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A Russian MPs wild rant at a pregnant reporter was inspired by an investigative report that blames Ukraines revolution on sexually frustrated women and claims, They like it hard.
Even amid the increasing surreality of Vladimir Putins Russia, ultranationalist MP Vladimir Zhirinovskys tirade against a pregnant reporter who asked a question about Ukraine stood out.
Besides telling the woman she shouldnt work while pregnant, instructing a male aide to rape her, and shouting, Damned lesbian! at another female reporter who tried to rebuke him, Zhirinovsky lashed out at the women of Ukraines pro-independence Maidan movement, assailing them as sex-starved harpies. Theres going to be a film about you, The Furies of Maidan, he railed, apparently taking the female journalists for Maidan sympathizers. Youve all got uterine frenzy, the women of Maidan, he ranted. If it werent for this uterine frenzy, there wouldnt be any Maidan.
Zhirinovsky, who has apologized for his outburst at last weeks press conference and faces likely censure by the Duma, Russias parliament, is known for his outrageous antics. But it turns out The Furies of Maidan is not a figment of his imagination. It is a real investigative report that aired last Saturday on NTV, one of Russias major television networks. Subtitled Sex, Psychosis, and Politics, the 30-minute feature makes exactly the same point as Zhirinovskys rant: that the displaced energy of sexually frustrated or pathological women was a driving force behind Ukraines Euromaidan revolution. In the dramatic words of the 45-second promo: They like it hard. They are turned on by danger. And woe to anyone who fails to appreciate them.
While the report could be mistaken for a clever if over-the-top parody clip, it is not. A wild mélange of paranoia, smear, sleaze, misogyny, and homophobia that makes Rush Limbaugh look politically correct, The Furies of Maidan offers a disturbing glimpse into the state of Russias government-run mainstream mediaand into the toxic sludge of propaganda it regularly dumps on a largely uncritical public.
more: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/25/want-a-good-look-at-putin-s-pervy-propaganda-see-the-furies-of-maidan.html
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Just when you thought it couldn't get any more weird....
BeyondGeography
(39,278 posts)Claiming moral superiority to the defectives who would offer an alternative to the dreary realities of his rule.
maddezmom
(135,060 posts)Squinch
(50,773 posts)Hey Zhiri! How's things at the library?
Behind the Aegis
(53,823 posts)m-lekktor
(3,675 posts)had english subtitles! i am dying to see the lunacy for laughs though it is pathetic! i haven't heard about or from that nutjob Zhironovsky in quite some time!
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)"All men hate you, ladies, they hate you. Because you prevent men from thriving
This is why all the crimes committed in the world are womens fault.
And this, about Condi Rice: She is a black whore who needs a good cock. Send her here, one of our divisions will make her happy in the barracks one night. She will choke on Russian sperm as it will be leaking out of her ears... until she crawls to the US embassy in Moscow on her knees.
http://www.vice.com/read/the-best-of-vladimir-zhirinovsky-russias-craziest-politician