The Russians have been coming under attack from liberal groups for at least a decade or so going back to the Pussy riot affair in Moscow in 2012. That group consisted of several dissident women who protested against the Russian President by barging into the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow and dancing and yelling obscenities in front of the iconastasis. These “dissidents” gained the support of Madonna and other morons from around the world after they were arrested and prosecuted.
Furthermore, when Russia banned gay and lesbian propaganda from schools, liberals from around the world erupted in anger. Gays and lesbians are entitled to live anyway they please but they do not have the right to compel other peoples children to learn about their lifestyles. The Russian government passed the “gay propaganda” law prohibiting the teaching of the homosexual lifestyle to minors.
The Russian government responded in a democratic fashion by listening to the citizens of Russia, and not to the foreign funded non governmental organizations and so called “human rights” groups that sought to push their agendas on unsuspecting schoolchildren. Who elected these non governmental organizations and “human rights” groups?
Ever since Hillary Clinton was crushed in the 2016 elections, the Democratic Party and its media outlets (CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times etc) have promoted anti Russian hysteria. The Democrats have shown how irresponsible and dangerous they are by involving a foreign Government in their election loss. The Democrats and its cheerleaders in the media were more angry over the results of the 2016 elections than they are now by the coverup of the corona virus by the Chinese Communist Party and the failed response of the World Health Organization.
What we have here is a conflict between a traditional Orthodox Christian country and western societies that are in fact opposed to tolerance despite claims to the contrary. Regarding the Pussy riot affair mentioned above. When these women were arrested they were treated by western media as victims of an authoritarian government intent on eradicating criticism of the government.
Facts were never brought into play by western critics. First, their behavior inside the Cathedral interfered with Russian Christians who were there to pray and to light candles. Secondly, a Church is not the place for secular activists to exercise free speech. If they had exercised this right elsewhere they would not have been arrested. Orthodox Christians do not have the right to pray in someone else’s home uninvited.
In addition. the present Cathedral of Moscow is a successor to the previous one. In 1931, the original Christ the Savior Cathedral was demolished on the orders of Joseph Stalin. This was the period in history when the Russian Church was being fiercely persecuted. Bishops, priests, monks, and faithful were being murdered for maintaining fidelity to Jesus Christ. Houses of worship were being destroyed.
The Cathedral that stands today has great meaning for Russian Christians that was not appreciated by either the women of Pussy riot or western media. Much of the western media is dominated by personalities who are both ignorant and narcissistic. They cannot conceive of the idea that there are people called Christians who view life from an entirely different perspective. So much for tolerance.
As a result of Russian refusal to accept the pagan lifestyles now being promoted by the Democratic Party and other social progressives in Europe, international tensions have escalated to dangerous levels. Democrats have blamed the Russians for Donald Trump’s election victory in 2016. The anti Russian hysteria made it impossible for Washington and Moscow to cooperate together against the common threat of the Islamic State.
Here is an irony. The Islamic State made it a practice to behead people, burn others alive, and to enslave women and girls who were members of the Yazidi ethnic group. Islamic State practiced genocide against the Yazidis, as well as against Shiite Muslims and Christians. The Democrats were never outraged by genocide and slavery. Slavery here is referring to the real thing and the word is not being used as a metaphor.
Yazidi women were literally tied up and sold in slave markets in which Jihadists would “purchase” them and abuse them. The Democrats and their fellow liberals around the world were never angry over these real crimes against humanity. No, the real crime against humanity was that the electorate voted against Queen Hillary.
Donald Trump extended his hand in friendship to the Russians and sought to stop genocide in Iraq and Syria. The Democrats want to talk about “homophobia” and “transphobia”. If it were not for the fact that the Democrats might very well provoke a major confrontation with Russia this might very well be amusing.
In 2016, I purchased an issue of Time Magazine to read about President Putin’s visit to Mount Athos. The article was typical anti Russian drivel. After that article I noticed a picture of a bearded woman breast feeding an infant! When I read the article all was explained. My mistake, it was not a bearded woman, it was a pregnant man!
That was when I learned the transgender era had begun. So now we can see the difference between Orthodox Russia and the pagan west. The Russians are building Churches and Monasteries, giving glory to God, and western societies are discussing the large number of genders that exist.
The Russians have brought back the two headed eagle that the old Russian Empire inherited from the Emperors of Constantinople. Western societies increasingly display the “rainbow” flag. The new flag of paganism.
A warning to the Democrats. Seventy nine years ago there was a country that embraced a form of paganism that was far more lethal and insidious and attempted to conquer Russia. That country and its leader ended very badly.