How? How is it possible that one of the leading global magazines thinks its okay to elect this man, Person of the Year?
Yes, in lots of ways he is person of the year, but not for his humanity, goodness, struggle for civil liberty or any other human trait that one could wish for in a leader.
This is the man who allowed the Mayor of Moscow to call Gay people Satanic, who swore that Gay people would never have the same rights as 'normal' people. That single sex marriages were a 'moral poison' in our schools.
Who encourages Orthodox Christian Youth Groups to patrol Moscow parks looking for 'criminal activity'.
Who demanded that public artistic representations of Gay people were banned.
But lets be honest .... is he really doing anything radically different to that which many american states are doing at the moment. Opposing same-sex marriage, queer-bashing as a national sport once more, creationism, god in the classroom, maybe people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
.... and just maybe monkey see monkey do ....
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