >accepted his party's nomination at   
   >the Republican National Convention   
   >in 2020.   
   >   
   >Tucker Carlson, one of Fox News's   
   >most prominent personalities, has   
   >charged that liberals have been   
   >trying to cancel everything from   
   >Space Jam to the Fourth of July.   
   >   
   >Putin's fixation on transgender   
   >and gay people has also been echoed   
   >on the American right. Republican   
   >state bills aimed at limiting LGBTQ   
   >rights or discussion in schools are   
   >soaring. Last fall - months before   
   >Texas's Republican governor Greg   
   >Abbott threatened to criminalize   
   >parents who give their transgender   
   >children gender-affirming care -   
   >Putin argued that teaching children   
   >about different gender identities   
   >was "on the verge of a crime against   
   >humanity".   
   >   
   >Then there's admiration for Putin   
   >himself. Just before Putin ordered   
   >a full-scale invasion of Ukraine,   
   >Trump deemed him "savvy", "genius",   
   >and "smart" for "taking over a   
   >country, literally, a vast, vast,   
   >location, a great piece of land   
   >with a lot of people, and just   
   >walking right in".   
   >   
   >https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/29/putin-trump-tucker   
   >-carlson-republican-party?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1   
   >   
   >   
      
   Most traitors sound the same.  No surprise here.   
      
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