Patriotic Heresy vs. the New Cold War

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4. Cohen lost me here.

The same is true of the surreal demonization of Russia’s leader, Vladimir Putin—a kind of personal vilification without any real precedent in the past,

He certainly cannot be suggesting that demonization of Vladimir Putin--a man who has made a habit of sending his opposition and protestors to the gulag; engaging in state-sanctioned harassment, persecution and violence against LGBTQ individuals, feminists, and their respective allies in Russia; and widely-suspected but not proven of engaging in an assassination campaign against journalists for being critical of him--is illegitimate.

Vladimir Putin isn't the victim of a surreal campaign to demonize him without merit...he's actually villainous.