I remarked several years ago about this phenomenon. It seems to have roughly coincided with Putin's decision to cozy up to the Russian Orthodox Church and attempt to portray himself as a protector of Christians in the Middle East as well as the crackdowns on gay men & lesbians.
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Yep—I remember that you were on top of this when I started noticing it in like 2013.
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Honestly, in some cases, such as the Pat Buchanan types, it didn't surprise me at all. In other cases, it was just weird. As I said at the time, Reagan and Buckley must have been rolling over in their graves.
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As someone who leans libertarian at times, it is all deeply embarrassing and disturbing. I’m wondering when the LP will address their RT problem...
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And, as an evangelical, I am also disturbed every time I hear a Christian leader refer to Putin as “Pro-Family Values”, i.e. he’s so anti gay marriage he puts lgbtq people in jail.
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Additionally, it seemed to be routed in the idea that Putin was a "strong" leader compared to the supposedly "weak" Obama. Trump was tweeting about that meme long before he ever entered the 2016 Presidential race.
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What do you figure he's going to do with them?
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Uh, were you not paying attention for the last 6-8 years???
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What they did with anti-nuke protesters in The Americans was terrifying
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Anti-nuke protesters everywhere, really...
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Rise of Christian nationalism and creeping authoritarianism on the right are also to blame.
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Thanks for helping them.
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Is DT a dupe though? I wouldn't be surprised if there's quid pro quo's like the left posits ... But the look on DT's face in Helsinki ... I wonder if it could be just violent threats to DT or his family.
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The same people who called me unpatriotic for being skeptical of the Iraq War are now calling me unpatriotic for being pleased at the prospect of improved US-Russia relations.
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Oh no Matt, he’s doing this on the left as well.
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*some* liberals then. the *president* today.
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America, you have to deal with this POTUS for another 2 more years or maybe even more if you don’t vote him out.pic.twitter.com/vOvXKGd79S
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