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progressoid

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22. Defense?

Reply to Pretzel_Warrior (Reply #19)

Sun Mar 2, 2014, 08:11 PM

Mar 2014

I'm not defending anything.

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If you think Putin is bad on GLBT Rights...Check out the New Ukraine Parliament! [View all] KoKo Mar 2014 OP

Kick for an interesting read...different from our MS Cable Media. KoKo Mar 2014 #1

and they're both wrong. doesn't make russia any better. do try not to use GLBTs as pawns... dionysus Mar 2014 #2

! "do try not to use GLBTs as pawns" sibelian Mar 2014 #3

No one here said Russia is any better YoungDemCA Mar 2014 #9

it's been implied a lot, or posited that we are "just as bad", all the time here. dionysus Mar 2014 #12

I meant "no one in this thread" YoungDemCA Mar 2014 #14

oh, okay. in that context you're right. dionysus Mar 2014 #15

The Putin Propaganda copy and paste crowd Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #4

he's dreamy.. and ultra liberally n stuff... stickin it to the meal ol PTB of the west! dionysus Mar 2014 #6

how is pointing out that there are creeps and bigots on both sides in the cali Mar 2014 #8

I agree about the need for the right wingers in Ukraine Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #16

If you recognize that Putin is square in the middle in terms of Eastern Orthodox politics... Junkdrawer Mar 2014 #34

Oh, is that the meme now? YoungDemCA Mar 2014 #10

Yeah, that article is just chock full of Putin Putin Putin. progressoid Mar 2014 #17

Really? Lolol. That's your defense? Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #19

Defense? progressoid Mar 2014 #22

The article is about the reactionary right's seizure of power in the wake of the revolution Scootaloo Mar 2014 #26

There has been a steady stream of exaggerations about malevolence of Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #27

Pardon me if I'm reading you wrong, but... Scootaloo Mar 2014 #30

gays are allowed to adopt in ukraine JI7 Mar 2014 #5

UPDATE: The Banning of Gay Adoption was in 2011 by Ukraine... KoKo Mar 2014 #13

You'll have to be more specific. On what day did this new government in Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #18

I just searched on the Guardian and found no article saying adoption laws were changed Bluenorthwest Mar 2014 #21

I searched POSTER #5 's statement about NEW Ukraine Parliament COUP banning Gay Adoption... KoKo Mar 2014 #37

2011 was when Yanukovych was president. pampango Mar 2014 #44

Not if they're in a same-sex relationship, actually Scootaloo Mar 2014 #29

So both Russia and Ukraine are bad when it comes to LGBT rights. Cali_Democrat Mar 2014 #7

Agreed. YoungDemCA Mar 2014 #11

They didn't "Invade" Ukraine... They protected their Bases in Russian KoKo Mar 2014 #20

Ok...just looked at a map. Crimea is part of Ukraine. nt Cali_Democrat Mar 2014 #23

Yes...it is. Maybe do a Google or Wiki (although their stuff is often partisan or KoKo Mar 2014 #25

I'd like a link about your claim about the adoption rules. Thanks again. Bluenorthwest Mar 2014 #24

Poster #5 said that New Parliament introduced it..but they were Incorrect... KoKo Mar 2014 #38

It wasn't MY Claim but Poster #5...JI7 KoKo Mar 2014 #40

So you would support the US pouring 10K troops into Guantanamo and securing the area around it? nt geek tragedy Mar 2014 #28

Well, given that Cuba doesn't recognize any US right to Guantanamo... Scootaloo Mar 2014 #32

Same difference. The current Ukrainian government didn't sign that deal with Russia nt geek tragedy Mar 2014 #33

So every time the govermnet changes, that invalidates previous agreements? Scootaloo Mar 2014 #35

No, but such agreements aren't a waiver of sovereignty. nt geek tragedy Mar 2014 #36

They have a 30 year lease on that base that absolutely no one was threatening. pampango Mar 2014 #45

Svoboda represents the 10% in Ukraine. Putin's party, the majority. joshcryer Mar 2014 #31

But in 2011 in the Ukraine .... KoKo Mar 2014 #39

This eye-opening piece was linked by frazzle: freshwest Mar 2014 #41

"Democracy Now" interviewed Professor Snyder & Nicolai Petro in Ukraine Discussion KoKo Mar 2014 #42

...1 KoKo Mar 2014 #43

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