For the Putin-arse-kissers among us:

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http://bluntandcranky.wordpress.com/2014/03/02/for-the-putin-arse-kissers-among-us/

"He is a despicable mass murderer, warmongering, profiteering, homophobic serial invader of sovereign nations, and by all rights should be doing time in a UN prison. Without possibility of parole.

Putin can aid and abet a wanker who fancied himself a tech wiz and become a darling of libertarians on the left and right, and that may charm them into thinking he is a good guy, but the reality is quite different. One calculated act of maskirova does not outweigh the brutal repression , invasions, and perversions of justice for his own benefit. And that isn’t even including the crimes against humanity committed during his KGB days.

A question to any and all Putinistas, Putin apologists , Putin fans, and suchlike: how in the f***ing f*** can you do it? In the face of these atrocities, how can you give aid and comfort to such a monster?

And what does your support for a demon make you? Just a gullible idiot? Or a monster yourself? "

Source material at the link.

On update: this is a repost of a blog that is posted outside of DU and is not directly pointed at DUers. So the "DU never does this" line is misplaced, because I never said DU did.

Here is the link to one pro-Putin post: http://my.firedoglake.com/seaton/2013/12/22/2013-vladimir-putins-year/

And another describing the phenomenon on the Right: http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2014/02/11/the_conservative_man_crush_on_putin.html

There is a world outside of DU, ya know.