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http://americablog.com/2016/08/kremlin-attacks-criticizing-jill-steins-unfortunate-moscow-trip.html Congratulations comrades! We all just ticked off the Kremlin. Again. > > It appears that I’m the subject of a blistering article in the Russian > state propaganda organ > <http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160808/1044038091/hillary-mccarthyism-jill-trump-putin.html>, > Sputnik, over my recent criticism of Green party presidential candidate Jill > Stein’s visit to Moscow last winter > <http://americablog.com/2016/08/jill-stein-moscow-criticized-us-human-rights-said-nothing-russian-human-rights.html> > . > > Stein went to Russia to attend a “gala” celebrating the 10th anniversary > of another Russian state propaganda organ, RT (formerly known as Russia > Today, until they realized they needed to nix the word “Russia” in their > name if they were going to be successful in getting audiences to buy the > Kremlin’s propaganda). > > *At the gala’s dinner, Stein sat at a table with Russian leader Vladimir > Putin and with a key foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump, > retired General Michael Flynn*. > After the event, Stein filmed a video on Red Square in which she talks > about what she did while in Moscow. The video talks about how Stein spent > her time in Russia criticizing the US, on human rights among other things, > but the video doesn’t say a word about the abhorrent human rights abuses of > the country Stein was visiting, Russia. > > Russia, as you know, has a horrific record of LGBT rights abuses > <http://americablog.com/2013/07/russian-vigilantes-kidnapping-beating-young-gays.html>, > including the government enabling neo-Nazis gangs > <http://americablog.com/2014/03/meet-vladimir-putin-favorite-neo-nazis-russia-crimea.html> > to kidnap, torture > <http://americablog.com/2013/09/russian-vigilantes-rape-gay-man-bottle-cure.html> > and extort money from gay > <http://americablog.com/2014/03/russian-neo-nazi-leader-still-using-putin-friendly-social-media-giant-vk-plan-abductions-young-gays.html> > and trans people > <http://americablog.com/2013/08/5-russians-film-their-horrific-attack-on-transgender-woman-video.html> > in that country. The neo-Nazis claim to have kidnapped over 1,500 LGBT > people > <http://americablog.com/2014/02/russian-govt-defends-anti-gay-neo-nazi-group-says-kidnappings-never-happened.html> > . > > The Russian government did nothing about the gangs, an > > We even saw an influx of Russian sock puppet trolls on AMERICAblog on > Saturday when the piece about Stein in Moscow was published. The trolls all > wrote in fluent, but not-quite-right, English that had a decided slavic > accent to it. (Leaving off “the,” having difficulties with prepositions, > etc.) (For a really scary read about how sophisticated Russian sock > puppets > <http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/06/how-russia-dominates-your-twitter-feed-to-promote-lies-and-trump-too.html?via=mobile&source=twitter> > now are, and how they’re rooting for Trump, read this Daily Beast piece.) > > In the end, it appears the criticism hit too close to home for the > Russians. They were already caught red-handed stealing the DNC emails > <http://americablog.com/2016/07/russias-putin-trying-throw-american-election-trump.html>, > And now we’ve been successful in undercutting their useful-idiot > surrogates, like Trump and now Stein. And we caught some of their sock > puppets too. > > Oh, and we’re still waiting to hear if Jill Stein said anything about > Russian human rights abuses against the LGBT community, journalists > <http://news.sky.com/story/the-putin-critics-who-have-been-assassinated-10369350> > (Putin has enabled their murders as well), political opponents (who Putin > puts in jail, <http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-23343788> and kills > <http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/03/europe/russia-putin-critics/>), or any > others. > > Hope springs eternal. > > PS And for anyone pulling the old “you don’t criticize your host” card, > Hillary > did when she went to Beijing in 1995 > <http://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/06/world/hillary-clinton-in-china-details-abuse-of-women.html>. > She was happy to hold the Chinese government accountable for their human > rights abuses. That was over 20 years ago. So don’t tell me it’s not done. > It’s only not done by those who lack courage. > > d even denied their existence. Mind you, it wasn’t rocket science — the > kidnappers filmed the kidnappings and torture sessions, and didn’t even > hide their faces. We knew several of their names and the cities they lived > in. The Russian government refused to act, because Putin was happy to let > the neo-Nazis do his dirty work. It wasn’t until activists in the west, > with my blog at the lead, documented the ongoing abuse, that the Kremlin > was finally forced to act. The lead neo-Nazi was finally sentenced to 5 > years in prison > <http://americablog.com/2014/08/russian-anti-gay-neo-nazi-leader-sentenced-5-years-anti-gay-work.html>, > but has now had his sentence reduced to 3 years. > > That’s what Jill Stein refused to criticize in Moscow. > Stein did, however, criticize the US while in Russia, and expressed a > surprised pleasure in her video that Vladimir Putin agreed with her. Gee, > ya think, Jill? > > So, it appears the Kremlin is mad at us again, this time for criticizing > Vladimir Putin’s new bff, Jill Stein. And this time it only took us 48 > hours to get the Kremlin’s attention. I think that’s a new AMERICAblog > record. > > The fact that the Kremlin is now openly-defending Jill Stein should not > come as a surprise. Putin has already involved himself in the election in > order to help Trump win, and just as importantly, in order to defeat > Hillary Clinton. Putin hates Hillary > <http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/clinton-putin-226153> because she > publicly challenged the validity of the Russian elections in 2011. (That’s > what you’re supposed to with dictators, stand up — not suck up — to them.) > > So the Kremlin is actively pushing Trump as their preferred candidate, and > Trump is gladly willing to parrot many of the Kremlin’s top talking points > (about NATO being unnecessary, about America not needing to defend our NATO > allies if Russia invade them, about America not having the right to > criticize human rights abroad because we’re so “bad” at home). Putin’s > support for Stein is similar. He knows there’s a better chance > of disaffected lefties voting for Stein than for Trump, so Putin is also > doing what he can to push liberal voters to Stein. All to hurt Hillary, and > all to get Trump elected. > >> > > > Clay Claiborne, Director Vietnam: American Holocaust <http://VietnamAmericanHolocaust.com> Linux Beach Productions Venice, CA 90291 (310) 581-1536 Read my blogs at the Linux Beach <http://claysbeach.blogspot.com/> <http://wlcentral.org/user/2965/track> _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
